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Fundy Tidal Power: What Impact On Fisheries?
It’s no secret that tidal power is now being explored as a viable alternative to dependence on domestic and foreign fossil fuels. And the Bay of Fundy, with some of the highest tides in the world, is considered by experts to be a logical place for tidal power development. In April the Bay of Fundy
Can fishing and oil drilling coexist on Georges Bank?
At least one Nova Scotia fisherman is willing to consider the future possibility of a fishery and oil drilling rigs coexisting on Georges Bank. The joint U.S.-Canadian moratorium on drilling was established in 1988. The ban was extended eight years ago and will expire in 2012. Hubert Saulnier, president of Local 9 of the Maritime
Eastport-bound ship loses power, concerns LNG opponents
On Jan. 12 at approximately 6 a.m., the 425-foot cargo ship Alexandergracht was steaming through Head Harbour Passage, inbound for Eastport, when she lost power. Using his experience, and training — as well as the ship’s two anchors and bow thruster — Eastport harbor pilot Capt. Gerald Morrison secured the vessel and kept a mishap
Nickel smelter worries Newfoundland fishermen
Newfoundland fishermen are worried about plans to construct a nickel smelting plant at Long Harbour on Placentia Bay –and with good reason according to Earle McCurdy, president of the Fish, Food and Allied Workers. The proposal by Voisey’s Bay Nickel Company Limited calls for a six-kilometer pipeline to discharge the “treated” effluent to an area
The Book of Old Houses
Bantam Books, 2008 Headed for Eastport, Packing Heat Sarah Graves’s latest murder mystery, The Book of Old Houses, has a number of corpses, as you might expect, and a host of twists and turns — including a point of view and a narrative of a character other than Eastport’s amateur sleuth Jacobia Tiptree — that
Drowning, weather, economic woes dampen start of Grand Manan’s lobster season
“Tense, a hard day” was the way Melanie Sonnenberg, project manager for the Grand Manan Fishermen’s Association (GMFA), described set day for the island’s lobster fishermen on Nov. 13. She was describing both the weather conditions and the prospects for a successful season this year. Before set day was over a report came in that
Island women join fishermen’s fight against herring trawlers
A women’s organization has taken a major role in the battle by Prince Edward Island fishermen to keep two large herring trawlers out of the island’s inshore waters. The New Brunswick trawlers were allowed into the southern Gulf of St. Lawrence by federal Fisheries and Oceans Minister Loyola Hearn. Sara Roach-Lewis, founder of Women for
Both sides welcome Canadian LNG report
Canada’s Foreign Affairs and International Trade Department has released its report on the possible impact of proposed LNG facilities on the Maine side of Passamaquoddy Bay. Both sides of the controversy are essentially claiming that the page report supports their positions. Produced by SENES Consultants Limited in Ottawa for the Government of Canada, the 326-page
Cod quota gets almost no takers; province offers loans to lobster fishermen
It’s almost a “man bites dog” story. Almost. Usually, when the Canadian Department of Fisheries and Oceans sets a quota for a given fishery, there are complaints from fishermen that the figure is too low. But when the DFO set the 2007 quota for cod in the Southern Gulf of St. Lawrence there were no
Fisheries Minister: PEI inshore boundary line will stay put
Prince Edward Island inshore fishermen got some good news from Ottawa in August as the lobster season in the Northumberland Strait go off to a mixed start. The good news was that Canadian Fisheries and Oceans Minister Loyola Hearn announced that the boundary line protecting an “exclusion zone” from New Brunswick seiners would stay put.