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November 21, 2023
Widespread mismanagement and government-sanctioned overfishing of capelin and herring threaten economic and ecological sustainability
November 21, 2023
Less than a third of Canada’s marine fish and invertebrate populations can be considered healthy, says fishery scientist Rebecca Schijns
April 26, 2023
New Survey finds most Newfoundlanders and Labradorians support pausing capelin fishery to rebuild it
March 3, 2023
Offshore area 4 times the size of Vancouver Island due to become protected
November 22, 2022
Major spending increases and policy changes by the federal government to protect and rebuild wild fish stocks in Canada have resulted in little improvement, according to the 2022 Fishery Audit released this week by the environmental group Oceana Canada.
October 20, 2022
Award-winning actor Sam Waterston (Law & Order, Grace and Frankie) and chair of Oceana’s Board of Directors to deliver keynote address...
June 3, 2022
OTTAWA, June 03, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Today’s decision by Fisheries Minister Joyce Murray to continue overfishing capelin, a critically depleted...
April 29, 2022
The oily and quick-growing species are a fundamental part of the North Atlantic Ocean food chain and ecosystem. They’re also overfished.
June 4, 2021
For three decades, Atlantic cod has been deep in the critical zone. The population is not growing, and individuals are in poor condition – smaller and skinnier. Yet, on Friday, May 28, 2021, Fisheries and Oceans Canada (DFO) announced that the quota for this year has been increased from 12,350 to 12,999 tonnes.
June 1, 2021
The Department of Fisheries and Oceans has decided to increase the annual Atlantic cod quota despite stocks remaining critically low for three decades, a move Oceana Canada is calling “a recipe for disaster.”