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The Department of Fisheries and Oceans has announced more fishing closures in the Atlantic region due to the presence of right whales.
Canada's Department of Fisheries and Oceans (DFO) has given lobster harvesters in an area of the Bay of Fundy to begin setting their traps on Monday (Nov. 13), two days early, reports the Grand ...
An endangered right whale that was freed from fishing lines in the Bay of Fundy near Campobello Island over the weekend has been dubbed FDR, after former U.S. president Franklin Roosevelt.
Lying at the bottom of the Bay of Fundy sits nearly two million pieces of junk, mostly consisting of plastic and fishing gear, says a new study published in Marine Pollution Bulletin.
A new study of the floor of the Bay of Fundy shows a surprisingly large amount of trash and lost fishing gear. The study is the first attempt to quantify debris on the seafloor in the region. The ...
Enforcement officers with the federal Department of Fisheries and Oceans will soon have a new tool to lift, check and seize illegal lobster fishing gear from the waters between Nova Scotia and New ...
Big game anglers are thrilled these days. A massive influx of bluefin tuna has moved into Northern California waters, including Monterey Bay. Reports of bluefin sightings and catches range from Big… ...
Bay of Fundy’s high tides have immense energy potential. But a broken barge is only its latest setback Lindsay Jones Published November 24, 2023 Updated November 26, 2023 ...
The study published Thursday in Marine Pollution Bulletin found an average of 137 pieces of plastic litter, dumped or lost fishing gear and other garbage per square kilometre of ocean.
The large tuna that died at Għadira Bay, after getting beached on Wednesday, was most likely a wild fish that got disoriented and headed towards shore after getting injured by a speedboat or ...
The Department of Fisheries and Oceans has announced more fishing closures in the Atlantic region due to the presence of right whales. DFO said two right whales were spotted in the Grand Manan Basin — ...