Plan to Put Critically Depleted Northern Cod on a Healthy Path Long Overdue, says Oceana Canada
April 28, 2020 14:04 ET
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Oceana Canada
HALIFAX, Nova Scotia, April 28, 2020 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Northern cod has been deep in the critical zone for close to 30 years. Fisheries and Oceans Canada (DFO) recently met virtually with...
Canada’s fish populations declining; government must urgently enforce new Fisheries Act and get serious about rebuilding fisheries
November 13, 2019 06:00 ET
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Oceana Canada
HALIFAX, Nova Scotia, Nov. 13, 2019 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Oceana Canada’s latest annual report on the state of Canada’s fisheries was released today, revealing that the health of fish populations has...
Canada Lags Far Behind in Addressing Widespread Seafood Fraud
October 16, 2019 05:00 ET
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Oceana Canada
MONTREAL, Oct. 16, 2019 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- The results of Oceana Canada’s latest seafood investigation, released today, provide mounting evidence that Canada has a widespread and unchecked seafood...
Oceana Launches Campaign in Canada and U.S. to Save North Atlantic Right Whales from Extinction
September 12, 2019 00:01 ET
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Oceana Canada
TORONTO and WASHINGTON, Sept. 12, 2019 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Oceana, the largest international advocacy organization dedicated solely to ocean conservation, today launched a campaign in Canada and the...
Oceana Canada Calls on Canadians to go to Great Lengths for Plastic-Free Oceans
September 04, 2019 08:00 ET
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Oceana Canada
TORONTO, Sept. 04, 2019 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Oceana Canada, part of the largest international advocacy group dedicated solely to ocean conservation, today launched Great Lengths: Swim for...
Oceana Canada Launches Northern Expedition With Nunatsiavut Government to Explore Areas Critical to Inuit Communities
August 19, 2019 08:00 ET
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Oceana Canada
NAIN, Labrador, Aug. 19, 2019 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- On Sunday, August 18, Oceana Canada and the Nunatsiavut Government set sail on an expedition to explore culturally and ecologically significant...
Government caves to industry pressure to overfish northern cod
June 25, 2019 14:03 ET
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Oceana Canada
HALIFAX, Nova Scotia, June 25, 2019 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Today, Fisheries and Oceans Canada (DFO) released its annual quota for critically depleted northern cod, allowing a catch level of up to...
Modernized Fisheries Act a historic victory for fisheries rebuilding and sharks
June 18, 2019 20:10 ET
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Oceana Canada
OTTAWA, June 18, 2019 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Today, a modernized Fisheries Act became law, setting the stage for rebuilding fish abundance in Canada’s oceans. For the first time since its inception in...
Rebuilt northern cod fishery could provide 16 times more jobs and five times more economic value
May 23, 2019 07:00 ET
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Oceana Canada
HALIFAX, Nova Scotia, May 23, 2019 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- A fisheries economics study commissioned by Oceana Canada reveals that a rebuilt northern cod fishery could provide 16 times more jobs and have...
Government goes against its own policy, fails to support the recovery of another cod stock
March 12, 2019 13:03 ET
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Oceana Canada
TORONTO, March 12, 2019 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Yesterday, Fisheries and Oceans Canada (DFO) announced that they will close the directed Atlantic cod fishery on the Scotian Shelf/Bay of Fundy but will...