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Nova Scotia RCMP seek suspects in wharf assault as tensions rise over unauthorized fishing
RCMP in Nova Scotia are seeking suspects in an alleged assault and theft at a wharf on St. Mary's Bay earlier this month.. The RCMP logo is seen on a podium ahead of a news conference, in St. John's, Saturday, June 24, 2023. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Adrian Wyld
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New Brunswick RCMP recover body of missing fisherman near Portage Island
The Mounties in New Brunswick say one person has been arrested after shots were fired at police officers in Centreville, which is about two miles from the United States border. The RCMP logo is seen on the shoulder of a superintendent during a news conference, Saturday, June 24, 2023 in St. John’s, Newfoundland.
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Newfoundland sisters continue family’s lobster legacy
Julia Crocker and Josie Hann Lobster Fishing near Woody Point, Newfoundland
world
Fluid Borders - The Outlaw Ocean, episode 9
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Four children, one man dead after being swept away by rising tide in Quebec’s North Shore
A Sûreté du Québec police car is seen in Montreal on July 22, 2020. Quebec coroner is investigating the death of two Inuuk women in their 20s who were killed in separate Montreal highways accidents over the weekend. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Paul Chiasson
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Chasing Ghosts - The Outlaw Ocean, episode 7
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The Fish We Turn to Dust - The Outlaw Ocean, episode 6
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State media reports Chinese fishing boat sinks in Indian Ocean; 39 on board missing
Chinese President Xi Jinping gives a joint press conference with France's President Emmanuel Macron at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, China, Thursday, April 6, 2023. The head of a Vancouver-based group that says it is a “non-political” organization helping Chinese integrate into Canadian society travelled to Beijing to meet President Xi Jinping at a government conference this week. THE CANADIAN PRESS/AP/Thibault Camus
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Amid chaos of unlicensed baby eel harvest on East Coast, fisheries science suffers
People take part in a science project to watch baby eels on the East River in Nova Scotia in a handout photo.The science project has been cancelled due to unlicenced fishers working on the river during a federal shutdown on the fishery. THE CANADIAN PRESS/HO-Atlantic Elver Fishery Ltd. **MANDATORY CREDIT**
world
Justices to consider case involving fishing boat monitor pay
FILE- Gulls follow a commercial fishing boat as crewmen haul in their catch in the Gulf of Maine, in this Jan. 17, 2012 file photo. The country’s highest court will take up the subject of who pays for workers who gather data aboard commercial fishing boats. The Supreme Court of the United States announced on Monday, May 1, 2023 that it will take the case, which stems from a lawsuit by a group of fishermen who want to stop the federal government from making them pay for the workers. (AP Photo/Robert F. Bukaty, File)
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Bondage at Sea - The Outlaw Ocean, episode 2
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canada
Angling guides go fishing for data to save Fraser River's white sturgeon
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alberta
Alberta splits wildlife management into hunting, fishing and everything else
Ice fishermen huddle over a hole in the ice on Ghost Lake Reservoir near Cochrane, Alta., Sunday, Dec. 27, 2020. Alberta's United Conservative government has moved on a plan to split the job of wildlife management in the province, creating a new department of hunting and fishing in the Forestry, Parks and Tourism Ministry. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jeff McIntosh
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Warm Canadian winter threatens Algonquin ice-fishing traditions
Indigenous fisherman Mike Diabo sets up an ice fishing rig on a lake in the Kitigan Zibi Anishinabeg Reserve, Quebec, Canada, February 22, 2023. First Nations ice fishermen risk going out on ice as climate change affects the quality of the ice. REUTERS/Blair Gable
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Conflict over new Indigenous lobster fishery continues to smoulder amid some progress
Fishing boats from the Sipekne'katik First Nation prepare for the start of its self-regulated treaty lobster fishery in Saulnierville, N.S. on Monday, Aug. 16, 2021.THE CANADIAN PRESS/Andrew Vaughan
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U.S. sanctions firms for rights abuses on Anti-Corruption Day
FILE - The Treasury Building is viewed in Washington, May 4, 2021. The Treasury Department says it's sanctioning a group of companies and people linked to illegal fishing operations and human rights abuses in Chinese waters. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky, File)
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Fisheries Department delays opening for Canada’s largest and most lucrative lobster fisheries
Crew members load pots and buoys in Port Medway, N.S., on Monday, Nov. 28, 2022. Boats in Lobster Fishing Area 33 will start their season on Tuesday, but neighbouring LFA 34 is still delayed by weather. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Andrew Vaughan
politics
Canada can’t properly detect threats to Arctic, Auditor-General’s report warns
The federal government is expected to approve international measures this week that would reduce the environmental impact of Arctic shipping but would cost northern families hundreds of dollars a year. Ships are frames by pieces of melting sea ice in Frobisher Bay in Iqaluit, Nunavut on Wednesday, July 31, 2019. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Sean Kilpatrick
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Overheating rivers threatening Newfoundland’s wild Atlantic salmon
Dwight Coish wades into water not normally as accessible while fishing salmon in the Gander River outside of Gander, N.L. on Thursday, August 18, 2022. Darren Calabrese/The Globe and Mail
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See a whale free itself from fishing gear with the help of rescuers
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first person
Fishing can connect strangers, no matter where you are in the world
canada
After Fiona’s wrath, Atlantic fishing communities look to rebuild livelihoods - and to guard against future storms
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau discusses the night of Fionas passage with local fishermen at Pointe-Basse wharf in Havre-aux-Maisons, Que., Thursday, Sept. 29, 2022. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Nigel Quinn
sports
Stampeders receiver Begelton equally adept to catching fish as he is footballs
Calgary Stampeders' Reggie Begelton runs in a touchdown during CFL West Semifinal football action against the Winnipeg Blue Bombers, in Calgary, Sunday, Nov. 10, 2019. The former Calgary Stampeders star receiver signed a reserve/future deal with Green Bay on Monday. The CFL club released Begelton last week to allow him to pursue opportunities south of the border. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jeff McIntosh
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MDA teams up with NGO to use historical satellite data to help combat illegal fishing
Lacey Malarky, an Oceana campaign manager on illegal fishing and transparency, monitors the GPS position of a fishing boat in the Atlantic ocean from her computer at the headquarters of the NGO Oceana on June 10, 2019 in Washington, DC. - From her desk in a building in downtown Washington, Lacey Malarky monitors fishing vessels that take advantage of the vastness of Earth's oceans to cheat in the belief that no one is watching. Malarky uses a website called Global Fishing Watch, which was launched by her employer, the NGO Oceana, with Google and a nonprofit called SkyTruth less than three years ago to trace where 70,000 fishing vessels have sailed since 2012. (Photo by Eric BARADAT / AFP) (Photo credit should read ERIC BARADAT/AFP/Getty Images)
u.s. business
WTO strikes global trade deals after ‘roller coaster’ talks
World Trade Organization Director-General Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala claps next to conference chair Timur Suleimenov after a closing session of a World Trade Organization Ministerial Conference at the WTO headquarters in Geneva, Switzerland June 17, 2022. Fabrice Coffrini/Pool via REUTERS
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Brazil police probe ties to illegal fishing in case of missing British journalist
Benin Matis, 31, works with the Maiuruna, Matis and Canamari indigenous groups in the search of missing British journalist Dom Phillips and Brazilian Indigenous affairs specialist Bruno Pereira, on the Itaguaí river, in the Javari valley, in the municipality of Atalaia do Norte, Brazil, on June 9, 2022. - The family of a British journalist missing in the Amazon urged British and Brazilian authorities in London on Thursday to step up their efforts to find him. Dom Phillips, 57, a regular contributor to The Guardian, and Bruno Pereira, 41, a specialist in indigenous peoples, were reported missing on Sunday after they ventured into the middle of the Amazon rainforest. (Photo by Joao Laet / AFP) (Photo by JOAO LAET/AFP via Getty Images)
u.s. business
EU acted like a fishing trawler in antitrust data searches, Meta lawyer says
The logo of Meta Platforms is seen in Davos, Switzerland, May 22, 2022. Picture taken May 22, 2022. REUTERS/Arnd Wiegmann
opinion
A short list: Shorts-fun comedy for short attention spans
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canada
As high lobster prices push fishermen to take more risks, the captain of Canada’s first all-female crew pushes for change
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Luxury ice fishing on Ontario’s Lake Nipissing brings comfy castles to chilly waters