logo
Find us on
Twitter Facebook LinkedIn
Skip Navigation Links
logo 9/21/2024 6:59:25 AM     
Can you fish in a pandemic? Seafood industry facing hard COVID-19 questions 
By Garrett Barry CA Source: CBC News 4/11/2020
Garrett Barry
The inshore fishery in Newfoundland and Labrador will not start until May 1, a delay that has bought planners more time — but has done little to answer questions about how a key industry is supposed to operate in the middle of the COVID-19 pandemic.
 

The Department of Fisheries and Oceans said Thursday no commercial inshore fishery in Newfoundland and Labrador will open before May 1, as the department and industry players work out protocols for safer operation of vessels and processing plants.

According to Keith Sullivan, the president of the Fish, Food & Allied Workers union, plant workers and fish harvesters have many questions about how they are supposed to keep themselves and their families safe.

"The vast majority of the input and the feedback and everything we're hearing from members is that right now, with all of the advice that we have, they certainly don't feel safe," Sullivan told CBC Radio's The Broadcast.

 
Continue...

News Id SourceStampcountry
4826Anger over fish radiation findbbc news2003-06-24UK
4827Anti-poaching squads tackle caviar crisisbbc news2003-06-25RU
4828Salmon overload: California fishermen giving away fishBy The Associated Press Seattle Times2003-05-23CA
4829Popular fishing vloggers are making a splash on cyberspacethehindu2020-12-15IN
4830Men caught poaching fish from Wiltshire river are fined £120swindonadvertiser2020-12-14UK
4831Fish decoy carved by Michigan artist in 1940 sells for record price at auctionmlive2020-12-16US
4832We found algae-farming fish that domesticate tiny shrimp to help run their farmsthe conversation2020-12-07BZ
4833Plenty of fish in the sea? Scientists can now count them using DNAabc news2020-12-06US
4834An everyday item is killing fish in astonishing numbersinverse2020-12-14US
4835Minnesota ice fishing contests adapt amid pandemicmpr news2020-12-06US
4836Anglers nabbed with 173 fish over the limit; charges pending 2020-12-08CA
4837'Massive' goldfish weighing 9 pounds found in South Carolina lakenbc news2020-12-08US
4838One that didn’t get away: Novice angler hooks big fish in Canterbury riverStar News2020-12-02NZ
4839Indian River Lagoon fish kill reports continue to rise, worrying officialsFlorida Today2020-12-02US
4840Another farmed salmon mass breakout in Tasmanian waters stuns Huon Aquacultureabc2020-12-03AU
4841Coelacanths: the fish that 'outdid' the Loch Ness Monsternhm2020-12-13UK
484211-year-old hooked on fishing during pandemic snags big bassviera voice2020-11-30US
4843Expert: Fish Kill at Indian River Lagoon Was Months in the Makingmynews132020-11-30US
4844Two Kansas rivers may be designated as critical habitat for a tiny fishKSN News2020-12-01US
4845Giant Lake Simcoe burbot could dethrone long-held Ontario record from northCBC News2017-01-26CA
4846Meet the aquaculture industry’s new maintenance botNorwegianscitechnews2020-12-09NO
4847Fishing tournament organizer fined after nearly 200 fish found in dumpsterCBC News2020-12-03CA
4848Fishing gear confirmed as major cause of right whale deathsCBC News2020-11-26CA
4849Fight against fish poachers hampered by lack of resources, says scientistroyalgazette2020-11-25BM
4850Wildlife crimes and human rights abuses plague Taiwanese fishing vessels, crews saynational geographic2020-11-26TW

214 215 216 193 of [217 - pages.]