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
2351Fishy Fuel: Turning Fish Grease Into Dieselwweek2022-09-28US
2352Golden Crappie Shocks Virginia Anglerdwr2020-05-20US
2353Cheating at Lake Erie fishing tournamentFox News2022-10-03US
2354Missouri woman catches rare golden crappieFox News2022-10-07US
2355Study sheds light on the impact of hydrogen sulphide in RASThe Fish Site2022-10-06NO
2356Aquaculture bids to enhance Western Australian kingfish stocksThe Fish Site2022-10-07AU
2357Satellites give advance warning of harmful algal bloomsThe Fish Site2022-10-07UK
2358Ocean 14 Capital invests €10 million in Brazilian tilapia firmThe Fish Site2022-10-10BZ
2359Olympic National Park Bans Fishing Due to Low River LevelsAssociated Press2022-10-07US
2360Rare Fish Species in Nevada Desert Cavern on the ReboundAssociated Press2022-10-08US
2361В ненастье за лещомОхотники.ру2022-10-01RU
2362Study of fish populations in Saint John Harbour shows 'surprising diversity'CBC News2022-10-02CA
2363Moment LEAD WEIGHTS are found in professional fishing duo's catchdailymail2022-10-01US
2364'Mekong Ghost' Rediscovered in Fish Market After Being Lost for 18 Yearsnewsweek2022-09-28VN
2365В Астрахани разработали систему для выращивания креветок и ягод на домуRG2022-09-21RU
2366She stripped a river full of this pesky invasive plant — by handCBC News2022-08-31CA
2367Poland and Germany’s poisoned relations over Oder River fish die-offpolitico2022-09-30EU
2368Devils Hole pupfish population reaches 19-year high in NevadaKNPR2022-09-29US
2369How do fish survive the intense pressure of deep water?earth2022-09-29UK
2370Fifteen-year-old receives fish tank from Make-A-Wishwvdn2022-09-29US
2371These Ultra-Black Fish Are Almost Invisible, Cloaked in Nature's Darkest Colourssciencealert2020-06-16US
2372Mixed Results for Idaho Sockeye Salmon Return This YearAssociated Press2022-10-05US
2373Turning fish alien to Mediterranean from problem to resourceansamed2022-09-19IT
2374DEM seizes 9ft tuna from Massachusetts charter they say was fishing illegally in RI watersprovidencejournal2022-09-19US
2375Miramichi fish-eradication project paused for 2nd yearCBC News2022-09-20CA

215 216 217 94 of [218 - pages.]