Oceana Canada Urges Caution on DFOs Phased Approach to Re-opening Redfish Fishery 
By Vaishali Dassani CA Source: Oceana Canada 2/2/2024

Redfish have made a remarkable comeback since 2011 and Fisheries and Oceans Canada (DFO) recently announced an end to the commercial redfish moratorium in the Gulf of St. Lawrence in place since 1995. Today DFO indicated a phased approach, beginning with a 25,000-tonne minimum quota for the 2024 fishing season. However, many critical questions about the management and monitoring of this fishery remain unanswered and must be resolved before the fishery opens. Below is Oceana Canada’s response from Fishery Scientist Rebecca Schijns:
 

“Oceana Canada urges Fisheries Minister Lebouthillier and DFO to take a cautious approach. We call on the Canadian government to develop a redfish management plan to prevent the same overfishing that led to its collapse 30 years ago. It must include rigorous monitoring requirements in line with DFO’s Fishery Monitoring Policy.

 
Acadian redfish Continue...

News Id SourceStampcountry
601Nova Scotia halibut boat fined $5,000 for fishing inside Gully Marine Protected AreaCBC News2023-03-24CA
602How ribs might have been vital in the evolution of walkingcosmosmagazine2024-04-07CA
603Fisherman discovers ugly, frowning human-like fishaol2024-04-17TH
604Sea creatures at Florida Aquarium celebrate Easterwtsp2024-03-30US
605Uruguayan fishing said to be on the brink of collapseÁmbito2024-04-01UY
606Underwater entrance ceremony held for new Japan aquariummainichi2024-03-31JP
607Winston Churchills secret battle after WWII victory - to breed tropical fishdailymail2024-04-02UK
608Thousands of threatened Chinook salmon killed in transit to Imnaha Riverkoin2024-04-02US
609Tillamook woman catches potentially record-breaking eel-like fishkoin2024-04-05US
610Ohio Division of Wildlife debunks fishers perch conspiracy theoriesdispatch2024-04-07US
611World Record catfish caught by Italian angleryahoo2023-06-07IT
612Whatevers making sawfish spin and die in Florida watersCBC News2024-04-01US
613Aquatic predator — with bad reputation — discovered in Boliviamyrtlebeachonline2024-04-02BO
614Dozens of fish killed at aquatics centre after being deliberately poisoned with bleachdailymail2024-03-26UK
615Lebanese youths take up rods and reels to learn sustainable fishingmongabay2024-03-27LB
616Man cited for allegedly illegally spearfishing in Waikikispectrumlocalnews2024-03-27US
61792-pound fish that somehow made it into a Louisiana lakenola2024-03-28US
618Montgomery County fertilizer spill kills nearly 750,000 fishkcrg2024-03-28US
619Experts sound alarm over major threat to one-fifth of major rivers fishthecooldown2024-03-30CN
620Cambodian aquaculture centre supporting farmers with thousands of fishthestar2024-03-30MY
621Sticking up for fish against humanitys cruel double standardswaikatotimes2024-03-31NZ
622Maine fishermen caught more fishAssociated Press2024-03-25US
623Tennessee wildlife officials will pay you $100 to catch these invasive carpstennessean2024-03-25US
624UKs largest fish pass completed to help salmonnottinghampost2024-03-26UK
625Metal detected by X-ray of record fish caught in Kansasmainstreetmediatn2024-03-29US

216 217 218 24 of [219 - pages.]