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Sustainability
Canada makes 26 more arrests for illegal elver fishing

March 19, 2024 1:53 PM

Commercial elver fishing is illegal in Atlantic Canada is shut down but the poaching continues

North America
Canadian commercial elver harvester sues First Nations in New Brunswick court

March 18, 2024 1:14 PM

The lawsuit, filed in the Court of King's Bench in Fredericton, names more than 100 people who are alleged to have netted baby eels without permission in the spring of 2023

Legal
WTO to persist on fishing subsidy reform despite lack of consensus so far

March 15, 2024 9:36 AM

The World Trade Organization aims to reform its dispute settlement process and address fishing subsidies despite global economic challenges

IUU
Canada’s fisheries minister shuts down Atlantic elver fishery

By March 12, 2024 12:06 AM

The risks to the conservation of the species cannot be addressed and an orderly management of the fishery cannot be restored -- Diane Lebouthillier

Sustainability
Report: Tuna caught by Chinese vessels that netted penguins, whales linked to Bumble Bee

By March 11, 2024 3:04 PM

Some of the world's largest seafood brands, including US tuna giant Bumble Bee Foods, have again been linked to disturbing fishing practices and human rights abuses in China's distant water fishing fleet

Retail
NGO urges UK sanctions on Chinese firms linked to Uyghur forced labor

March 11, 2024 9:45 AM

An NGO, which wanted to remain anonymous, has filed a legal petition urging the UK government to impose sanctions on seven Chinese firms

IUU
Nova Scotia fisheries minister challenges Canada over handling of elver fishery

March 7, 2024 4:29 PM

'The only foreseeable outcome from this proposed closure is financial hardship inflicted upon our law-abiding license-holders' -- Kent Smith, Nova Scotia fisheries minister

China
Russian fishery group reiterates opposition to WTO agreement on subsidies

By March 6, 2024 3:39 PM

A Russian seafood industrial lobbying group has reiterated its objections to the acceptance of the WTO agreement on fisheries subsidies

IUU
WTO talks on fisheries subsidies fall through without consensus

March 4, 2024 10:20 AM

According to the European fishing body Europeche, the lack of consensus was generated by countries like India. WWF calls it a 'missed opportunity'

Sustainability
Canada needs to put some elver rules in writing, harvesters tell Senate panel

March 1, 2024 2:51 PM

Licensed elver fish harvesters in the Canadian Maritimes say the federal government should set enforceable regulations to govern the moderate livelihood fishery by Indigenous groups

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