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Joanne Thompson
Fisheries Minister Joanne Thompson announced last month the government was increasing the quota from 18,000 to 38,000 tonnes for cod off the coast of Newfoundland and Labrador. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
News | BY STUART BENSON | March 12, 2025
The Department of Fisheries and Oceans hasn't issued licences to salmon farms in B.C.'s Discovery Islands since June 2022, but a new civil suit claims it conducted a 'bad-faith' consultation to justify a 'predetermined' outcome. Photograph courtesy of Wikimedia Commons
News | BY STUART BENSON | March 12, 2025
News | BY STUART BENSON | March 12, 2025
The Department of Fisheries and Oceans hasn't issued licences to salmon farms in B.C.'s Discovery Islands since June 2022, but a new civil suit claims it conducted a 'bad-faith' consultation to justify a 'predetermined' outcome. Photograph courtesy of Wikimedia Commons
Opinion | BY SUSANNA FULLER | November 4, 2024
Fisheries Minister Diane Lebouthillier signed the recent UN Treaty on Biodiversity Beyond National Jurisdiction, but the treaty has not yet been ratified, writes Susanna Fuller. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
Opinion | BY SUSANNA FULLER | November 4, 2024
Opinion | BY SUSANNA FULLER | November 4, 2024
Fisheries Minister Diane Lebouthillier signed the recent UN Treaty on Biodiversity Beyond National Jurisdiction, but the treaty has not yet been ratified, writes Susanna Fuller. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
News | BY STUART BENSON | October 16, 2024
B.C. salmon farmers, suppliers, and the United Steelworkers Union rally against the federal government's decision to ban open-net salmon farms on the West Coast by 2029 in Nanaimo, B.C., on Sept. 11. Photograph courtesy of Mowi Canada West
News | BY STUART BENSON | October 16, 2024
News | BY STUART BENSON | October 16, 2024
B.C. salmon farmers, suppliers, and the United Steelworkers Union rally against the federal government's decision to ban open-net salmon farms on the West Coast by 2029 in Nanaimo, B.C., on Sept. 11. Photograph courtesy of Mowi Canada West
Opinion | BY GENNA CAREY | September 30, 2024
Diane Lebouthillier
Fisheries and Oceans Minister Diane Lebouthillier. In delaying action, Ottawa risks exacerbating conflicts in the Maritimes, particularly in the lucrative lobster and elver fisheries, where tensions already run high, writes Genna Carey. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
Opinion | BY GENNA CAREY | September 30, 2024
Opinion | BY GENNA CAREY | September 30, 2024
Diane Lebouthillier
Fisheries and Oceans Minister Diane Lebouthillier. In delaying action, Ottawa risks exacerbating conflicts in the Maritimes, particularly in the lucrative lobster and elver fisheries, where tensions already run high, writes Genna Carey. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
Opinion | BY COURTNEY GLODE | September 19, 2024
Fisheries Minister Diane Lebouthillier’s reopening of the commercial northern cod fishery solely for the benefit of domestic and international corporate draggers indicates an agenda to further undermine the sustainability of unionized fishery workers, writes Courtney Glode.  The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
Opinion | BY COURTNEY GLODE | September 19, 2024
Opinion | BY COURTNEY GLODE | September 19, 2024
Fisheries Minister Diane Lebouthillier’s reopening of the commercial northern cod fishery solely for the benefit of domestic and international corporate draggers indicates an agenda to further undermine the sustainability of unionized fishery workers, writes Courtney Glode.  The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
Opinion | BY DAVID SCHINDLER, JOHN P. SMOL | June 15, 2016
The Harper government removed habitat protection from the Fisheries Act. The revision shrank the scope of the law, covering only fish that were part of 'a commercial, recreational, or aboriginal' fishery. Flickr photo by David Keep
Opinion | BY DAVID SCHINDLER, JOHN P. SMOL | June 15, 2016
Opinion | BY DAVID SCHINDLER, JOHN P. SMOL | June 15, 2016
The Harper government removed habitat protection from the Fisheries Act. The revision shrank the scope of the law, covering only fish that were part of 'a commercial, recreational, or aboriginal' fishery. Flickr photo by David Keep
Opinion | February 29, 2016
Opinion | February 29, 2016
Opinion | February 29, 2016