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13 Aug 2024

MarineNews

A recently signed funding agreement between the Canadian government and the Marine Environmental Observation, Prediction and Response Network (MEOPAR) will see $38.1 million bolster the organization’s network, starting summer 2024. Funding to continue fostering connections and professional developments For over a decade, the not-for-profit has been connecting individuals and initiatives in ocean research across Canada. It assists scientists […]

06 Jul 2024

MarineNews

On July 2, 1992, federal fisheries minister John Crosbie made a televised announcement that commercial cod fishing was banned on the East Coast of Canada for at least two years. More than thirty years later the ban remained in place as the anticipated recovery of fish stocks did not materialise within the expected period. Cod […]

09 Jan 2024

MarineNews

The United States has extended its claims on the sea floor by an area twice the size of California, securing rights to potentially resource-rich areas. The ‘Extended Continental Shelf’ covers about 1 million square kilometres (386,100 square miles), predominantly in the Arctic and Bering Sea, an area of increasing strategic importance where Canada and Russia […]

07 Jul 2019

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How do you combat the trade the destructive practice of taking shark fins – not least when fishermen flagrantly ignore controls?  – Irish shark fin fines   Management v outright ban? This is what it looks like. Canada becomes first G7 country to ban shark fin imports  Guardian ‘It was on a family visit to Hong Kong that […]

18 Jun 2019

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The Scarborough News    ‘Scarborough Council is set to give its backing to a plan to establish England’s first commercial seaweed hatchery in the waters off the town’s coast. The council’s cabinet is being asked to act as an accountable body for a £472,150 grant from the Coastal Communities Fund (CCF) to SeaGrown Limited. The Scarborough-based company […]

19 Jan 2019

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Thanks to Richard Ashley for this report. The Canadian Intact Centre on Climate Adaptation, our new report titled “Weathering the Storm: Developing a Canadian Standard for Flood-Resilient Existing Communities.” The report highlights a range of solutions that can be deployed practically and cost-effectively within communities and households, across Canada, to reduce flood risk. It also […]