Posts Tagged ‘Fisheries and Oceans Canada’
Fish Update Briefing, Friday, September 21
LOBSTERS LIVING THE ‘HIGH LIFE’ A RESTAURANT on the east coast of the United States is sedating its lobsters with a form of cannabis in an effort to dull the pain of being steamed alive. Charlotte Gill, who runs the popular Charlotte’s Legendary Lobster Pound in Southwest Harbour, Maine, told the local Mount Desert Islander…
Read MoreCanadian seafood faces US ban over whaling
EXPORTS of Canadian seafood to the United States could be under threat over Canada’s whaling policy. Eleven Democratic Party senators have called on the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), the body which governs US fishing policy, to investigate whether Canada is doing enough to protect North Atlantic ‘right’ whales, which are an endangered species. And, if…
Read MoreCanadian fish farmers welcome review
CANADA’S seafood farmers have openly welcomed a new federal government review of science based decision making in aquaculture. Timothy Kennedy, executive director of the Canadian Aquaculture Industry Alliance (CAIA), said: ‘Aquaculture in Canada today is leading the way with science and the very highest environmental, food safety and social standards. ‘Working in partnership with Fisheries…
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