The government and the minister deserve credit for setting the quota numbers at low levels compared to the bad old days where gross overfishing was officially endorsed. Given the history here, caution should remain the watch word on this sensitive file. Increase the quota if the evidence supports it. Read full story

Today’s solution is for this country to mandate that laundry appliances include a built-in microfiber filter—like a lint trap for your washer that captures up to 90 per cent of fibers at the source. Oregon, California, and Ontario have proposed such legislation, and it's already law in France. Read full story

The feds have an opportunity to increase the northern cod quota in a meaningful way while remaining firmly within a science-based approach. Read full story

Both sides of B.C.'s salmon aquaculture dispute are demanding answers from Ottawa about Prime Minister Mark Carney's commitment to his predecessor's 2029 open-net pen farming ban. Read full story

The Musqueam Nation and Crown-Indigenous Relations Minister Rebecca Alty have both issued statements following the agreements’ signing that the documents do not impact private property rights. Read full story

Marine sensing systems, Arctic surveillance infrastructure, autonomous vessels, AI-enabled maritime platforms, and shipbuilding capacity are foundational to Canada’s sovereignty and economic resilience. Read full story

The Correctional Service and Fisheries and Oceans are among the five affected, but the Parliamentary Budget Office is now requesting information about how all departments will achieve the projected $60-billion in spending cuts by the end of the decade. Read full story

When wild fish populations are abundant, they support employment, export diversification, food security, and stable regional economies. Read full story

While the government is fast-tracking national projects, it's 'reducing DFO’s ability to assess the risks these projects pose to critically important species like salmon,' says B.C. professor Michael Price. Read full story

‘This is an unsafe way to proceed, and puts at risk this really delicate, slow recovery’, says Ocean Canada's Josh Laughren of the Liberal decision to double the northern cod quota. Read full story