Huge decision to process salmon in Bay de Verde over St. Lawrence made without gov consultation—how?
That's the $64,000 question posed by St. Lawrence Mayor Kevin Pittman in a May 11th letter to Premier Andrew Furey. Grieg Seafood was all...
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rryancleary
- 2 days ago
- 2 min
Inshore enterprise owners can (should) apply to sit on advisory groups on offshore wind development
Inshore owner-operators on the south/southwest coasts should consider applying to sit on one of three advisory groups to the committee...
rryancleary
- 3 days ago
- 3 min
Licensing board recommends adding aquaculture to Quinlan's Bay de Verde plant (no FFAW objection)
Elvis Loveless has yet to sign off on it, but the fish processing licensing board recommended on Aug. 25th that the Minister responsible...
rryancleary
- Sep 13
- 2 min
Under the radar; most inshore enterprise owners did not know about virtual wind farm meeting
Two Facebook polls Tuesday evening reveal most inshore enterprise owners (98% on the Skippers' Forum; 93% on Fishermen's Forum) were not...
rryancleary
- Sep 7
- 3 min
SEA-NL questions what Furey government has against fishermen; digging deeper into fishery crisis
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Wednesday, Sept. 6th, 2023 Seaward Enterprises Association of Newfoundland and Labrador (SEA-NL) says for the...
rryancleary
- Sep 6
- 4 min
SEA-NL asks Premier for independent review of price-setting system; anti-competitive behaviour
The following letter was sent to Premier Andrew Furey earlier this afternoon (Sept. 6, 2023): The inshore fleet of Baie de Verde. Dear...
rryancleary
- Sep 4
- 2 min
Labour Day in La La Land
The inshore fishery of Newfoundland and Labrador takes place in La La Labour Land where skippers are punished for speaking their minds on...
rryancleary
- Aug 30
- 2 min
Licence holders encouraged to step forward if not in control of boat/licences; DFO investigating
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Tuesday, Aug. 29th, 2023 Seaward Enterprises Association of Newfoundland and Labrador (SEA-NL) encourages inshore...
rryancleary
- Aug 23
- 2 min
FFAW surrendered price reconsideration to end snow crab tie-up at huge cost to inshore fleet
When the $2.20/lb snow crab price was first set in early April, the price-setting panel stressed it was not the "correct" price (which...
rryancleary
- Aug 11
- 2 min
Fishermen are not free; Jim Edwards has no buyer for his cod because of where he sold his crab
Because fisherman Jim Edwards sold his snow crab to Quin-Sea, which runs the small plant in Change Islands where he lives, he says the...
rryancleary
- Aug 9
- 3 min
Snow crab prices surge as fishing season winds down (and industry carries on as if it's normal)
With 89% of Newfoundland and Labrador’s 2023 snow crab quota landed, and most of it headed to the United States, well-known American...
rryancleary
- Aug 8
- 2 min
Inshore fleet's market shares all over the map — 9% of U.S. cod price, 27% of crab, & 58% of lobster
According to SEA-NL's math, the inshore fleet has a 9% share of the U.S. market price for cod this year; 29% share of the snow crab price...
rryancleary
- Jul 27
- 2 min
Price-setting panel recommends review of inshore shrimp fishery (to update last report from 2002)
The last (and only) review of this province’s shrimp fishery was commissioned by the provincial government in 2002 — 21 years ago — and...
rryancleary
- Jul 25
- 2 min
Snow crab by the numbers; fishing zone 3L has most IQs — including the only 25 over 500,000/lbs
Snow crab remains the most profitable commercial fishery in Newfoundland and Labrador, and fishing zone 3L off the island's east coast...
rryancleary
- Jul 19
- 2 min
Russia to auction fish quotas it holds on Grand Banks of Newfoundland outside 200 miles
U.S.-based Undercurrent seafood news organization has reported that Russia has unilaterally decided to auction dozens of fish quotas it...
rryancleary
- Jul 13
- 2 min
Enterprise owners to reveal 'informal, verbal, & handshake' agreements to unravel financial tangle
DFO has set out to ensure that inshore enterprise owners have complete control over their commercial fishing licenses (living up to the...
rryancleary
- Jul 11
- 2 min
Canada gets out of at-sea fish farming on B.C. coast; washes its hands of ocean pens off East coast
Before you ask, no — British Columbia is not in a different country. Ottawa has once again justified its decision to end at-sea fish...
rryancleary
- Jul 5
- 2 min
DFO stand against fall crab fishery not based on solid research (more pilot projects recommended)
In its own snow crab management plan for this province, DFO comes down on the idea of a fall fishery — pointing to a 2017 Marine...
rryancleary
- Jun 29
- 3 min
Price-setting panel rushes out 92¢/lb summer shrimp price (inshore fleet in no rush to fish for it)
Only most will be forced to fish for it. The price-setting panel sided with seafood processors Wednesday and set the top price for summer...
rryancleary
- Jun 28
- 2 min
‘Unacceptable sacrifice’, Ottawa extends mackerel moratorium when U.S. continues to fish same stock
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE — Wednesday, June 28th, 2023 Seaward Enterprises Association of Newfoundland and Labrador (SEA-NL) says a decision...
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