'Doomsday for 3L' inshore with new snow crab PA (and how did the FFAW let it happen?)
The new Precautionary Approach (PA) framework for snow crab shouldn't hurt 3L inshore IQs this year, but a severe underestimation of the...
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rryancleary
- 3 days ago
- 2 min
Vessel-length must change for non-core enterprises (but then non-core policy must go altogether)
DFO Is asking the question directly: "Now that the vessel-length barrier has changed to 49'11 for core enterprises in the NL region,...
rryancleary
- 4 days ago
- 2 min
DFO science can’t say what (if any) impact cancelled 2022 capelin fishery had on stock
That admission tells me the small commercial capelin fishery off Labrador and eastern/southern Newfoundland has an insignificant/zero...
rryancleary
- 5 days ago
- 3 min
DFO polled owner-operators only on vessel length, but boat registration question open to all hands
In 2022 DFO polled owner-operators exclusively about whether to increase the maximum inshore fishing vessel length to 49'11 (which most...
rryancleary
- 6 days ago
- 2 min
End of the line, what’s stopping inshore harvesters from owning their own enterprises?
Starving to death over the five years it takes to qualify for a commercial license is one obstacle, as is coming up with hundreds of...
rryancleary
- Mar 12
- 4 min
'Too silly to talk about', west coast fisherman fined $400 this week for 12 mackerel over limit
On Nov. 1st, 2022 a 70-year-old small-boat owner-operator from western Newfoundland landed his 18-foot dory on the beach with a small tub...
rryancleary
- Mar 9
- 3 min
Snow crab momentum builds leading into Boston seafood show, imports into U.S. up almost 75%
Washington-based fisheries consultant Les Hodges says momentum is returning to the snow crab market leading into Seafood Expo North...
rryancleary
- Mar 8
- 3 min
Almost 1,500 fishermen owe $6.4m in COVID support overpayments: DFO appeal process not cutting it
DFO says 1,455 harvesters in this province owe $6.4 million in overpayments from the Fish Harvester Benefit and Grant Program, which...
rryancleary
- Mar 7
- 2 min
Sullivan brothers go at it over Ocean Choice International's Dartmouth, Nova Scotia plant
Martin and Blaine Sullivan, the Southern Shore brothers behind Ocean Choice International — one of the largest seafood quota holders in...
rryancleary
- Mar 3
- 2 min
SEA-NL calls on DFO to delay mandatory introduction of electronic logbooks (ELOGS)
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Friday, March 3rd, 2023 Fishing boats on the southside of St. John's harbour. Seaward Enterprises Association of...
rryancleary
- Mar 2
- 3 min
Seals eat Fish: video hammers home devastating impact 10m predators have on fish (and fishermen)
It wasn't until last year that a Canadian Fisheries minister acknowledged the obvious and uttered the words, "seals eat fish." But not...
rryancleary
- Mar 1
- 3 min
ELOGS may be future (but ramming technology/expense down fishermen's throats not way to get there)
Fisheries and Oceans is (apparently) making electronic logbooks or ELOGS mandatory next year for all inshore enterprise owners (replacing...
rryancleary
- Feb 27
- 1 min
DFO science says snow crab stocks in healthy zone around province — except off Labrador
Keep in mind, of course, this is DFO science we're talking about and the 2022 trawl survey did not take place. DFO biologist Julia Pantin...
rryancleary
- Feb 27
- 2 min
SEA-NL elects new President, first woman leader of fisheries organization in province’s history
Fortune-based inshore enterprise owner Pamela Patten has been elected President of Seaward Enterprises Association of Newfoundland and...
rryancleary
- Feb 22
- 2 min
Fishermen told they owe thousands in COVID-19 support overpayments; DFO not taking calls
There’s no handle yet on numbers, but inshore harvesters around the province have received letters from Fisheries and Oceans informing...
rryancleary
- Feb 21
- 2 min
ASP plays historic poor mouth leading into 2023 crab season (but must open books and prove it)
The generational distrust between fishermen and processors didn't just fade away last week when the FFAW and Association of Seafood...
rryancleary
- Feb 18
- 2 min
Please sign petition for dedicated Search and Rescue Cormorant for Labrador out of 5 Wing Goose Bay
Labrador's entire coast is void of a primary dedicated maritime or air resource station to conduct search and rescue (SAR) missions — one...
rryancleary
- Feb 16
- 3 min
How to get top dollar for Newfoundland and Labrador snow crab (in a perfect pricing world)
An electronic auction would do the job, open to buyers around the world so that the crab would fetch the highest possible price. Such a...
rryancleary
- Feb 14
- 4 min
Seafood mind games; premature to talk snow crab strike with pricing formula still on table
Undercurrent seafood news reported Monday a huge gap of up to $4/lb between what buyers are prepared to pay this year for snow crab, and...
rryancleary
- Feb 10
- 3 min
Frustration to embarrassment to shame, patience lost with DFO science: SEA-NL
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Friday, Feb. 10, 2023 — Seaward Enterprises Association of Newfoundland and Labrador (SEA-NL) says continued...
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