Keith Sullivan’s resignation from FFAW-Unifor, and questions of conflict of interest
Keith Sullivan’s unexpected resignation today as President of the FFAW-Unifor comes as SEA-NL was preparing to release details of a...
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rryancleary
- 5 days ago
- 2 min
Oceana wants tally of every fish caught in Cdn fishery; ignores impact of foreign draggers/seals
It’s a job not to be suspicious of charity groups like Oceana that “urgently" recommends the counting of every last fish caught in...
rryancleary
- Nov 24
- 1 min
Industry news: Robert Keenan joins Vericatch, makers of electronic logbooks (mandatory by 2024)
Robert Keenan, who resigned as the FFAW-Unifor's secretary-treasurer in August, has signed on with British Columbia-based Vericatch,...
rryancleary
- Nov 23
- 1 min
A message to inshore enterprise owners who have yet to sign on with SEA-NL
As an inshore enterprise owner, has it ever bothered you that skippers such as yourself are not recognized as a distinct group? As one of...
rryancleary
- Nov 22
- 2 min
SEA-NL congratulates provincial Liberal Party on World Fisheries Day
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Monday, Nov. 21st, 2022 Admiral's Marina, Harbour Grace south side. Seaward Enterprises Association of Newfoundland...
rryancleary
- Nov 21
- 3 min
DFO to reduce minimum herring size off east coast in major advance for inshore fishery
When it comes to hunting fish with mobile gear or fixed-gear modified tuck seines, some inshore skippers say the most skilled fishing is...
rryancleary
- Nov 15
- 2 min
3Ps cod assessment cancelled; DFO fall offshore surveys plagued (again) by delays/breakdowns
That’s the latest word from Brian Healey, DFO’s acting science director in the province, confirming recent news reports that the fall...
rryancleary
- Nov 14
- 2 min
DFO science not getting done (and all fishery management decisions suspect because of it)
The CBC reports DFO's fall science survey off Newfoundland and Labrador will be “largely missed” for the 3rd straight year — weeks after...
rryancleary
- Nov 10
- 2 min
Seal summit fails to produce action plan: SEA-NL
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Wednesday, Nov. 9th, 2022 DFO's most recent survey of harp seals in the northwest Atlantic put the population at...
rryancleary
- Nov 8
- 1 min
Multiply this stomach by 7.6 million for impact of harp seals on commercial fish stocks
DFO NL has said seals don't have an impact on snow crab stocks, but this video taken in March last year of the stomach contents of an...
rryancleary
- Nov 7
- 2 min
Summit or same-old, jury out on DFO’s latest move on seals: SEA-NL
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Monday, Nov. 7th, 2022 The above picture of a seal hunting caplin was taken in June/July 2019 in King's Point,...
rryancleary
- Nov 6
- 2 min
Snow crab prices on the rise; work to begin this fall on pricing formula similar to lobster/halibut
From a record high of $16.80/lb-17.05/lb US in mid-January for 5-8-ounce wholesale snow crab clusters from Newfoundland and Labrador to...
rryancleary
- Nov 4
- 2 min
SEA-NL renews call for improved search & rescue for Labrador; fed inquiry into fishing vessel safety
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Friday, Nov. 4th, 2022 Labrador's entire coastline is void of a single primary dedicated maritime or air resource...
rryancleary
- Nov 2
- 3 min
Job to criticize Derek Butler when he was quazi founding father of SEA-NL (but I’ll give it a shot)
You read that right, Derek Butler of the Association of Seafood Producers can take a share of the credit as inspiration for SEA-NL — the...
rryancleary
- Nov 1
- 3 min
'FFAW quota' ain't what it was; cod quality program quietly ended in 2020; sentinel info DFO secret
Enterprise owners on the northeast coast used to refer to the union-run cod quality and sentinel fisheries together as the "FFAW cod...
rryancleary
- Oct 28
- 1 min
SEA-NL speaks for skippers in saying DFO science isn't cutting it (Morley Knight says same thing)
SEA-NL sponsors Around the Province on NTV's First Edition every Tuesday around 5:55 p.m. To join/learn more about SEA-NL visit sea-nl.ca...
rryancleary
- Oct 27
- 2 min
With change to fishing vessel length locked in, SEA-NL sets sites on DFO leasing policy
It took a few years of shoulders to the wheel to help convince the federal powers that be to increase DFO’s maximum vessel length policy...
rryancleary
- Oct 27
- 2 min
Provincial report into foreign control of fishery misses boat completely: SEA-NL
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE — Thursday, Oct. 27th, 2022 Seaward Enterprises Association of Newfoundland and Labrador (SEA-NL) says a provincial...
rryancleary
- Oct 25
- 2 min
Liberal MP Ken McDonald's job as chair of Commons fish committee should be safe (but probably not)
if past Liberal practice is anything to go by, MP Ken McDonald's job as chair of the House of Commons fisheries committee is in jeopardy...
rryancleary
- Oct 24
- 3 min
Retired DFO senior manager says science advice often not ‘adequate’ for fishery management
Morley Knight, a Newfoundlander who retired 5 years ago as DFO’s assistant deputy minister for fisheries policy in Ottawa, breaks down...