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North Atlantic right whales are critically endangered, with only about 525 believed to be alive.

North Atlantic right whales are critically endangered, with about 525 estimated to still be alive.

A study has concluded that the increased presence of killer whales in Arctic waters is intimidating narwhal into drastically changing their behaviour.

The male orca, found in the water off the Sunshine Coast north of Vancouver on Tuesday, also had a hematoma, indicating it was alive for a time after the injury, said a specialist from DFO.

Julia Baum and Susanna Fuller laughed when asked how they managed to track down evidence for an investigation they recently completed into the state of Canada’s oceans and fisheries.

Ocean research on Canada's East Coast received a major boost Tuesday when the federal government announced nearly $94 million in funding over seven years for a new institute based at Dalhousie.

"DFO is compromised," Morton said, criticizing the federal government for its decision last month to grant six-year licenses to companies farming salmon in open-net pens along the coast.

Dominic LeBlanc says the Department of Fisheries and Oceans' mandate to preserve fisheries is fundamental to its responsibility to promote a sustainable salmon-farming sector.

Caleb Behn, who is from West Moberly First Nation, one of the nations taking the federal government to court, says Trudeau has broken his promise.

Officials for both Hunter Tootoo and Prime Minister Justin Trudeau are keeping mum about published allegations against the embattled former fisheries minister.

A leading ocean conservation group sounded an alarm over the state of Canada’s fishery Thursday in a new report that reveals that less than 25 per cent of the country’s fish stocks

Many fish can carry the virus without having the disease, Dr, Kristi Miller said.