Oceana Canada

Climate change and over harvesting continue to put Canadian fisheries at risk along with Indigenous and coastal communities’ food security and economic wellbeing, a new report indicates.

Fisheries and Oceans Canada hasn’t got the right tools or resources in place to monitor and protect vital commercial fisheries despite promising to rectify the problem seven years ago, a federal audit released Tuesday shows. 

Marine scientists and conservationists are calling on officials to pause Newfoundland and Labrador's commercial capelin fishery.

After some employee training and a deposit of $30,000 into an environmental fund, charges have been dropped against an Ontario-based seafood company accused of illegally importing European eel meat.

A new report by Oceana Canada says Canadian fisheries management has "fallen short" over the last five years, with nearly one in five fish stocks still "critically depleted."

A new Oceana Canada study says that means some people are paying more for lower-quality seafood and some restaurants and grocery stores are being duped.

The Department of Fisheries and Oceans has decided to increase the annual Atlantic cod quota despite stocks remaining critically low for three decades, a move Oceana Canada is calling “a recipe for disaster.”

There are now fewer than 366 right whales left in the world, according to researchers, and there have been 21 known right whale deaths in Canadian waters between 2017 and 2020.

Abacus Data polled 1,500 people, a majority of whom want the list of banned plastics to include other commonly littered plastics products: hot and cold drink cups, cigarette filters, and all forms of polystyrene.

"Canadians deserve to feel confident that their seafood is safe, honestly labelled and legally caught,” says Sayara Thurston of Oceana Canada.

A conservation group is calling on the Canadian and U.S. governments to take action to protect North Atlantic right whales after new data revealed a sharp decline in the animal's population.

An ocean advocacy group is calling for unified action from Canadian and U.S. governments to protect the dwindling North Atlantic right whale population from extinction.

A research expedition in northern Labrador is currently assessing vital yet relatively unexplored marine habitats.

A slow and steady approach to rebuilding the northern cod stock could see employment in the crucial fishery skyrocket in just over a decade, according to a new study.

Significant changes could be coming to the way fisheries are managed in Canada, giving hope for the rebound of some species and the protection of others, says an ocean conservation group.