Statement - Closure to Snow Crab Fishery to Protect North Atlantic Right Whales in the Gulf of St. L

7/21/2017
The announcement comes only days after the discovery of an eighth North Atlantic right whale carcass, which is now being towed to land so that a ...
Although 98 percent of the total allowable catch (TAC) for snow crab in the affected region, area 12, has already been harvested, "the recent whale ...
However, the recent whale mortalities in the area are unprecedented and this closure is an important measure to address the situation," said the DFO, ...
7/20/2017
After the death of an eighth right whale on Thursday, Fisheries and Oceans has closed the snow crab fishery in part of the Gulf of St. Lawrence to try to ...
On July 19, 2017, an eighth North Atlantic Right whale was found dead in the Gulf of St. Lawrence. The Canadian Coast Guard is currently towing the ...
7/17/2017
As right whale researchers shift their focus to the Gulf of St. Lawrence, they welcome a decision by the federal government to close a snow crab fishery ...
7/14/2017
Canadian Fisheries Minister Dominic LeBlanc said his department may consider changes to the snow crab fishery in order to minimize whale ...

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