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    • Newsroom
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    January 6, 2021

    Northern Cod rebuilding plan fails to live up to expectations

    At this point, it is unclear if the rebuilding plan that was released adheres to the proposed regulations and recent law amendments. Read more >
    • Newsroom
    • Press Release
    December 16, 2020

    Maritime Sector Should Be Key Part of Implementing New Hydrogen Strategy for Canada

    OTTAWA—Earlier today, the federal government released the Hydrogen Strategy for Canada, a roadmap for how this country can position itself as a leader in the emerging market for hydrogen and use this alternative fuel to help lower emissions. “The Hydrogen Strategy for Canada demonstrates that the government is serious about investing in the transformative solutions… Read more >
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    • Press Release
    December 11, 2020

    Oceans North Supports New Measures to Fight Climate Change, Protect Nature and Grow the Economy

    OTTAWA—Oceans North applauds the federal government’s new climate plan that recognizes the urgent need for action to address climate change and protect crucial ecosystems that underpin our economic wellbeing. “Canada’s economic future ultimately depends on our ability to protect and restore nature while adopting innovative new technologies. Today’s announcement demonstrates leadership on addressing climate change… Read more >
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    • Press Release
    November 20, 2020

    What Canada’s New Climate Accountability Legislation Could Mean for Shipping Emissions

    Oceans North urges the Government of Canada to develop a 2025 emissions target and action plan. Read more >
    • Press Release
    November 9, 2020

    Millions at stake in DFO’s failed actions to rebuild the depleted Atlantic mackerel stock

    Inaction by Fisheries and Oceans Canada (DFO) on measures to rebuild the Atlantic mackerel stock is reducing the long-term value of the fishery by more than $50 million, according to a new cost-benefit analysis. Atlantic mackerel support both natural ecosystems and coastal livelihoods. Fishermen catch mackerel for commercial sale and also use them as bait… Read more >
    • Press Release
    October 15, 2020

    Hope for a sustainable halibut fishery on Greenland’s northwest coast

    Oceans North congratulates Naalakkersuisoq Minister of Fisheries, Hunting and Agriculture Jens Immanuelsen for his commitment to abolish the quota-free fishing for Greenland halibut in Northwest Greenland by January 2021. “This is an important step towards introducing a sustainable inshore fishery for halibut in West Greenland,” said Søren Stach Nielsen, acting Greenland projects director for Oceans… Read more >
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    January 29, 2020

    Atlantic Canadians think ocean protection can help grow the economy, says newly released polling  

    For immediate release January 29, 2020 — Recently released polling reveals Atlantic Canadians recognize the ocean’s importance to Atlantic Canada’s economy while strongly supporting increased marine protection. The polling was conducted in August and September of 2019, with 1500 respondents split between Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, Prince Edward Island and Newfoundland. Atlantic Canadians greatly value… Read more >
    • Press Release
    August 1, 2019

    Ottawa and Inuit Reach Historic Agreement to Co-Manage Arctic Waters in Canada’s Largest New National Marine Conservation Area

    Ottawa and Qikiqtani Inuit Assocation (QIA) today announced an historic agreement that finalizes a joint governance model for the long-sought Tallurutiup Imanga National Marine Conservation Area which will protect more than 109,000 square kilometres of biologically rich Arctic waters. Read more >
    • Press Release
    June 20, 2019

    Modernized Fisheries Act is a win for aquatic ecosystems, species, and the communities that depend on them

    FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: June 20, 2019 K’jipuktuk [Halifax], Nova Scotia — A modernized Fisheries Act will soon receive Royal Assent, marking the first time since 1868 that the law has had an extensive overhaul. The Fisheries Act helps protect our aquatic ecosystems and species, and also sets out the framework for how fisheries are managed. However,… Read more >
    • Press Release
    April 25, 2019

    Canada prohibits industrial activities, including oil and gas and bottom trawling in marine protected areas, makes progress towards international targets

    FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: APRIL 25, 2019 Kjipuktuk (Halifax), Nova Scotia: Canadian environmental organizations are applauding new steps towards stronger protection of the marine environment. Today, the government of Canada announced that it has adopted strong standards for marine protected areas (MPAs), including the prohibition of oil and gas development and bottom trawling. At the Nature… Read more >
    • Press Release
    November 14, 2018

    Marine protected area process undermined by oil and gas activity say Canada’s leading environmental organizations

    FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: November 14, 2018 K’jipuktuk [Halifax] November 13, 2018 — Protecting Canada’s marine and coastal environment has been a significant priority for the government of Canada, however many sites labelled as protected remain vulnerable to industrial activity. Last week, the Canada-Newfoundland and Labrador Offshore Petroleum Board (C-NLOPB) awarded new oil and gas leases… Read more >
    • In the News
    September 17, 2018

    Conservation groups hope to educate Canadians with new Arctic marine atlas

    Faced with dramatic shifts in the Arctic due to joint pressures of climate change and industrial development, a trio of Canadian NGOs released Monday an educational tool they hope will help shape the conversation about protecting the region’s fragile environment and its Indigenous peoples.

    The 122-page trilingual – English, French and Inuktitut – Canada’s Arctic Marine Atlas released by Oceans North, Ducks Unlimited Canada and World Wildlife Fund- Canada provides a comprehensive overview of complex interactions between humans and various Arctic marine species.

    Read the article at Radio Canada International.
    • Press Release
    September 17, 2018

    New Arctic Marine Atlas Surveys a Spectacular Region at Risk

    FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: September 17, 2018 OTTAWA—Oceans North, Ducks Unlimited Canada and World Wildlife Fund- Canada are thrilled to release Canada’s Arctic Marine Atlas, a 122-page publication that relies on the latest data to describe an extraordinary ecosystem undergoing dramatic shifts due to climate change. The atlas provides a comprehensive overview of how humans and… Read more >
    • In the News
    September 17, 2018

    Halifax G7 meeting to promote ocean plastics charter to UN

    A G7 ministers meeting in Halifax will promote the Canadian-led oceans plastic charter, with Ottawa planning to take the accord to the United Nations General Assembly, says the federal environment minister.

    The non-binding accord was agreed-to by five of the G7 leaders and the European Union at the G7’s Charlevoix summit in June, though neither the United States nor Japan have signed on yet.

    Read the article at CP/Toronto Star.
    • In the News
    September 17, 2018

    Environmental groups release results of 3-year project that shows how Arctic being altered by climate change

    A vast array of scientific knowledge about Canada’s Arctic has been compiled by three of the country’s largest environmental organizations into an electronic document that tracks the story of humans, animals and marine ecosystems across the Far North.

    Canada’s Arctic Marine Atlas, more than three years in the making, was released on Monday – two days before Group of Seven environment ministers are scheduled to meet in Halifax to discuss oceans, clean energy, global climate action and fisheries.

    Read the article at Globe and Mail.
    • In the News
    March 7, 2018

    Canada to push ‘plastics charter’ at G7

    Canada will use its presidency of the G7 to try to persuade the world’s richest and most industrialized countries to adopt ambitious goals for plastics recycling and waste reduction.

    “We are looking at a zero-plastics-waste charter,” Environment Minister Catherine McKenna said Wednesday from Cancun, Mexico, where she was at an international conference on the world’s oceans.

    Read the article at the National Post/Canadian Press.
    • In the News
    December 21, 2017

    New protected ocean areas aimed at conserving coral, sea bottom dwellers

    The Disko Fan and the Funk Island Deep. Most Canadians might be excused for thinking they could be the names of pop-rock bands.

    They are, in fact, the monikers of two of Canada’s newest marine refuges where the federal government hopes to protect sensitive ocean habitats in the Eastern Arctic.

    Fisheries Minister Dominic LeBlanc announced the creation of seven new marine refuges Thursday, adding more than 145,000 square kilometres to the ocean areas along Canada’s coasts that are deemed off limits to fishing gear that makes contact with the ocean floor.

    Read the article at the National Post.
    • In the News
    December 1, 2017

    Nations agree to ban fishing in Arctic Ocean for at least 16 years

    Nine nations and the European Union have reached a deal to place the central Arctic Ocean (CAO) off-limits to commercial fishers for at least the next 16 years. The pact, announced yesterday, will give scientists time to understand the region’s marine ecology—and the potential impacts of climate change—before fishing becomes widespread.

    “There is no other high seas area where we’ve decided to do the science first,” says Scott Highleyman, vice-president of conservation policy and programs at the Ocean Conservancy in Washington, D.C., who also served on the U.S. delegation to the negotiations. “It’s a great example of putting the precautionary principle into action.”

    Read the article at Science Magazine.
    • In the News
    November 24, 2017

    Ice Bridge’s Troubled Waters: Inuit seek to save Canada-Greenland link

    The Inuit of the western edge of Greenland call the tip of Baffin Bay that lies between them and their distant relatives in Canada the Pikialasorsuaq, or “the great upwelling,” because the water is open all year round and teems with the wildlife that has been the staple of their diet for thousands of years.

    Along the northern edge of the Pikialasorsuaq is an ice bridge that was the migration route from North America taken centuries ago by the ancestors of the Inuit who now live along Greenland’s coast.

    Read the article at Globe and Mail.
    • In the News
    September 28, 2017

    Inuit will write marine management plan for eastern end of Northwest Passage

    The Inuit of Labrador and the federal government have signed a deal that will see the Inuit use their traditional knowledge to develop a marine-management plan covering more than 380,000 square kilometres of coastal waters on the far eastern end of the Northwest Passage.

    The plan, which is expected to govern shipping, resource extraction, water quality, species management, conservation of historical sites and other matters of importance to the Inuit, comes as climate change and the decline of Arctic sea ice are opening the passage to an increasing amount of ship traffic.

    Read the article at The Globe and Mail.
    • In the News
    August 10, 2017

    Arctic waters get long-sought protection

    The federal government has reached an agreement with local Inuit that will lead to the protection and management of a massive swath of northern sea in one of the most ecologically sensitive regions of the Canadian Arctic.

    The new proposed boundaries of a national marine conservation area in Lancaster Sound, which has sometimes been called the Serengeti of the Arctic because of the breadth of its biodiversity, would encompass more than 131,000 square kilometres of ocean.

    Read the article at The Globe and Mail.

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