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fishing

A red fish swimming in an opposite direction to a number of blue fish.
Society

Will Reviving the Cod Industry Doom It Yet Again?

September 16, 2024March 6, 2025 - by Andreae Callanan

The high-stakes gamble over opening up Newfoundland’s waters

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A man in a wetsuit holds a herring and hemlock sprig
Environment

Are Herring Making a Comeback in BC?

February 20, 2023September 14, 2024 - by Lauren Kaljur

The fish all but disappeared from the shorelines around Squamish in the mid-1970s. Locals are monitoring signs of hope

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A close-up photo of mackerel fish on ice
Environment

Fish on the Brink: Where Did All the Mackerel Go?

January 28, 2022 - by Moira Donovan

A fish famous for its abundance has become harder to find in many Atlantic communities

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A photo of ancient Indigenous fish traps lining a harbour in British Colombia.
Environment

Can Ancient Indigenous Technology Help Save BC’s Salmon?

September 1, 2021April 5, 2022 - by Brian Payton

After an earthquake exposed thousands of mysterious wooden stakes off Vancouver Island, researchers spent over a decade figuring out what they mean

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Artwork of stylized red lobsters filling every inch of the frame. The art has a woven texture.
January/February 2021 / Justice

The New Lobster Wars

November 10, 2020November 26, 2021 - by Zoe Heaps Tennant

Inside the decades-long East Coast battle between fishers and the federal government over Mi’kmaw treaty rights

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Illustration of fish swimming into garbage can
Environment

The Case of the Disappearing Fish

July 31, 2019November 11, 2019 - by Sasha Chapman

About 170 million tonnes of fish are caught each year, 46 million tonnes of which winds up wasted. Is it possible to fix this broken food system?

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Vintage Illustration of Fish
Uncategorized

Please Enjoy Your Genetically Engineered Dinner

January 3, 2018November 11, 2019 - by Christopher Pollon

Last year, Canada became the first country to sell unlabelled transgenic animals for human consumption. But do consumers have an appetite for it?

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A ship with a Canadian flag on it
July/August 2014

The Trials of Philip Halliday

July 25, 2014April 18, 2024 - by Noah Richler

Did an out-of-work fisherman from Digby knowingly smuggle one and a half tons of cocaine into Spain?

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June 2005 / Sports

To Catch a Fish

June 12, 2005May 25, 2020 - by John DeMont

The perfect escape is just a gasoline slick away for the dedicated urban angler

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March 2005

Catch of the Day

March 12, 2005August 7, 2021 - by Leo Furey

Who needs cod? Newfoundlanders troll the seas for treasures of a different kind.

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