http://www.atlanticfisherman.com The Latest News from Pictou, NS en-us Copyright 2009 Advocate Media Inc. 9/3/2010 4:23:13 PM 20 http://www.atlanticfisherman.com/stories.asp?id=3433 The Atlantic Veterinary College at the University of Prince Edward Island has announced the appointment of Dr. Mark Fast to the role of Novartis Research Ch... http://www.atlanticfisherman.com/stories.asp?id=3417 The Eastern Canada offshore sea scallop (placopecten magellanicus) fishery operating within the Canadian Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ) off the eastern seaboa... http://www.atlanticfisherman.com/stories.asp?id=3418 Marine coatings have changed a lot in the past 30 years, with the ascendency of fibreglass and aluminum as the predominant boat construction materials, and ... http://www.atlanticfisherman.com/stories.asp?id=3428 Long time fishermen Mike McGeoghegan of Eldon, Prince Edward Island said PEI fishers don’t want to be brokers, “We don’t want to be out on the road selling ... http://www.atlanticfisherman.com/stories.asp?id=3419 Just ten months after a steering committee first sat down with Lennox Island First Nation Chief Darlene Bernard, and less than six months after begin... http://www.atlanticfisherman.com/stories.asp?id=3426 Once numbering as high as 40,000 adults, the population of the inner Bay of Fundy Atlantic salmon has dropped to approximately 250 adults by 2000. The cause... http://www.atlanticfisherman.com/stories.asp?id=3427 Une fois cumulant aussi haut que 40.000 adultes, la population du compartiment intérieur des saumons atlantiques de Fundy s'est laissée tomber à approximati... http://www.atlanticfisherman.com/stories.asp?id=3422 The Williams government’s 2010 budget supports commitment to sustainable resource development including the fishery. Minister of Natural Resources, the Hon... http://www.atlanticfisherman.com/stories.asp?id=3421 The Honorable Clyde Jackman, Minister of Fisheries and Aquaculture in Newfoundland recently announced an important initiative in the House of Assembly. Th... http://www.atlanticfisherman.com/stories.asp?id=3420 The 2010 total allowable catch (TAC) for herring is at 13,080 tons, compared to 13,970 in 2009. The advisory was recently finalized and released by the Dep... http://www.atlanticfisherman.com/stories.asp?id=3423 American Ferries Inc. has proposed a new ferry route, an overnight cruise between Halifax and Boston. However, despite a destination of one of America’s busi... http://www.atlanticfisherman.com/stories.asp?id=3425 A Danish concept may change the way lobster is shipped trans-Atlantic. And after the recent Eyjafjallajökull volcanic eruptions out of Iceland that paralyze... http://www.atlanticfisherman.com/stories.asp?id=3424 Nova Scotia’s provincial government commissioned a marketing study to research local interest in local fish, and the results revealed that Nova Scotian cons... http://www.atlanticfisherman.com/stories.asp?id=3416 Ocean Choice International (Ocean Choice) recently received confirmation that their Wild Canadian Sea Scallop fishery has joined Canadian Coldwater Shrimp as... http://www.atlanticfisherman.com/stories.asp?id=3430 The key to a sustainable future for the PEI lobster industry is developing new markets. That was the message David McGuire brought to the recent annual mee... http://www.atlanticfisherman.com/stories.asp?id=3432 Island fishermen are outraged by recent remarks made by the executive director of the PEI Seafood Processors Association. “PEI fisherman — and this is a po... http://www.atlanticfisherman.com/stories.asp?id=3434 The executive director of the PEI Fishermen’s Association said he is hearing nothing but good things from his organization’s young members about the Future ... http://www.atlanticfisherman.com/stories.asp?id=3429 Island fishermen had plenty of questions for the newly minded executive director of the Lobster Council of Canada when he spoke during the recent annual mee... http://www.atlanticfisherman.com/stories.asp?id=3435 A Conservative MLA is predicting more PEI lobsters will begin showing up on the wharf in New Brunswick and Nova Scotia this spring in search of a better pri... http://www.atlanticfisherman.com/stories.asp?id=3436 The grey seal population in the Gulf of St Lawrence must be brought under control and the sooner the better. That was the thrust of a recent presentation t... http://www.atlanticfisherman.com/stories.asp?id=3431 The PEI lobster industry should be well served with a carapace size of 72 millimeters. The PEI Fishermen’s Association asked publisher and consultant John ... http://www.atlanticfisherman.com/stories.asp?id=3413 Bloodworms Are Beautiful... if you happen to be either another bloodworm or a picker of these little tidal beasties, which are not only ugly to human eye, bu... http://www.atlanticfisherman.com/stories.asp?id=3410 Canadian Tuna Fishermen Breathed a Sigh of Relief... after they dodged a bullet at the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species meeting in Doh... http://www.atlanticfisherman.com/stories.asp?id=3415 Convenience Foods Are the Name of the Game... in the competition for sales between supermarkets and restaurants these days, according to analyst Bonnie Riggs... http://www.atlanticfisherman.com/stories.asp?id=3412 Crabbers Had Lots to Crab About... as the snow crab season got underway in the Gulf of St Lawrence on April 16. Over in Newfoundland and Labrador, processo... http://www.atlanticfisherman.com/stories.asp?id=3414 Those Huge Humboldt Squid... are at it again, drifting farther and farther north along the American and Canadian coast from their natural habitat in the Humb... http://www.atlanticfisherman.com/stories.asp?id=3411 Two New Guys on the Block... in the lobster processing industry have given rise to some expectation by Prince Edward Island lobster fishermen that they might...