The Sir Robert Bond Papers

On the surface, it looks like a classic political compromise .  The federal government caved to political pressure and reallocated the shrim...

In China in these days of hard economic times, none are hit so hard as the people who work in zombie industries. These are industries that...

Two years. That’s all it took to destroy the provincial government’s historic fisheries policy that had been built on the highly successfu...

Turn your browser to a new blog from The Navigator .  For those who don’t know it, The Navigator is a monthly magazine about the fishery ...

Thursday’s announcement by fisheries minister Darin King should give you a pretty big reminder that the local political scene remains mired ...

The Department of Fisheries and Oceans is holding a consultation on the future direction of the commercial fishery in Canada. it builds off ...

A strange as it may seem after years of evidence that political interference in fisheries management has caused nothing but grief, there are...

The basic problem in the fishery is that the provincial fisheries minister has too much control over the industry and  - inevitably - tends ...

Scientists told some American fishermen before Christmas that the cod the fishermen depend on for their livelihood are in danger of disappe...

Remember that thing about not being able to slide a sheet of paper between the three political parties on major issues? Well, it continu...

News today that OCI will permanently close two of its fish plants is merely the start of it. The hurricane of change that is sure to foll...

Your humble e-scribbler said it most recently just a few days ago : The two opposition parties are less concerned about the financial c...

To look at the fishery in Newfoundland and Labrador is to see as clear an example as one may find of the fundamental bankruptcy of the sort ...

Below you’ll find the complete text of a statement issued Tuesday by the Association of Seafood Producers. Key bits: ASP clearly sup...

A classic Telegram editorial, your humble e-scribbler once wrote, consists of a summary of an issue concluding with a blinding insight into...

Fisheries minister Clyde Jackman is running as fast as he can from a fisheries restructuring report that recommends restructuring the fishe...

Did anyone really expect that fisheries minister Clyde Jackman would actually tell the people of the province officially, with a news releas...

Anyone who wants to understand the reason why the fishery in this province remains an economic and social disaster need look no further than...

Well, in the world of provincial fisheries not much of any value to people in the fishing industry. In July, the provincial government ann...

Remember that fisheries research cash announcement that seemed to have been cobbled together within the past six weeks? Well, there’s a b...