People who live nearby and fishers who ply their trade in the region are facing more problems and repercussions as a result of warming waters in the already-troubled Gulf of St. Lawrence. Last month, a report by Fisheries and Oceans… »
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Deep waters in Gulf of St. Lawrence have reached record high temperatures
Water temperatures in the Gulf of St. Lawrence on Canada’s East Coast are now at their highest level in over a century–since 1915 when scientists began keeping records in the region. New data, published Tuesday by Fisheries and Oceans Canada,… »
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Endangered whales return to Canadian waters
A pair of North Atlantic right whales was spotted by surveillance aircraft in the waters of the Gulf of St. Lawrence on May 3, 2020. (Department of Fisheries and Oceans Canada). Read the article »
Endangered North Atlantic right whales return to Canadian waters
The sighting of two North Atlantic right whales in Canadian waters over the weekend has triggered fishery closures in Atlantic Canada designed to protect the endangered marine mammals from potentially deadly entanglements in fishing gear. The pair of right whales… »
Second endangered blue whale found dead in Gulf of St. Lawrence: DFO
A second endangered blue whale was found in the Gulf of St. Lawrence last month, the Department of Fisheries and Oceans confirmed Tuesday. A cargo ship initially reported seeing the blue whale carcass on Sept. 7 and the sighting was… »
Rising seal population could lead to codfish extinction in Gulf of St. Lawrence
Fisheries and Oceans Canada (DFO) has issued a stark warning linking the demise of codfish in the southern Gulf of St. Lawrence to a rapidly increasing seal population. The warning is contained in the most recent stock assessment of Atlantic… »
Transport Canada fines ship for exceeding whale safety speed limit
Transport Canada has issued a $6,000 fine to a vessel that allegedly breached mandatory speed limits introduced by the federal government in parts of the Gulf of St. Lawrence to protect endangered North Atlantic right whales, Transport Minister Marc Garneau… »
6th North Atlantic right whale found dead
A sixth dead North Atlantic right whale has been discovered in the Gulf of St. Lawrence this year, Fisheries and Oceans Canada said Thursday evening, less than a day after the federal government announced heightened measures to protect the highly endangered… »
Canada imposes ship speed limits after 5th endangered whale found dead
Canada’s transport ministry has imposed precautionary speed restrictions on maritime traffic in the western part of the Gulf of St. Lawrence, after federal fisheries officials confirmed Wednesday the death of a fifth North Atlantic right whale found on the cost… »
2 more dead right whales spotted in the Gulf of St. Lawrence
Officials with Fisheries and Oceans Canada say two more endangered North Atlantic right whales have been found dead in the Gulf of St. Lawrence. The whales were found near the Acadian Peninsula, New Brunswick and west of the Magdalen Islands, Quebec, officials… »
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