Atlantic ChiCan – fisherynation.com

Tag Archives: Atlantic ChiCan

Nova Scotia cracks down on lobster operators to protect industry’s ‘integrity’- Suspensions issued at 2 lobster pounds

January 25, 2023 Canada, International

In August 2018, Fisher Direct in Shag Harbour, N.S., was caught with lobster harvested under an Indigenous licence, which bars selling the catch. The pound, which has annual sales upwards of $20 million, had received a shipment of 1,400 kilograms of lobsters the day before federal fisheries officers descended on the facility. Inside the 31 crates, officers found 48 lobsters tagged for Indigenous food, social or ceremonial purposes that the department had previously microchipped. Meanwhile, a larger operation in southwestern Nova Scotia is also facing at least one licence suspension. In 2021, Atlantic ChiCan on Cape Sable Island was convicted for illegally shipping American lobsters to China, claiming they came from Canada. >click to read< 07:16

Comment

Atlantic ChiCan investment in Nova Scotia lobster business tops $45M

November 30, 2022 Canada, International, International News

Clark’s Harbour Seafood is set to open a new $15-million lobster processing facility this month as the China-focused exporter brings its investment on Cape Sable Island in southwest Nova Scotia to more than $45 million. The new plant, located in Clark’s Harbour, will be capable of processing up to four million pounds of cooked lobster a year allowing the company to make money from lobster not hardy enough for lengthy live shipments, says chief operating officer John Crandle Nickerson. The He family, which operates seafood processing companies in China, owns the business. Owner Jim He is a Canadian citizen who splits his time between Vancouver and Nova Scotia. >click to read< 13:54

Comment

N.S. lobster pound guilty of ‘egregious’ handling of egg-bearing female lobsters

October 29, 2022 Canada

One of Nova Scotia’s largest lobster pounds has been convicted for holding undersized and egg-bearing female lobsters at its facility on Cape Sable Island. Atlantic ChiCan pleaded guilty in provincial court Thursday on two Fisheries Act charges and was fined $25,000 and ordered to pay another $50,000 into an environmental damages fund. “This was an egregious amount” of egg-bearing, or berried, female lobster that were located and seized by fishery officers, federal Crown lawyer Derek Schnare said in Shelburne provincial court. >click to read< 08:56

Comment

Atlantic ChiCan exported U.S. lobster to China claiming it came from Canada

December 9, 2021 Canada, International News, National

A Chinese-owned lobster company in Nova Scotia has been fined $50,000 for illegally shipping American lobsters primarily to China and claiming it came from Canada. Atlantic ChiCan pleaded guilty Thursday in provincial court in Dartmouth, N.S., to two counts related to the mislabeling. Between May and October 2019, the big holding facility on Cape Sable Island in southwest Nova Scotia imported 63,000 pounds of live lobster from the United States and exported it as product of Canada,,, >click to read< 17:26

Comment

Ocean Resource Privatization

Articles Posted by Date
November 2024

M T W T F S S

1 2 3

4 5 6 7 8 9 10

11 12 13 14 15 16 17

18 19 20 21 22 23 24

25 26 27 28 29 30

« Oct

November 2024
M	T	W	T	F	S	S
	1	2	3
4	5	6	7	8	9	10
11	12	13	14	15	16	17
18	19	20	21	22	23	24
25	26	27	28	29	30

The New England groundfish debacle (Part III): who or what is at fault? Nils E. Stolpe/FishNet

It took me a while to decide how to most accurately describe the situation that has been visited upon the New England fishing communities that are and since colonial times have been dependent on the groundfish fisheries.

NILS STOLPE: The New England groundfish debacle (Part IV): Is cutting back harvest really the answer?

While it’s a fact that’s hardly ever acknowledged, the assumption in fisheries management is that if the population of a stock of fish isn’t at some arbitrary level, it’s because of too much fishing. Hence the term “overfished.” Hence the mandated knee jerk reaction of the fisheries managers to not enough fish; cut back on fishing. What of other factors? They don’t count. It’s all about fishing, because fishing is all that the managers can control; it’s their Maslow’s Hammer. When it comes to the oceans it seems as if it’s about all that the industry connected mega-foundations that support the anti-fishing ENGOs with hundreds of millions of dollars a year in “donations” are interested in controlling. Read the article here

Recent Posts
- Begich takes issue with Wal-Mart salmon decision (Take the gloves off, then)
  
  Begich, in a letter to the president and CEO of Wal-Mart Stores Inc., asked the company reconsider making the council the “sole arbiter” of which fish Read More »
- Keir Starmer warned ‘act now’ to stop EU fishermen plundering cod in UK waters
  
  Politicians in Brussels have started rattling their sabres as the European Union seeks to lay down its markers and roll-over the Brexit fisheries deal which saw Read More »
- Trans-Pacific Partnership – Obama’s ugly show of presidential petulance
  
  When the going got tough, Barack got in a huff, and then he got gruff. President Obama has worked himself into such a tizzy over the Read More »
- Lets meet and build a consensus to have Congress enact a U.S. Fisheries Bill – Sam Parisi
  
  I am a retired fisherman and am very concerned about the fishing future for those who are still engaged in their chosen occupation, and want to Read More »
- Shetland Fishermen’s Association (SFA) warns skippers of dangers fishing near Total’s gas pipelines in Yell Sound
  
  The fishermen’s body has accused the company of “doing nothing” to make the area safe. It is urging shellfish boats in particular to stay away amid Read More »
- Fishing Industry faces tough times – Sam Parisi
  
  US Fishermen from all over are feeling the effects of NOAA and conservation groups that are making it very difficult for our fishing fleets on every Read More »
- Ocean Choice International (OCI) charged with 8 violations in connection with 2012 death
  
  Ocean Choice International (OCI) has been charged with violations of the Occupational Health and Safety Act and Regulations in connection with the death of a worker onboard Read More »
- Opinion: A remedy for overregulation – Each government agency should answer to a board of directors
  
  If the 2016 presidential election has proved anything so far, it’s that millions of Americans know something is seriously wrong in Washington and they want it Read More »
- Fundraiser: F/V Queen Ann’s Revenge – Please support my friend
  
  Paul Matos was the owner of fishing boat Queen Ann’s Revenge. Sadly, his boat sank early Thursday morning. They sent out a call for help aroubd Read More »
- DFO and fishing vessel safety – A Damning Indictment of its safety culture
  
  Fisheries and Oceans’ decision not to extend the halibut fishery in the Gulf of St. Lawrence for the province’s inshore harvesters who didn’t catch their quotas Read More »
- Coast Guard rescues 6 people after fire breaks out on commercial fishing vessel
  
  The U.S. Coast Guard rescued six people after a boat fire led to them abandoning ship 105 nautical miles east of Portsmouth, New Hampshire, Sunday. The Read More »
- North Carolina Fisheries Association Weekly Update for April 24, 2015
  
  Click to read Weekly Update for April 24, 2015 as a PDF To read all the updates, click here20:27 Read More »
- Fish Wars Heat Up – Scott Christiansen, Anchorage Press Lay’s it All Out
  
  There’s an established fishery war on the Kenai Peninsula that heated up in recent weeks on two battlefronts: politics and news media. The feud is yet Read More »
- NPFMC progresses with halibut issues
  
  Federal fisheries managers took additional steps at their October meeting on halibut issues ranging from leasing of individual fishery shares to prohibited species catch limits, and Read More »
- Former SNP MSP quits party over plan to ban fishing that could ‘devastate’ coastal communities
  
  Angus MacDonald, who served at Holyrood for a decade before stepping down in 2021, is the latest figure to criticise the introduction of highly protected marine Read More »
- Story off base in characterization of Alaska fisheries board appointee
  
  I have concerns about the recent article of Feb. 4 in the Alaska Dispatch News, “Did Alaska Fish Board appointee really discover an endangered species?” I am Professor Read More »
- Great ‘Green’ Job Hoax: Only China Profits From Making Wind Turbines & Solar Panels
  
  The promise of thousands of jobs building wind turbines and solar panels is a renewable energy mantra; there are – but only in China. China itself Read More »
- Seafood industry groups unite to oppose bill that would limit bottom trawls
  
  A bill introduced last month in the U.S. House of Representatives that could place limits on trawling by fishermen and shrimpers is drawing the fire of Read More »
- Warming trend continues in waters off Atlantic Canada
  
  Warmer ocean temperatures off Atlantic Canada continued in 2016, maintaining a trend that started earlier this decade, according to survey results from Canada’s Department of Fisheries Read More »
- Local investors have received approvals needed to move full speed ahead on a $3.1 million fish Asian Carp rendering plant
  
  The plant primarily will render Asian carp for high-protein supplement products, but can render any fish caught by commercial fishermen contracted to bring in fish for Read More »
- Kodiak trawl fleet ends protest, negotiates higher price
  
  The Kodiak trawl fleet ended its protest over the price the fleet had been offered for its pollock harvest. The fleet ended its protest on Sunday Read More »
- Brian J. Rothschild to Testify at MSA Reauthoization Listening Session: Mon. 11/4 in Boston
  
  Senator Warren and Senator Begich’s offices have announced that the MSA Reauthorization hearing has been rescheduled for this coming Monday, November 4th. CSF’s President and CEO, Brian J. Read More »
- Here’s the Untold Truth of “Deadliest Catch Captain Rip Carlton
  
  Carlton denied “Deadliest Catch” producers’ access to his boat numerous times, claiming that the show would slow down his operation. With the Red King crab season Read More »
- Fraser River sockeye salmon fishery to open for business – this year’s run could see as many as 23 million return
  
  Today’s three-hour opening for gillnetters, from 3 p.m. to 6 p.m. PT, follows a recreational fishery Friday and First Nations’ food and ceremonial fisheries held on the lower Fraser Read More »
- Coast Guard rescues 2 fishermen off Nash Island, Maine
  
  The Coast Guard rescued two fishermen off Nash Island, Maine, Thursday, after their lobster boat became disabled when a swell pushed the vessel onto a rock Read More »