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Frustration to embarrassment to shame, patience lost with DFO science: SEA-NL

Seaward Enterprises Association of Newfoundland and Labrador (SEA-NL) says continued cancellations and delays of critical assessments that survey the health of major fish stocks like northern cod have turned Fisheries and Oceans science into a Canadian shame. “We’re past the point of frustration and embarrassment with DFO science; it’s now Canada’s shame,” says Ryan Cleary, SEA-NL’s Executive Director. DFO’s science director for the province released a letter Thursday afternoon informing fishing industry representatives that the Canadian Coast Guard science ship Alfred Needler has been deemed “beyond repair” and decommissioned. >click to read< 09:01

On the hot seat! MLAs want to know what MacKinley has done to help P.E.I.’s struggling lobster industry.

Fisheries Minister Ron MacKinley will soon have to explain to both Liberal and Tory MLAs what he has done to help the Island’s struggling lobster industry. The provincial Standing Committee on Fisheries and Rural Development met this morning in Charlottetown to decide their work plan for the coming months. Read more here  17:35