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Fundy Baykeeper blasts deliberate, illegal pesticide use in the Bay of Fundy

CCNB Blog, CCNB in the News, Feature, Fundy Baykeeper, Marine Conservation / Jon MacNeill

“I wish I was surprised.” That’s what our Fundy Baykeeper, Matt Abbott, told reporters after it was revealed in Saint John provincial court Tuesday that a St. George salmon farming company had deliberately used an illegal pesticide last summer. The company, Northern Harvest Sea Farms, pled guilty to violating New Brunswick’s Pesticides Control Act on […]

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As Moncton moves toward plastic bag ban, tell us what you’re doing to keep plastic pollution out of our oceans!

CCNB Blog, Feature, Freshwater Protection, Marine Conservation / Corey Robichaud

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_single_image image=”138314″ img_size=”full” alignment=”center”][vc_custom_heading text=”Did you know Moncton is moving toward a ban on single-use plastic bags?” google_fonts=”font_family:Alegreya%20Sans%3A100%2C100italic%2C300%2C300italic%2Cregular%2Citalic%2C500%2C500italic%2C700%2C700italic%2C800%2C800italic%2C900%2C900italic|font_style:500%20bold%20regular%3A500%3Anormal”][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]It’s true! According to CBC New Brunswick, when a local community group presented a petition calling for a ban at a public meeting earlier this month, the members of Moncton City council jumped on the opportunity, with one

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N.B. aquaculture company to face rare charges in provincial court

CCNB Blog, CCNB in the News, Fundy Baykeeper, Marine Conservation / Hannah Moore

Our Fundy Baykeeper, Matt Abbott, told CBC News he will be closely monitoring an impending court case involving New Brunswick-based aquaculture company Northern Harvest Sea Farms. The company, which has licenses to operate nine salmon farms on the Bay of Fundy, is alleged to have violated section 15 of New Brunswick’s Pesticides Control Act, which

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“It makes me seriously worried” — Environment Commissioner says feds dropping ball on salmon farming oversight

CCNB Blog, Fundy Baykeeper, Marine Conservation / Jon MacNeill

Our Fundy Baykeeper says a new report from Canada’s top environmental watchdog reinforces longstanding concerns that the aquaculture industry in Atlantic Canada is severely lacking effective regulation and enforcement. Julie Gelfand, Canada’s Commissioner of the Environment and Sustainable Development, tabled her 2018 Spring Reports on Tuesday, April 24, including a report on salmon farming in Atlantic

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Climate change causing dramatic shift in Bay of Fundy fisheries

CCNB Blog, CCNB in the News, Fundy Baykeeper, Marine Conservation / Jon MacNeill

Fishermen, scientists, and those living and working along the Bay of Fundy and Gulf of Maine, like our own Fundy Baykeeper, say climate change and rising ocean temperatures are already having a pronounced impact on the fisheries so critical to the region. Our Fundy Baykeeper Matt Abbott was among those who described changes they are

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Top marks to Fisheries Act changes: Corbett

CCNB Blog, CCNB in the News, Marine Conservation / Jon MacNeill

Our Executive Director, Lois Corbett, joined conservation and environmental groups clear across the country in welcoming proposed changes to Canada’s Fisheries Act. In articles published in the New Brunswick Telegraph-Journal and CBC New Brunswick, Corbett and our Fundy Baykeeper Matt Abbott said the new legislation is good news for New Brunswick, the Bay of Fundy,

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Cooke fined $332,000, loses lease after Puget Sound salmon escape

CCNB Blog, Marine Conservation / Olivia DeYoung

Washington State officials have terminated a lease with Cooke Aquaculture Pacific and fined the company $332,000 after a state investigation conducted last month revealed it had not adequately maintained the net pen that failed last summer and released hundreds of thousands of Atlantic salmon into Pacific Waters near Cypress Island in Washington. The investigation also

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Good news for the Bay of Fundy: statement on new Fisheries Act

Feature, Fundy Baykeeper, Marine Conservation, Media Releases / Jon MacNeill

Attention New Editors: Lois Corbett, Executive Director, and Matt Abbott, the Fundy Baykeeper. issued the following statement with respect to the introduction of the new national Fisheries Act. “The new law that protects Canada’s fisheries and their upstream and downstream habitat is good news for New Brunswick coastal communities and the thousands of jobs that

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North Atlantic Right Whale death toll reaches 17

CCNB Blog, Marine Conservation / Olivia DeYoung

Another North Atlantic right whale has been found dead on a beach on Nantucket Island, off the coast of Cape Cod, Massachusetts. This brings the number of deaths to 17 for the year in Canadian and US waters, nearly 4 percent of the total right whale population, which currently sits at fewer than 500

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Pepsi can imprint on Bay of Fundy lobster tells story of pollution problem in NB coastal waters

CCNB Blog, CCNB in the News, Feature, Marine Conservation / Jon MacNeill

The Fundy Baykeeper says an unusual catch in the waters off Grand Manan tells the story of a dishearteningly common and pervasive problem in our oceans: the abundance of human-made garbage. The CBC reports that Grand Manan lobster fisher Karissa Landstrand recently pulled in a lobster with part of a Pepsi can imprinted on its

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