Fishing Industry Canada

A U.S. ferry made its way to Alaska after Canadian fishermen ended a three-day blockade of the vessel aimed at drawing attention to a dispute over salmon fishing. A flotilla of about 200 fishing boats dispersed from around the Alaska state ferry Malaspina in Prince Rupert, about 470 miles north of Vancouver. The ferry, which had 142 passengers aboard, quickly took advantage of the opportunity to leave. The fishermen were protesting what they claimed was overfishing of Pacific salmon by their U.

Bob Thorstenson wryly calls it "the 56-hour fish war." When the season opened on U.S. pink salmon in southeast Alaska earlier this month, about 100 U.S. fishermen in boats along Noyes Island had precisely 56 hours to fish their faces off. That was the time allowed by U.S. regulators after a breakdown in talks for renewal of the 1985 U.S.-Canada salmon treaty, which was designed to fairly divide fishing rights while also conserving species.

On the first visit to Canada in a decade by a U.S. secretary of State, Madeleine Albright on Tuesday announced new steps to resolve one of the few bitter disputes dividing the two neighbors--a fight over lucrative fishing rights for the Pacific salmon. Speaking at a news conference after spending much of the day with Lloyd Axworthy, her Canadian counterpart, Albright said that newly appointed Canadian and U.S.

It's a bright spring morning in Ucluelet, and the breeze blowing along the cove has shirttails billowing and flags snapping--just the sort of day that usually finds the village's fishermen down at the docks painting and repairing their boats in preparation for the summer salmon season. But this year, the work pace is laggard and the mood is mournful, for these are the hardest of times for British Columbia's historic salmon fishery.

Spanish and Portuguese trawlers retreated Friday from fishing grounds in international waters where Canada had seized a Spanish ship, but the European Union wasn't backing down from threats to retaliate. Spain sent a naval vessel to the area off Newfoundland where Canadian authorities had chased, boarded and seized the trawler Estai on Thursday after firing warning shots across its bow. The captain and crew were taken into custody.

A new confrontation between Canadian patrol boats and Spanish fishermen in international waters off Newfoundland threatened Thursday to sink negotiations aimed at settling a transatlantic fishing dispute. Spain and its European Union partners accused the Canadians of cutting the net of a Spanish trawler late Wednesday. Meeting in Luxembourg, EU fisheries ministers denounced Canada's "further, flagrant violation of international law."

In a compromise that could lead to important new conservation measures, Canada and the European Union agreed Sunday to end their bitter dispute over the rights to catch dwindling fish stocks in the North Atlantic.

Chinook salmon off southeast Alaska are plentiful, so there is no reason to reduce the harvest below the 230,000-fish cap set earlier this year despite Canadian pleas, Alaska officials said Friday. Commercial fishing of the prized salmon species will resume this weekend off the state's southeastern panhandle, Alaska Department of Fish and Game officials said.

Increasingly at odds over everything from wheat to wood, U.S. and Canadian trade officials tried but failed Thursday to defuse their fish war. Negotiators sat down at the table for three hours and emerged with little to say except that new talks will follow. "It was a useful and productive dialogue," a Commerce Department spokesman said. "Another meeting is scheduled."

This has been a busy year for Canada's fish police. Led by a youthful, pugnacious fisheries minister named Brian Tobin, Canada has fashioned a sort of gunboat diplomacy in pursuit of protecting its dwindling fish stocks. The policy has pushed Canada into a worldwide leadership position on the conservation issue, but it has also brought the country into conflict with the United States on two coasts.

On the first visit to Canada in a decade by a U.S. secretary of State, Madeleine Albright on Tuesday announced new steps to resolve one of the few bitter disputes dividing the two neighbors--a fight over lucrative fishing rights for the Pacific salmon. Speaking at a news conference after spending much of the day with Lloyd Axworthy, her Canadian counterpart, Albright said that newly appointed Canadian and U.S.

Bob Thorstenson wryly calls it "the 56-hour fish war." When the season opened on U.S. pink salmon in southeast Alaska earlier this month, about 100 U.S. fishermen in boats along Noyes Island had precisely 56 hours to fish their faces off. That was the time allowed by U.S. regulators after a breakdown in talks for renewal of the 1985 U.S.-Canada salmon treaty, which was designed to fairly divide fishing rights while also conserving species.

A U.S. ferry made its way to Alaska after Canadian fishermen ended a three-day blockade of the vessel aimed at drawing attention to a dispute over salmon fishing. A flotilla of about 200 fishing boats dispersed from around the Alaska state ferry Malaspina in Prince Rupert, about 470 miles north of Vancouver. The ferry, which had 142 passengers aboard, quickly took advantage of the opportunity to leave. The fishermen were protesting what they claimed was overfishing of Pacific salmon by their U.

It's a bright spring morning in Ucluelet, and the breeze blowing along the cove has shirttails billowing and flags snapping--just the sort of day that usually finds the village's fishermen down at the docks painting and repairing their boats in preparation for the summer salmon season. But this year, the work pace is laggard and the mood is mournful, for these are the hardest of times for British Columbia's historic salmon fishery.

Chinook salmon off southeast Alaska are plentiful, so there is no reason to reduce the harvest below the 230,000-fish cap set earlier this year despite Canadian pleas, Alaska officials said Friday. Commercial fishing of the prized salmon species will resume this weekend off the state's southeastern panhandle, Alaska Department of Fish and Game officials said.

In a compromise that could lead to important new conservation measures, Canada and the European Union agreed Sunday to end their bitter dispute over the rights to catch dwindling fish stocks in the North Atlantic.

A new confrontation between Canadian patrol boats and Spanish fishermen in international waters off Newfoundland threatened Thursday to sink negotiations aimed at settling a transatlantic fishing dispute. Spain and its European Union partners accused the Canadians of cutting the net of a Spanish trawler late Wednesday. Meeting in Luxembourg, EU fisheries ministers denounced Canada's "further, flagrant violation of international law."

Reigniting the "fish war" with the European Union, Canadian patrol vessels Sunday chased Spanish trawlers out of disputed fishing grounds in the North Atlantic and cut loose the net of one boat, according to Fisheries and Oceans Minister Brian Tobin. The latest incident came one day after negotiators meeting in Vancouver failed to resolve a disagreement over turbot fishing in waters just beyond Canada's 200-mile limit off Newfoundland.

Spanish and Portuguese trawlers retreated Friday from fishing grounds in international waters where Canada had seized a Spanish ship, but the European Union wasn't backing down from threats to retaliate. Spain sent a naval vessel to the area off Newfoundland where Canadian authorities had chased, boarded and seized the trawler Estai on Thursday after firing warning shots across its bow. The captain and crew were taken into custody.

This has been a busy year for Canada's fish police. Led by a youthful, pugnacious fisheries minister named Brian Tobin, Canada has fashioned a sort of gunboat diplomacy in pursuit of protecting its dwindling fish stocks. The policy has pushed Canada into a worldwide leadership position on the conservation issue, but it has also brought the country into conflict with the United States on two coasts.