FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Sept. 14th, 2018

The Federation of Independent Sea Harvesters of Newfoundland and Labrador (FISH-NL) is calling on the federal Department of Fisheries and Oceans to take direct control of a scientific quota of redfish in the Gulf of St. Lawrence. 

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Thursday, Sept. 13th, 2018

The Federation of Independent Sea Harvesters of Newfoundland and Labrador (FISH-NL) is calling on Fisheries and Oceans to immediately cancel this year’s northern cod quality project, and leave the fish for struggling inshore harvesters to catch.

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Wednesday, Sept. 12th, 2018

The Federation of Independent Sea Harvesters of Newfoundland and Labrador (FISH-NL) is demanding Prime Minister Justin Trudeau fire MP Dominic LeBlanc from the federal cabinet for breaking conflict of interest rules when he was minister of Fisheries and Oceans. 

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Thursday, Sept. 6th, 2018

The Federation of Independent Sea Harvesters of Newfoundland and Labrador (FISH-NL) is calling on the federal Department of Fisheries and Oceans to once again hold direct consultations with inshore harvesters.

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Friday, Aug. 24th, 2018

The Federation of Independent Sea Harvesters of Newfoundland and Labrador (FISH-NL) is encouraged that the province’s Labour Relations Board has agreed to consider its arguments to proceed with an immediate vote for inshore harvesters to decide their union fate.

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Friday, Aug. 17th, 2018

The Federation of Independent Sea Harvesters of Newfoundland and Labrador (FISH-NL) has asked the Auditor General of Canada to investigate DFO’s management of the sentinel cod fisheries in the province. 

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Monday, Aug. 13th, 2018

The Federation of Independent Sea Harvesters of Newfoundland and Labrador (FISH-NL) is dismayed that the province’s Labour Relations Board has rejected a request to broadcast an upcoming hearing on social media, meaning thousands of inshore harvesters around the province won’t be able to witness the proceedings.

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Tuesday, Aug. 7th, 2018

The Federation of Independent Sea Harvesters of Newfoundland and Labrador (FISH-NL) accuses provincial NDP leader Gerry Rogers of applying double standards in supporting locked out workers in Gander while turning her back on the province’s inshore fish harvesters.

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Wednesday, July 18th, 2018

The Federation of Independent Sea Harvesters of Newfoundland and Labrador (FISH-NL) congratulates British Columbia MP Jonathan Wilkinson’s appointment as Canada’s new Minister of Fisheries and Oceans and the Canadian Coast Guard.

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Wednesday, July 4th, 2018

The Federation of Independent Sea Harvesters of Newfoundland and Labrador (FISH-NL) wishes to inform inshore harvesters and the public at large that Aug. 20th has been set as the date for a hearing before the province’s Labour Relations Board.