FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Feb. 22nd, 2018

The Federation of Independent Sea Harvesters of Newfoundland and Labrador (FISH-NL) says Ottawa’s decision to award a new Arctic surf clam licence to East Coast aboriginal groups amounts to Indigenous reconciliation on the backs of inshore harvesters and rural communities.

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Friday, Feb. 16th, 2018

The Federation of Independent Sea Harvesters of Newfoundland and Labrador (FISH-NL) is calling for an immediate halt to the fishing of northern shrimp by factory-freezer trawlers in waters off Newfoundland’s northeast coast and southern Labrador until stocks rebound.

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Friday, Feb. 16th, 2018 

The Federation of Independent Sea Harvesters of Newfoundland and Labrador (FISH-NL) says the most common theme of a recent series of outreach meetings held around the province by the federal Department of Fisheries and Oceans is that the FFAW-Unifor is no longer the voice of inshore harvesters.

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Friday, Feb. 9th, 2018

The Federation of Independent Sea Harvesters of Newfoundland and Labrador (FISH-NL) condemns a move by the federal Department of Fisheries and Oceans this year to limit access to the release of the latest scientific information on the status of key commercial fish stocks, and calls for a more fair and open process.

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Feb. 6, 2018

The Federation of Independent Sea Harvesters of Newfoundland and Labrador (FISH-NL) says Ottawa’s failure to include the principles of adjacency and historical attachment in the reformed Fisheries Act — to ensure inshore harvesters have priority access to fish off their shores — is a grave injustice.

DFO is looking for feedback on proposed changes to the requirements for fish harvester registration, which in Newfoundland and Labrador is handled by the FFAW/Unifor-controlled Professional Fish Harvester Certification Board (PFHCB). 

Below is FISH-NL’s submission. The deadline for feedback is tomorrow — Wednesday, Jan. 31st. 

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Jan. 21st, 2018

The Federation of Independent Sea Harvesters of Newfoundland and Labrador (FISH-NL) is calling on the province’s Federation of Labour to clarify whether the FFAW can remain a member following the decision by Unifor, its national affiliate, to leave the Canadian Labour Congress (CLC).

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Thursday, Jan. 18th, 2018

The Federation of Independent Sea Harvesters of Newfoundland and Labrador (FISH-NL) says Unifor's reasoning for its break from the Canadian Labour Congress (CLC) is nothing short of ironic and hypocritical.

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Jan. 17th, 2018

The Federation of Independent Sea Harvesters of Newfoundland and Labrador is renewing its call for the FFAW-Unifor to come clean on details of its financial arrangements with offshore oil companies to address questions of conflicts of interest.

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Jan. 10th, 2018

The Federation of Independent Sea Harvesters of Newfoundland and Labrador (FISH-NL) says Ottawa’s commitment to new lifeboat stations in this province is commendable, but it’s not the No. 1 search-and-rescue issue facing mariners.