Guest Contribution by Maria Recchia The small-scale fishing industry in Canada has been under attack recently. First Ottawa releases the now famous “Discussion Document on Modernizing the Fisheries” which conveniently omitted the owner-operator and fleet separation policies. Then the Fisheries … Continue reading
Guest contribution by Robin Rivers On the shores of Vancouver Island’s Baynes Sound, farming the land as well as the sea has been common practice for generations. Much like their brothers and sisters in Atlantic Canada, those who made their … Continue reading
Guest Contribution by Lia Rinaldo. Originally posted at Se7en’s a Banquet, 9ine’s a Brawl. – Fish are the last great wild food. They are part of a fragile ecosystem. So are the fishing communities. Change the way fish lands on … Continue reading
Guest Contribution from Katie Schleit Growing up in Southwest Nova Scotia, I’ve always known that healthy fisheries are essential to small communities in Atlantic Canada. For the last eight years, I’ve worked on fisheries policy internationally. Now that I’m back … Continue reading
Guest Contribution by Nic Mink Two years ago, while I was working at Knox College in Galesburg, Illinois, five Alaskan fishing families and a few non-fishermen (me included) embarked on a great community food system experiment: to start a Community … Continue reading
Contribution by Allison Bernard For the past five years, the Kwilmu’kw Maw-klusuaqn (KMK) – also known as Mi’kmaq Rights Initiative- has been engaged in a three party negotiation process to implement Treaty rights with the Province of Nova Scotia and … Continue reading
by Sadie Beaton “You gotta be awful stubborn to make a living,” Terry Wilkins says of clamming. 57 years old now, Terry has been digging clams in the tidal flats of Nova Scotia’s Annapolis Basin since he was eleven years … Continue reading
Guest Contribution by Alysse Mathalon & Olivia Paitich We want to get you thinking about microplastics. What are microplastics, you may ask? Well, as the name describes, they are tiny bits of plastic (generally up to 5 mm in size), … Continue reading
Small Scales has several new posts full of fascinating original material slated for the next few weeks. But as we piece them together, here’s a fascinating little video introducing a new report from the Center for Investigative Reporting (CIR) to … Continue reading
Guest Contribution from Renée Lavallée I have always had a love for shrimps; my first taste of a shrimp cocktail at the early age of 4 was enough to send me over the edge for these little guys. Over the … Continue reading
Guest contribution by Susanna D. Fuller Atlantic Canada is closely connected with the US eastern seaboard. We share a border, the Gulf of Maine, along with visitors (more so when ferries ran from Portland and Bar Harbour, Maine to Yarmouth, … Continue reading
Guest Contribution by Jordan Nikoloyuk Since Ecology Action Centre published ‘Valuing our Fisheries: Breaking Nova Scotia’s Commodity Curse’, I’ve spent a lot of time talking about our key findings. The report shows that if we want fisheries that provide economically … Continue reading
Guest Contribution by Dr. Ratana Chuenpagdee For people interested in small-scale fisheries, the above title captures well what is recognized about the sector. It is not easy, however, to convince others whose interests may lie elsewhere. Making the case for … Continue reading
Guest Contribution by Brett Tolley Last week I had the privilege to join the Canadian Independent Fish Harvester’s Movement for their two-day meeting in Halifax. My purpose was to learn more about owner-operator policies in Atlantic Canada but to be … Continue reading
