CANADAHALIFAX news Local organization set to help fish harvesters switch to whalesafe gear by admin 29 يوليو، 2022 written by admin 29 يوليو، 2022 30 Only three months old, the CanFISH gear lending program has “already replaced over 800 buoylines that could have entangled whales,” says CWF’s Sean Brillant CITYnews halifax \ Steve Gow A Halifax-based organization has received $4.4 million from the Department of Fisheries and Oceans Canada (DFO) Whalesafe Gear Adoption Fund to establish a program aimed at fish harvesters transition to safer equipment. The not-for-profit Canadian Wildlife Federation (CWF) received the funding to establish the CanFish gear lending program to help recover the North Atlantic Right Whale while sustaining commercial fisheries. “Canada, in partnership with hardworking fish harvesters and partners like CWF, continues to be a world leader in protecting these beautiful, environmentally and culturally important animals,” says Halifax MP Andy Fillmore, who made the statement in a news release. “I am pleased that from 2021 to 2023, DFO has provided $18.6 million to 34 projects through the Whalesafe Gear Adoption Fund. This includes $4.4 million to CWF to help harvesters in their transition to whalesafe gear in Atlantic Canada, so we can support healthy whale populations and sustainable fisheries.” Based in Halifax, the CanFish Gear Lending Program supports the Atlantic fishing industry by providing and helping fish harvesters trial gear modifications and on-demand technologies to determine what is suitable for fisheries and fishing conditions. Among its trial gear is rope on-demand which, according to their website, can be “used to leave something on the ocean floor and retrieve it at another time without leaving a persistent line in the water column.” “The CanFISH gear lending program is three months old and has already replaced over 800 buoylines that could have entangled whales with new rope-on-demand gear,” notes Sean Brillant, CWF Senior Conservation Biologist, Marine Programs in a news release. “This has prevented the displacement of fish harvesters, allowing them to fish for crab within closed areas at no risk to right whales.” 0 comment 0 FacebookTwitterPinterestEmail admin previous post Bell Lake paddling club gets a financial boost from feds next post رئيس ’’هوكي كندا‘‘ رفض الاستقالة وأعلن استعداده ’’لقيادة التغيير‘‘ You may also like تعاون كندي سويدي لتطوير أحدث أجهزة التدريب والمحاكاة... 30 مايو، 2025 كارني وبواليافر رحّبا بقرار محكمة أميركية إلغاء رسوم... 30 مايو، 2025 المحافظون سيدعمون الحكومة الليبرالية في تخفيض ضريبة الدخل 30 مايو، 2025 Trump’s ‘Liberation Day’ tariffs back on after appeals... 30 مايو، 2025 No threat at MSVU after huge police response... 30 مايو، 2025 Man dead after daylight shooting in Dartmouth 30 مايو، 2025 Nova Scotia to survey public on where alcohol... 30 مايو، 2025 Nova Scotia sending firefighters to help with blazes... 30 مايو، 2025 كيبيك: إقرار مشروع قانون يلزم المهاجرين بتبني الثقافة... 29 مايو، 2025 أطباء كنديون خدموا في غزة يطالبون أوتاوا بإجراءات... 29 مايو، 2025