Canada's federal court has struck down a decision by Ottawa to hand over a sizeable portion of fishing licences off Nunavut's coast to non-Inuit operations, saying that decision was unreasonable.

The federal fisheries minister says fish stocks off the Nunavut coast will go to a non-Inuit company pending appeals.

The Department of Fisheries and Oceans Canada (DFO) is looking at reissuing fishing licences off Nunavut's coast to non-Inuit operations, despite a federal court judge saying the initial decision by ...

The death of a worker who went overboard on a fishing vessel in Nunavut in 2021 highlights gaps in safety management on that boat and similar vessels in the territories, according to an investigation ...

The Federal Court is in Iqaluit this week hear a lawsuit launched by Nunavut Tunngavik Inc. and the Qikiqtani Inuit Association over the federal government's decision to hand over a sizeable portion ...

IQALUIT, NU, Dec. 13, 2023 /CNW/ - Fisheries are at the heart of Inuit communities across Nunavut. In recent decades, it has grown into a cornerstone economic sector for the territory, providing jobs ...

Underreporting of Arctic fishing data to the United Nations is no cause for alarm, according to Nunavut's largest fisheries group. "I certainly don't think there's overfishing," Jerry Ward, chief ...

A government of Nunavut fishery boat. Fisheries and Oceans Canada is proposing to reissue fishing licences off Nunavut's coast to non-Inuit operations. Last year, a federal court judge said the ...