Canada Bans Greenland, Faroese Fishing Boats
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Canada said on Thursday it had banned fishing boats from Greenland and the Faroe Islands from its ports because of their "highly irresponsible" overfishing of shrimp stocks outside Canadian waters.
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Nations agree to ban international trade in the one of the world's most spectacular fish.
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Denmark agreed to stop taking North Atlantic shrimp after Canada threatened to deny its boats port privileges for having exceeded quotas of the Organization of Northwest Atlantic Fisheries (OPANO).
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The government has announced new regulation that will limit fish farms and require better treatment of wastewater, among other measures.
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The EU ordered minor cuts in 2005  national fish catches Wednesday, rejecting proposals to shut  fishing grounds in favor of more limits on the time trawlers  can hunt for depleted species like cod.
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A scheme which bans fishing east of Lundy Island is having a very beneficial effect on marine wildlife, says English Nature.
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Fishing ban to start on China's Yangtze River    WUHAN, Jan. 31 (Xinhua) -- A three-month fishing ban on the Yangtze River imposed by the Ministry of Agriculture will take effect this Thursday.
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Effort to fertilize oceans to limit warming, and make money, is canceled.
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TORONTO - Ontario will scrap proposed new rules requiring raw fish to be frozen before being served in foods such as sushi. Three months ago, the province announced that any fish intended to be served raw
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ST. JOHN'S, Nfld. (CP) - The Canadian flag is flying again and a meeting is set with the prime minister but the federal government's offer on offshore revenues is still "insulting," says Newfoundland Premier Danny Williams.
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The United States will work with other nations and international groups to eliminate "destructive" ocean fishing practices, such as bottom trawling, the White House said on Tuesday.
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Canada to ban and restrict toxic chemicals    OTTAWA, Dec. 8 (Xinhua) -- Canada will seek to clean up the environment by banning and restricting dangerous chemicals in a four- year chemicals management program, Prime Minister Stephen Harper announced Friday.
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Plans by the European Commission to close some areas round British coasts to cod fishing will be opposed by the UK.
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OTTAWA (CP) - Prime Minister Stephen Harper has announced a new plan to curb the use of toxic chemicals in Canada.  The plan covers compounds that were recently reviewed for their toxicity levels.
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Fishing nations led by Iceland and Russia have blocked U.N. negotiators from imposing a full-fledged ban against destructive bottom trawling on the high seas. After weeks of talks in New York, a United Nations committee that oversees high seas fisheries failed to gain unanimous support this week for ending unregulated bottom trawling.
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Canada announced plans Monday to increase its Arctic military presence in an effort to assert sovereignty over the Northwest Passage &#151; a potentially oil-rich region the United States says is international territory.
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By CHRIS MORRIS  MONCTON, N.B. (CP) - Federal Fisheries Minister Loyola Hearn says the government's proposed new Fisheries Act could be dead in the water.