The Navigator Magazine

08/21/2026

The Province of Nova Scotia is investing in three seafood businesses to help them adopt new technology, increase productivity, expand processing capacity and create more value from Nova Scotia seafood.

https://thenavigatormagazine.com/funding-for-nova-scotia-innovative-seafood-projects/

The Province of Nova Scotia is investing in three seafood businesses to help them adopt new technology, increase productivity, expand processing capacity

08/20/2026

An environmental assessment is underway for a proposed $250m to $300m expansion to the St. John’s Dockyard (SJD)-NewDock.

https://thenavigatormagazine.com/proposed-st-johns-dockyard-expansion-in-the-works/

An environmental assessment is underway for a proposed $250m to $300m expansion to the St. John’s Dockyard (SJD)-NewDock. Newfoundland and Labrador

08/19/2026

It didn’t take long for the Department of Fisheries and Oceans (DFO) to hit the pause button on the Atlantic mackerel bait fishery, even though the total allowable catch (TAC) has been increased three-fold from 2025.

https://thenavigatormagazine.com/atlantic-mackerel-tac-increased-for-2026/

It didn’t take long for the Department of Fisheries and Oceans (DFO) to hit the pause button on the Atlantic mackerel bait fishery, even though the total

08/18/2026

This opinion piece from Wilfred Bartlett discusses the current state of wild Atlantic Salmon.

https://thenavigatormagazine.com/is-it-too-late-for-wild-atlantic-salmon/

An official with the Department of Fisheries and Oceans (DFO) was on The Broadcast recently talking about salmon on the South Coast of Newfoundland being

08/17/2026

The total allowable catch (TAC) for the Atlantic herring fall fishery in the Southern Gulf of St. Lawrence (sGSL) has been increased by 82 per cent to 15,500 tonnes for 2026 and 2027, up from 8,500 tonnes in 2025.

https://thenavigatormagazine.com/atlantic-herring-tac-increased-by-82-per-cent-in-southern-gulf/

The total allowable catch (TAC) for the Atlantic herring fall fishery in the Southern Gulf of St. Lawrence (sGSL) has been increased by 82 per cent to

08/16/2026

If you have ever had an opportunity to attend one of the major, annual, international seafood trade shows, such as the ones in Boston or Barcelona, then you would have witnessed firsthand just how massive and expansive the global seafood industry is.

https://thenavigatormagazine.com/from-a-ripple-to-a-wave/

If you have ever had an opportunity to attend one of the major, annual, international seafood trade shows, such as the ones in Boston or Barcelona, then

08/15/2026

After being under moratorium since 2015, the commercial Northern shrimp fishery in shrimp fishing area (SFA) 7, off the coast of southeastern Newfoundland and Labrador, has been re-opened with a total allowable catch (TAC) of 1,367 tonnes for the 2026–2027 season.

https://thenavigatormagazine.com/n-l-area-7-northern-shrimp-fishery-reopened/

After being under moratorium since 2015, the commercial Northern shrimp fishery in shrimp fishing area (SFA) 7, off the coast of southeastern Newfoundland

08/14/2026

The Canada-Nova Scotia Offshore Energy Regulator (CNSOER) recently released the names of companies pre-qualified to bid on offshore wind seabed leases.

https://thenavigatormagazine.com/is-an-ill-wind-blowing-our-way/

The Canada-Nova Scotia Offshore Energy Regulator (CNSOER) recently released the names of companies pre-qualified to bid on offshore wind seabed leases.

08/13/2026

Tragedy has once again hit the close knit, Newfoundland and Labrador inshore commercial fishing community.

https://thenavigatormagazine.com/accident-claims-two-lives-on-n-l-s-northeast-coast/

08/12/2026

From strong winds to right whales, the spring lobster fishery in Prince Edward Island was a challenging one.

https://thenavigatormagazine.com/challenging-spring-lobster-season-in-p-e-i/

From strong winds to right whales, the spring lobster fishery in Prince Edward Island was a challenging one. The fishery had no sooner opened in lobster