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CBC News Online | Nov. 23, 2004

November 2004

Nov. 4, 2004: Driver nabbed for slowing herring convoy

Nov. 3, 2004: Seiners refused fuel and groceries

Nov. 2, 2004: Seiners question fishing efforts

Nov. 1, 2004: Herring protest takes to the water

October 2004

Oct. 29, 2004: P.E.I. not paying for police: MacAdam

Oct 28, 2004: Fish fight might head to court

Oct. 27, 2004: Herring trucks clear wharf in Souris

Oct. 27, 2004: PEIFA warns fishermen off protest

Oct. 26, 2004: Compromise looks to calm tensions in herring fishery

Oct. 20, 2004 Herring summit finds no common ground

Oct. 6, 2004 Mounties ready for seiner season

September 2004

Sept. 27, 2004 Island fishermen upset with herring rules

Sept. 24, 2004 DFO sets new herring rules

Sept. 20, 2004 Seiner proposal panned

March 2004

March 4, 2004 Herring fishermen see hope in report

March 3, 2004 Herring report released

February 2004

Feb. 16, 2004 Herring dispute report due Monday

January 2004

Jan. 16, 2004 Herring dispute discussions underway

November 2003

Nov. 19, 2003 Seiners head to calmer waters

Nov. 18, 2003 Fishermen continue watch at Souris wharf

Nov. 17, 2003 Residents rally around fishermen

Nov. 14, 2003 MacAdam fears for lobster stocks

Nov. 12 2003 Seiners unload in P.E.I.

Nov. 11, 2003 Fishermen vote to end blockades

Nov. 10, 2003 Hundreds turn out for herring meeting

Nov. 6, 2003 Herring blockade ends

Nov. 6, 2003 Fourteen arrested at herring blockade

Nov. 4, 2003 Tensions rise on Souris wharf

Nov. 4, 2003 Herring blockade fizzles

October 2003

Oct. 31, 2003 Federal minister ignores inshore claims

Oct. 30, 2003 Trucks leave Souris wharf

Oct. 30, 2003 Fishermen ignore injunction

Oct. 30, 2003 Seiners get court injunction

Oct. 29, 2003 Fisherman block N.B. boats

Oct. 24, 2003 Herring fishers protest in Souris

Oct. 22, 3003 Herring fishers debate seiners

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DFO's 2004 herring management plan

Allister Surette's report on the conflict (1 MB)
(Acrobat Reader required - download free Acrobat Reader)

Value of marine fisheries - Government of P.E.I.

The Maritime Fishermen's Union

Atlantic Herring - Gulf of Maine Aquarium

Oceans Act - Government of Canada

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From CBC P.E.I.
Oct. 21, 2004: Ian Petrie reviews why the fishermen on P.E.I. are upset about the seiners. (runs 5:27)

Oct. 22, 2004: Nancy Russellvisits northern N.B. to learn why the herring seiners work is so important.
(runs 4:29)

Oct. 25, 2004: Nancy Russell shares the concerns N.B. residents had with the herring seiners. (runs 7:13)

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