r/halifax • u/SAJewers Dartmouth • 13h ago

News, Weather & Politics Government of Canada and Atlantic provinces to make an announcement

https://www.canada.ca/en/fisheries-oceans/news/2026/10/government-of-canada-and-atlantic-provinces-to-make-an-announcement.html
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u/brodoswaggins93 13h ago

I see a few comments speculating that this has something to do with cod and I just need to state that the cod stocks are NOT OKAY. Last year's cod stock assessment put them at risk of continued decline even at current fishing levels, with that risk going up significantly if additional fishing pressure was added. We should not increase the cod quota.

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u/protipnumerouno 11h ago

They're building a huge fisheries and oceans & Atlantic sciences building in Moncton. That'll be the announcement. Also why the hell are they building an ocean and fisheries building in f'n Moncton, there is neither ocean or fisheries there

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u/jeon_yubi 10h ago

True, but it is a bilingual city surrounded by numerous coastal communities, many of which are French. It's also central to the three Maritime provinces.

We still love you Newfoundland.

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u/schooner156 10h ago edited 9h ago

Halifax would have been a better choice, but gotta spread it around I guess

Edit: salty monctonianites downvote away

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u/jibij 5h ago

Does Halifax really need two DFO research facilities? 

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u/Sir__Will 3h ago

but gotta spread it around I guess

We do.

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u/FuzzyAiviq 7h ago

Gotta give No Funswick something I guess.

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u/Mystaes 13h ago

Northern cod are in the health zone and the new quota is only 5-7% of the biomass (vs 20% sustainable guidelines).

https://www.canada.ca/en/fisheries-oceans/news/2026/06/northern-cod-quota-to-increase-55-per-cent-minister-thompson-announces-2026-management-decisions-for-northern-cod-northern-gulf-cod-and-northeast-a.html

So it very much depends on the specific cod stock.

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u/brodoswaggins93 12h ago

Interesting. I hadn't seen this year's stock assessment report. I'd rather take a look at the report itself than the news release about the new quota but this is promising.

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u/Mystaes 12h ago

Well there are 8 different cod stocks all at various health. The northern cod are by far the biggest success story… another W for Newfoundland on top of all their oil I guess.

I reckon you probably read an article about one of the other cod stocks. And yeah, some of them definitely are not okay.

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u/schooner156 13h ago

If they were bringing it back they’d also probably make that announcement in St Johns rather than Moncton

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u/ACP_Paddy- 12h ago

Moncton is pretty fishy though

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u/MMCMDL 12h ago

They are making the announcement at the Moncton Airport - maybe it's an investment in facilities for air export of fish?

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u/Listens_well 12h ago

I came away with the same read.

Refrigeration storage and air freight, perhaps.

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u/TacomaKMart 9h ago

Though YHZ does that just 2.5hrs down the road. 

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u/Jman1a 7h ago

Knowing the federal government it’s an exciting announcement to move the Moncton airport to Ontario to better services and costs for New Brunswicker’s.

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u/lazarinoh Dartmouth 12h ago

New waterslide at Magic Mountain!

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u/ACP_Paddy- 13h ago

Should I invest in COD? 

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u/Quiet_Translator_250 12h ago

The new Call of duty is only a month away, that’s a good idea

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u/NoBoysenberry1108 Professional Pirate 12h ago

Calls on $MKRL, puts on $LOB

nfa

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u/lavenderavenues 13h ago

Dammit. I didn't see it was fisheries related and thought they might announce we're finally going on permanent Daylight Saving Time.

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u/PsychologicalMonk6 12h ago

The fish are sick of time change as well and have announced the ocean will observe permenant DST.

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u/Agreeable_Strength51 12h ago

I was more pessimistic, I assumed data server mega builds

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u/Key_Dragonfruit_2563 Other Halifax 10h ago

Me too, I haven’t ruled out yet…

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u/cupcaeks Maverick 9h ago

Nah that would be coming from Houston FOR SURE lol

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u/theeyespye 10h ago

I was hoping it would be a gas saving incentive before I saw fisheries related 😭😅😂

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u/aluriaphin 11h ago

Permanent daylight savings time is anti-science. We need permanent standard time.

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u/lavenderavenues 11h ago

Nope. Never compromising on this. I'd shoot myself if it got dark at 8pm in the summer. 

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u/Meowts 10h ago

Wake up for a 4:30am sunrise instead! No joke having brighter mornings would be great. I’m up for an hour before getting my family up though, I cherish my solo early mornings.

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u/lavenderavenues 9h ago

Yeah no fuckin' thank you.

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u/Sir__Will 3h ago

The world is already built too much around early risers. Night owls get screwed.

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u/ricktencity 10h ago

Nah, you'd get used to it, occasionally grumble about back in your day it got dark at 9 in the summer. Standard aligns better with our circadian rhythms.

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u/lavenderavenues 9h ago

No thanks. I'll go to my grave defending this one.

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u/lavenderavenues 11h ago

You really want it to get dark at 5pm in September?

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u/maomao3000 9h ago

“The science” is not on your side here.  There’s scientific arguments in favour of permanent daylight savings time too.  

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u/cornerzcan 9h ago

I’d like to see one.

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u/PerpetuallyLurking 5h ago

Saskatchewan for the last 50 years?

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u/maomao3000 8h ago

Never heard of seasonal affective disorder? 

How about mathematics?  If there’s an extra hour of daily light every day when the vast majority of people are not sleeping, then there’s less demand for electricity.   A pretty big chunk of the province will continue sleeping for an hour or two past sunrise in your preferred permanent standard time configuration.   

This “The science” argument is almost entirely focussed on the circadian rhythm benefits of earlier sunlight, and earlier sunsets, but doesn’t really quantify how much better permanent standard time is on circadian rhythms.  Moreover, this argument seems to almost entirely ignore that the biggest thing fucking up people’s circadian rhythms when it comes to light isn’t sunrise and sunset times, but is rather the blue light emitted from smart phones, computer screens, and televisions.  

Are people more likely to go for a walk at 5pm after work if the sun is already set? Probably not, and they’d probably be more likely to sit on their couch and look at their phones instead.  

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u/Mister-Distance-6698 13h ago

Today I learned Winston from Ghostbusters is the PEI fisheries minister

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u/CaperGrrl79 Halifax 11h ago

Ha! Well I guess that had to happen sometime...

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u/FrequentSwimming6263 12h ago

I think you're confused

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u/Gavvis74 12h ago

You're just like Drax the Destroyer.  Nothing goes over your head.😉

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u/FrequentSwimming6263 12h ago

My reflexes are too fast, I would catch it

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u/Rednmrfer 12h ago

They're announcing that they're making an announcement? Jeez must be real important

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u/sunjana1 Halifax 11h ago

Don’t you mean “reel” important?

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u/sideoftrufflefries 10h ago

It’s a media advisory. The government website often posts several a day. They give media a heads up that something is being announced.

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u/Outrageous-Fly-902 Halifax 7h ago

Are the provinces joining? Atlantica? Maritimeland? Just plain EAST?

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u/KitTrailer 11h ago

Joke aside, I hope they announce about Daylight Saving Time.

Still feels fine if is not.

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u/suntrovert Bedford 6h ago

Can it please be that we’re no longer changing clocks??

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u/Whydo-I-evenbother8 9h ago

Can we just give the fish a break for year and end trawlling forever???!!! Employ /extend the EI the fisher-people to clean up all their ocean garbage while the fisheries replenish

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u/FarewelltoNS 9h ago

Fun fact - in 1981 (ish) New Brunswick did not have a DFO “region” until Romeo Leblanc was named DFO minister, being from NB as MP, he influenced his friend Pierre Trudeau to establish a NB based region….Gulf …and now his son Dominic is best friends with Justin Trudeau…

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u/Mystaes 13h ago

I assume this might have something to do with cod stocks rebounding?

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u/Necessary-Carrot2839 11h ago

Announced in Moncton? Nope

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u/PsychologicalMonk6 13h ago

I thought Cod stocks were at critical levels earlier this year and average age of fish was declining?

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u/Mystaes 13h ago edited 13h ago

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/newfoundland-labrador/nother-cod-catch-increase-9.7233129

For northern cod current catch quota is 5-7% of the population and sustainability standards is 20%. It’s expanding and quite healthy relative to the last 20 years, finally entering the “healthy” zone, but we should keep the quota low for now.

Unsure about the state of the other Atlantic stocks.

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u/PsychologicalMonk6 12h ago

Thank you for sharing.

I was googling a bit and this is the article I remembered reading: https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/nova-scotia/atlantic-cod-stocks-continue-decline-parts-of-ns-nb-9.7184155.

Stocks in the Scotian Shelf and Bay if Fundy have been struggling after a few years of optimism.