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P.E.I. snow crab fishery faces deep cuts in catches as U.S. tariffs loom
P.E.I. snow crab fishers are facing a big cut in how much they can catch in 2025. The federal department of fisheries is recommending a 33 percent reduction in the quota in the southern Gulf of St. Lawrence. The number is based on concerns about the stocks, and comes as the threat of a U.S. tariff looms over the industry.
Why the P.E.I. government thinks we need more cows, and how it's trying to help that happen
Cattle producers on Prince Edward Island can now take advantage of incentives from a new provincial program to expand their herds. There's also a new livestock champion who will focus on growing the Island's cattle industry.
P.E.I. tourism industry hopes new animated Anne series will bring back Japanese visitors
The number of Japanese visitors to P.E.I. has never returned to the levels seen before the COVID-19 pandemic, but some tourism operators hope a new animated series about Anne of Green Gables — and the attention it's getting in Japan — will help.
Group formed in P.E.I. to fight for striped bass protection after DFO ups allowable catch
Mackenzie Sapier says fishing stripers has exploded in popularity across the Island. The fish has been endangered in the past and could be again as DFO has exponentially increased the number that can be caught commercially.
Summerside constable named P.E.I.'s municipal police officer of the year for 2024
Const. Mallory Metallic of Summerside Police Services was chosen by Crime Stoppers as Municipal Police Officer of the Year for Prince Edward Island. Originally from Listuguj First Nation, she shares her culture with her colleagues and the community. She's also a competitive bodybuilder.
Restored Province House will offer visitors stories of Black, Indigenous communities when it reopens next year
Historic Province House is now scheduled to reopen in the fall of 2025 after ten years of renovations, costing more than $138 million. Visitors will hear about more than the Fathers of Confederation as they walk through the renovated building. The new visitor experience will include the history of Indigenous and black communities on P.E.I. and others.
Cavendish Farms researchers search for potatoes that can cope with P.E.I. climate challenges
They plant 100,000 plantlets a year at the Cavendish Research Centre in New Annan, P.E.I., looking for new potato varieties suited for growing conditions on the Island. The search has become more urgent as growers grapple with climate change.
Love nature? Help Island Nature Trust patrol its protected acres
Island Nature Trust has successfully added 23 more natural areas this year. But along with that success comes the need for more conservation guardians, both in the Island's forests and on the coastline.
P.E.I. project that's recording Island bat population is hearing grounds for optimism
Watershed groups have been using acoustic monitoring to track the Island's bat population, including in old sandstone wells that have been opened up to serve as habitat.
P.E.I. research zeroes in on new kind of cover crop to help break pest and disease cycles
A tropical grass is showing benefits to crops on Prince Edward Island. It's already being used in the potato rotation and new research shows it could also be beneficial for barley and soybeans by interrupting the life cycle of organisms that cause disease and lower yields.