A police photo of Scott Steer of Nanaimo, who has been found guilty of illegally harvesting and selling sea cucumbers. NANAIMO RCMP A prolific B.C. poacher who spent years hiding behind numbered ...

NANAIMO — A British Columbia judge has sentenced a man with the longest record of Fisheries Act violations in Canadian history to six years in prison for "ravaging the ocean and flouting the law." ...

From world-class whale watching to oysters shucked at their source, there is a fascinating mix of culture, wildlife, and cuisine on the eastern coastline of British Columbia’s largest island. The east ...

Two shellfish harvesters working the coastline of Baynes Sound have been slapped with hefty fines and fishing bans. A provincial court judge in Courtenay last month found Richmond resident Diosa ...

Halloween is approaching fast, and so are the rainbow trout at Nanaimo's Colliery Dam Park after the fall stock release from the Freshwater Fisheries Society of B.C. At Colliery Dam Park on Friday, ...

The Fisherman’s Secret is a kind of prequel to The Watcher’s Club, which revolves around the double murder of a young couple at Piper’s Lagoon in 1962. Beginning in the early 1850s, and promoted by ...

Nanaimo's fishing industry in the 1950s-60s served as a main source of inspiration for Kim Blank's crime novel prequel, The Fisherman's Secret. Born in Nanaimo, Blank is currently a professor of ...

The Government of Canada is committed to protecting Canada’s fisheries resources, and the habitat that supports them, for generations to come. May 17, 2023 Nanaimo, B.C. - The Government of Canada is ...

The Seamor Chinook ROV claw approaching a submerged pot, as seen from the navigation controller on the vessel. (Photo submitted) A Nanaimo undersea tech company helped recover ‘ghost’ fishing gear ...

Two adults and a toddler had to be rescued after their small boat lost engine power, took on water and sank against Snake Island near Nanaimo on Thursday. (Photo courtesy Royal Canadian Marine Search ...