• At Apostrophen, 'Nathan Smith writes about the status of his various writing projects.
• Beyond the Beyond's Bruce Sterling links to an article examining pieces of software that have shaped modern music.
• blogTO notes the expansion of the Drake Hotel to a new Junction site. Clearly the Drake is becoming a brand.
• Citizen Science Salon looks at how ( Read more... )

The Globe and Mail's features Lindsay James' photo-heavy article looking at how North Shore fishers harvest oysters in winter. Fascinating stuff.

“Has anybody not fallen through?” says oyster farmer James Power, as he stands on 15 centimetres of ice in the middle of New London Bay, off the coast of Prince Edward Island ( Read more... )

The Globe and Mail's Corey Mintz looks at how lobster has been priced out of the budgets of many Canadians. Islanders and other Atlantic Canadians, can you tell me of your experiences?

The lobster salad at Toronto’s Nota Bene has been on the menu since George Bush’s son was U.S. president (that is, 2008). So when the dish of steamed Nova Scotia ( Read more... )

Omar Valdimarsson's Bloomberg article on the dynamics of Iceland's fisheries is interesting.

While the world around it frets over ultra-low interest rates, Iceland’s fish export industry is rooting for another rate cut to maintain market share amid a strengthening krona ( Read more... )

The Guardian of Charlottetown reports on the popularity of Atlantic Canadian seafood in China.

With middle class incomes on the rise in China, the demand for Atlantic Canadian seafood products is rapidly increasing ( Read more... )

The Rustico Harbour Fisheries Museum in North Rustico Harbour, attached to that community's Blue Mussel Café, is a charming little museum full of artifacts from the North Shore's fisheries history.


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• Bloomberg talks about Poland's problems with economic growth, notes that McMansions are poor investments, considers what to do about the Olympics post-Rio, looks at new Japanese tax incentives for working women, looks at a French war museum that put its stock up for sale, examines the power of the New Zealand dairy, looks at the Yasukuni ( Read more... )

The North Shore community of Covehead, encapsulated by the National Park, is one of the more notable fishing communities in its region of the Island, its harbour full of boats and sandbars and a parking lot full of tourists interested in eating and catching seafood.


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• The Big Picture shares photos from a Newfoundland where the cod fisheries are recovering.
• blogTO notes the bars which will be screening the final concert of The Tragically Hip.
• Centauri Dreams notes a paper finding that KIC 8462852 has been fading noticeably in recent years.
• The Dragon's Gaze notes the detection of circumpulsar disks.
• Language Hat ( Read more... )

Bloomberg's Noris Soto reports on how Venezuela's Margarita Island is trying to cope with the wider country's economic collapse.

Life for fishermen on Venezuela’s Margarita Island used to be easy, with the sparkling waters of the Caribbean yielding rich catches of grouper, red snapper and octopus for sale to wealthy tourists. Now the island has ( Read more... )