These days Karen Milligan is busy preparing the rooms and grounds at The Inn at St Peters for a 2017 tourism season that promises to beat the record set at her operation last year. Operators like Milligan from across the province are reporting increased bookings compared to 2016...
Anyone who has visited Charlottetown is likely familiar with the work of sculptor Ahmon Katz’s. The Three Leaves sculpture, which stands prominently at the entrance to the city by the Charlottetown Events Centre, and the great Blue Heron on the corner of Queen and Water Street in...
Identify the signs of late blight in potatoes and tomatoes for home gardeners.
2017 Cultural Tourism Festivals & Events Funding Program Application
The new Prince Edward Island Ferry Task Force wants feedback from Islanders on the importance of the Wood Islands-Caribou ferry service to the province. After Northumberland Ferries Ltd. (NFL) announced that the Island would not have full two-ferry service during summer 2016, the...
If you are selling fish for commercial processing you must be licensed each year and any equipment or vehicle you use must be inspected and approved by a provincial fish inspector in accordance with the PEI Fish Inspection Act, Schedules “E” and “G”. In addition, you are required to provide yearly statistics on fish purchases and sales under the reporting provisions of the Fisheries Act Regulations, section 7(11) (b). You can use the online forms below to apply for or renew your licence as an individual or as a business and submit your yearly statement. What do I need to complete the online...
You are required to have a valid Fish Buyer licence to purchase fish directly from fishers for the purpose of resale or processing. In addition, you are required to provide yearly statistics on all fish purchased and sold during the licence period in accordance with the Fisheries Act Regulations. Licences are issued annually to an individual or a business under the authority of the Fisheries Act in the following categories: Lobster Other crustaceans (snow crab, rock crab, etc.) Groundfish (halibut, flounder, etc.) Pelagic (mackerel, herring, tuna, smelts, gaspereau, silversides, etc.) Mollusk...
You must have licence to process fish or fish products for commercial purposes in PEI. This licence expires each December 31st and must be renewed by the zone deadline described below. In addition, you are required to provide yearly statistics on fish processed during the licence period in accordance with the Fisheries Act Regulations. You can use the online forms below to apply for your annual fish processor licence and submit your annual statement. The deadline to apply for a licence is as follows: Area 24 & 26: March 31 st Area 25: July 31 st Processing licences are issued in the following...
Margaret McEachern knows she can offer Island visitors more than just great shopping at her business Knit Pickers in Mayfield. McEachern and other tourism operators will learn how to develop “hands on” experiential tourism packages at workshops this week hosted by Tourism PEI. In...
Stacy MacInnis remembers bundling up on cold winter mornings when he was five years old and going next door with his mother to stoke the coal stove for waiting passengers at the Elliott family’s train station in Pleasant Valley. Fast forward more than 50 years – it’s a summer day...