Press Release Department: Federal - Fisheries and Oceans Canada

The Canadian Coast Guard is modernizing twelve Marine Communications and Traffic Services Centres across the country with state-of-the-art technology in order to ensure consistent and uninterrupted communication and traffic services to mariners. Fisheries and Oceans Minister Keith Ashfield (Fredericton, NB) said improving and integrating communications centres across Canada will ensure that important information can be … Read more

A lower mainland commercial crab harvester was fined $75,000 in Richmond Provincial Court after being found guilty of numerous violations of the Fisheries Act. Dinh Ly Hoang appeared in court for sentencing on May 2, 2012, after pleading guilty to two counts of failing to comply with the conditions of his commercial crab fishing license. … Read more

A commercial crab harvester from Surrey, BC, was fined $5,500 in Port Hardy Provincial Court after being found guilty of numerous violations of the Fisheries Act. The full release is available online. Call 604-666-8675. 

Fisheries and Oceans Minister Keith Ashfield (Fredericton, NB) announced that the government will introduce changes to protect the productivity of recreational, commercial and Aboriginal fisheries. This means focusing protection rules on real and significant threats to these fisheries and the habitat that supports them while setting clear standards and guidelines for routine projects. It also … Read more

Fisheries and Oceans Canada wants to inform the Upper North Shore population that the harvesting of shellfish is now forbidden due to pollution, in accordance with the prohibition order, and pursuant to subsection 3(1) of the Management of Contaminated Fisheries Regulations. Call 418-648-5419.   Fisheries and Oceans Minister Keith Ashfield (Fredericton, NB) issued a statement … Read more

An Illinois company that pleaded guilty in a United States District Court Jan. 10, 2012, has been fined $150,000 and ordered to pay over $13,000 in restitution for illegally exporting protected wildlife products into Canada and other countries. The court judgment was the result of a joint investigation led by the United States Fish and … Read more

Fisheries and Oceans Minister Keith Ashfield (Fredericton, NB) participated in a Bring Back the Salmon event. Ashfield was joined by Ontario Federation of Anglers and Hunters, Toronto and Region Conservation Authority, Ontario Power Generation, and students from Holy Redeemer Elementary and Pine Ridge Secondary schools and Sir Sandford Fleming to stock one-year old Atlantic Salmon … Read more

The Canadian Coast Guard Maritimes region will reopen its seasonal search and rescue stations in Souris and Summerside, Prince Edward Island and Shippagan, New Brunswick on April 11. The full release is available online. Call 902-426-6987.  Fisheries and Oceans Minister Keith Ashfield (Fredericton, NB) announced the results of the 2010 Survey of Recreational Fishing in Canada, … Read more

The Canso Canal in Auld's Cove, NS, will reopen for the 2012 shipping season on April 14 at 7:30 a.m. Atlantic Time. The canal closes annually in December due to ice buildup in the Northumberland Strait. The full release is available online. Call 902-426-3550. The Canadian Coast Guard Maritimes region will reopen its seasonal search … Read more

Fisheries and Oceans Canada is launching its 2012 awareness campaign in Quebec to raise public awareness of the health hazards of eating molluscan shellfish harvested from closed areas. The department is advising the public that harvesting molluscan shellfish is prohibited in closed areas. Additionally, shellfish harvesting is prohibited within 125 metres of a wharf, due … Read more