Fisheries Minister Gail Shea (Egmont, PE) announced a total of $3 million has been provided to the Regroupement des pecheurs professionnels du sud de la Gaspesie (RPPSG) and the Association des pecheurs proprietaires des Iles-de-la-Madeleine (APPIM) through the Atlantic Lobster Sustainability Measures program to help the groups implement new measures in the Quebec lobster fishery. … Read more
Fisheries Minister Gail Shea (Egmont, PE) announced that improvements of more than $892,000 are underway at three key recreational infrastructure sites in the City of Summerside, PE. Call 902-566-7491.
Fisheries Minister Gail Shea and Administrator of the Chinese State Oceanic Administration (SOA), Sun Zhihui, signed a renewed memorandum of understanding (MOU) on ocean cooperation between SOA and Fisheries and Oceans Canada (DFO). Call 613-990-7537.
Fisheries Minister Gail Shea announced the appointment of David Tomasson as the Chairperson of the Board of Directors for the Freshwater Fish Marketing Corporation. The full release is available online. Call 613-990-7537. Conservative MP James Lunney presented a National Recreational Fisheries Award to Dave Clough for his considerable contribution to recreational fishing on Vancouver Island on September 25, 2010. … Read more
Fisheries Minister Gail Shea announced that the department has taken action to rebuild groundfish stocks in vulnerable ecosystems. Call 613-990-7537. Minister of State (Sport) Gary Lunn announced that the Canadian Coast Guard ship CCGS Bartlett has returned to service thanks to a $21.9 million investment from Canada's Economic Action Plan. The full release is available online. Call 613-990-7537.
Fisheries and Oceans Canada, Quebec Region, has released a list of Magdalen Islands fishers fined by Judge Jean-Paul Decoste on August 4, 2010, for various violations of the Fisheries Act. The total amount of fines levied on the fishers is $11,500; in addition, one of them has been banned from Magdalen Islands lagoons for the … Read more
The Listuguj Mi'gmaq community in the Gaspe will carry out their food, social and ceremonial lobster fishing in Chaleur Bay between September 12 and October 3, 2010. This fishery, protected under section 35 of the Constitution Act, 1982, which recognizes and confirms the ancestral and treaty rights of the aboriginal peoples of Canada, is authorized … Read more
Fisheries Minister Gail Shea announced that four harbours in the Malpeque region will benefit from funding from the Government of Canada's recent investment in small craft harbours across Prince Edward Island. Call 613-990-7537.
Fisheries Minister Gail Shea and Defence Minister Peter MacKay announced the start of construction for the Canadian Coast Guard's new mid-shore patrol vessels. Irving Shipbuilding Inc. was awarded a $194 million contract for the nine new mid-shore patrol vessels in September 2009. The first vessel should be ready for service in 2011, with the rest to be delivered by … Read more
Fisheries Minister Gail Shea issued the following statement:"2010 is turning out to be a banner year for Fraser River sockeye salmon, with this year's return currently set at just over 25 million fish, one of the highest returns in the last hundred years. Several fishery openings for Fraser River sockeye have already occurred in 2010 and more are planned." … Read more
