Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Innovation, Science and Economic Development Rémi Massé (Avignon-La Mitis-Matane-Matapédia, Que.) wished a science team from Fisheries and Oceans Canada well as they prepared to depart on a mission to study the North Atlantic right whale. The crew sets sail on a 28-day research expedition in the Gulf of St. Lawrence to … Read more
National Revenue Minister Diane Lebouthillier (Gaspésie-Îles-de-la-Madeleine, Que.) on behalf of Minister of Fisheries, Oceans and the Canadian Coast Guard Jonathan Wilkinson (North Vancouver, B.C.) announced nearly $620,000 in federal funding from the Fisheries and Aquaculture Clean Technology Adoption Program to support clean economic growth in the Gaspe peninsula and Magdalen Islands. The full release is available online. … Read more
Minister of Fisheries, Oceans and the Canadian Coast Guard Jonathan Wilkinson (North Vancouver, B.C.) participated in scientific data collection with a team of students and researchers from the University of Waterloo. The data collected under this project, will help characterize the current state of the coastal ecosystem of Iqaluit. The project, which received an investment of nearly $108 … Read more
Minister of Fisheries, Oceans and the Canadian Coast Guard Jonathan Wilkinson (North Vancouver, B.C.), Crown-Indigenous Relations Minister Carolyn Bennett (Toronto-St. Paul’s, Ont.) and Chief Marilyn Slett, President of the Coastal First Nations, along with representatives from the other six Nations, participated in a signing ceremony of the Coastal First Nations Fisheries Resources Reconciliation Agreement. This agreement will advance … Read more
Minister of Fisheries, Oceans and the Canadian Coast Guard Jonathan Wilkinson (North Vancouver, B.C.) and Democratic Institutions Minister Karina Gould (Burlington, Ont.) visited the Canada Centre for Inland Waters and the CCGS Limnos. During the visit, they received updates on a number of Department of Fisheries and Oceans science and operational programs conducted at these world class … Read more
Minister of Fisheries, Oceans and the Canadian Coast Guard Jonathan Wilkinson (North Vancouver, B.C.) and Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Innovation, Science and Economic Development Rémi Massé (Avignon-La Mitis-Matane-Matapédia, Que.) announced the Government of Canada is investing nearly $3 million for 12 new whale science initiatives, through various government funding programs, including Canada’s Oceans Protection Plan … Read more
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau (Papineau, Que.) and British Columbia Premier John Horgan confirmed their joint determination to ensure Fraser River chinook, steelhead, coho and sockeye are able to navigate past the Big Bar slide to their spawning grounds. The federal-provincial commitment came during a brief meeting in Victoria on July 18, at which Horgan updated the Prime Minister … Read more
Minister of Fisheries, Oceans and the Canadian Coast Guard Jonathan Wilkinson (North Vancouver, B.C.) and Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Fisheries, Oceans and the Canadian Coast Guard Sean Casey (Charlottetown, PEI) announced Canada’s ratification of the “Agreement on Port State Measures to Prevent, Deter and Eliminate Illegal, Unreported and Unregulated Fishing.” This international agreement, which enters … Read more
In April, 2019, Fisheries and Oceans Canada undertook necessary fisheries management measures to protect at-risk Fraser River Chinook salmon in response to significant conservation concerns. The recent landslide near Big Bar, north of Lillooet, B.C., has created a significant barrier to fish passage and is presently blocking most of these same Chinook from migrating upriver to … Read more
Minister of Fisheries, Oceans and the Canadian Coast Guard Jonathan Wilkinson (North Vancouver, B.C.), British Columbia Provincial Ministers Lana Popham and Doug Donaldson, released a Steelhead Action Plan that contains new conservation measures for Thompson and Chilcotin Steelhead Trout that will: reduce mortality and increase survival, improve freshwater conditions through habitat protection and restoration, and increase science and monitoring activities. As part … Read more
