Minister of Fisheries, Oceans and the Canadian Coast Guard Jonathan Wilkinson (North Vancouver, B.C.) attended the Seymour River Restoration Celebration Event, in North Vancouver, with regional First Nation leaders and members of the Seymour Salmonid Society. This community event focused on the collaborative restoration activities that have been taking place since the 2014 rockslide. The successful … Read more
Minister of Fisheries, Oceans and the Canadian Coast Guard Jonathan Wilkinson (North Vancouver, B.C.), British Columbia Minister Doug Donaldson and Liberal MP Jati Sidhu (Mission-Matsqui-Fraser Canyon, B.C.) visited the Big Bar Landslide’s integrated Incident Command Post at the Lillooet Fire Zone and Department of Fisheries and Oceans (DFO) Lillooet Field Office in B.C. This site visit was … Read more
The Canadian Science Advisory Secretariat, which coordinates the production of peer-reviewed science advice at Fisheries and Oceans Canada, released a report on the cumulative effects for the Northern and Southern Resident killer whale populations. The results highlight the importance of considering the cumulative impact of threats on these populations as a whole to help explain population trends and inform … Read more
Minister of Fisheries, Oceans and the Canadian Coast Guard Jonathan Wilkinson (North Vancouver, B.C.) and President of the Fraser Salmon Management Council Darren Haskell, announced the signing of the Fraser Salmon Collaborative Management Agreement between Fisheries and Oceans Canada and the council. “There is no relationship more important to our government than the one with Indigenous Peoples,” said Wilkinson. … Read more
Minister of Fisheries, Oceans and the Canadian Coast Guard Jonathan Wilkinson (North Vancouver, B.C.) attended and delivered a speech at the Fraser Watershed Initiative Restoration Conference, along with Indigenous leaders, industry leaders and local non-governmental organizations. British Columbia’s Minister of Agriculture Lana Popham, was also in attendance. Wilkinson addressed the government’s achievements in habitat and biodiversity restoration, including the recently … Read more
Infrastructure and Communities Minister François-Philippe Champagne (Saint-Maurice–Champlain, Que.), on behalf of Minister of Fisheries, Oceans and the Canadian Coast Guard Jonathan Wilkinson (North Vancouver, B.C.), announced a $1.6 million investment in six marine environmental data collection projects in the St. Lawrence Estuary through the Coastal Environmental Baseline Program in Canada’s Oceans Protection Plan. This investment is supporting approximately … Read more
Minister of Fisheries, Oceans and the Canadian Coast Guard Jonathan Wilkinson (North Vancouver, B.C.) was at the University of British Columbia where he opened the Ocean Heroes Vancouver Bootcamp which took place June 28-30th, 2019. The multi-day event empowered both existing and emerging youth leaders to create campaigns that measurably reduce plastic pollution in their communities and around … Read more
Fisheries and Oceans Canada and the Government of British Columbia are very concerned about a significant rock slide that occurred near Big Bar, B.C. just north of Lillooet, B.C. Between June 21st and 23rd, 2019 a large slab of rock calved off just upstream of a narrow portion of the Fraser River near Big Bar, creating … Read more
Liberal MP Mark Gerretsen (Kingston and the Islands, Ont.) announced funding for a local Kingston-based company, Plantee Bioplastics, for the development of a proof-of-concept for an innovative biodegradable fishing line. The grant of $138,000 will help Plantee Bioplastics Inc. further the development of their biodegradable fishing line with reduced decomposition time. The full release is available … Read more
Fisheries and Oceans Canada, Quebec Region, has released a list of fish harvesters fined in recent months for various offences under the Fisheries Act. The Government of Canada is committed to safeguarding the long-term health and productivity of Canada’s fisheries resources, and the habitat that supports them, for generations to come. The full list of offenders … Read more
