The Southern Resident Killer Whale Symposium in Vancouver brought together Indigenous groups, the scientific community, marine industry representatives and government partners, including from the United States, to address challenges facing this killer whale population. The Government of Canada will publish a summary of what we heard at the symposium within three months. The full release is available … Read more
Minister of Fisheries, Oceans and the Canadian Coast Guard Dominic LeBlanc (Beauséjour, N.B.) announced that the Pacific Salmon Foundation of British Columbia will receive $1.2 million over three years through the Coastal Restoration Fund to help restore wild Pacific salmon, their aquatic ecosystems, and the myriad of species they support. The Pacific Salmon Foundation will receive funding … Read more
Minister of Fisheries, Oceans and the Canadian Coast Guard Dominic LeBlanc (Beauséjour, N.B.) announced that Fisheries and Oceans Canada is working together with the National Indigenous Fisheries Institute to review Indigenous programs and develop a joint vision for the future of these programs that support Indigenous participation in fisheries, aquaculture and the management of aquatic habitat … Read more
Minister of Fisheries, Oceans and the Canadian Coast Guard Dominic LeBlanc (Beauséjour, N.B.) announced that Fisheries and Oceans Canada and partners have now acted on 64 of the 75 recommendations made in Justice Cohen’s 2012 final report from the Commission of Inquiry into the Decline of Sockeye Salmon in the Fraser River. DFO released the Cohen Response 2017 … Read more
Minister of Fisheries, Oceans and the Canadian Coast Guard Dominic LeBlanc (Beauséjour, N.B.) announced two marine refuges in New Brunswick and Nova Scotia through fisheries management measures. These will protect fish and their aquatic ecosystems and contribute an additional 11,787km2 of protected ocean area to Canada’s coasts. The full release is available online. Call 613-990-7537.
Minister of Fisheries, Oceans and the Canadian Coast Guard Dominic LeBlanc (Beauséjour, N.B.) addressed delegates at the 39th Annual Meeting of the Northwest Atlantic Fisheries Organization. He reiterated Canada’s position that the environment and the economy go hand-in-hand—that we can and should balance the protection of marine ecosystems with socio-economic growth and opportunities within the NAFO convention … Read more
Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Fisheries, Oceans and the Canadian Coast Guard Terry Beech (Burnaby North–Seymour, B.C.) and Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Environment and Climate Change Jonathan Wilkinson (North Vancouver, B.C.) announced that the Government of Canada is implementing a $50.8 million Coastal Environmental Baseline Program to help assess the impacts of human activities … Read more
Minister of Fisheries, Oceans and the Canadian Coast Guard Dominic LeBlanc (Beauséjour, N.B.) announced that the Fisheries and Marine Institute of Memorial University of Newfoundland and Labrador will receive $4.7 million over five years for a project to help restore the ecosystem in Placentia Bay, Nfld. The project will enhance the Placentia Bay ecosystem, benefitting fish and … Read more
Minister of Fisheries, Oceans and the Canadian Coast Guard Dominic LeBlanc (Beauséjour, N.B.) introduced a fourth licence for Arctic Surf Clam representing 25 per cent of the existing total allowable catch for 2018. The new entrant to the Arctic Surf Clam fishery will be identified via an Expression of Interest. Interested parties wishing to participate in this … Read more
Fisheries and Oceans Canada and its provincial partners in Atlantic Canada are pleased to announce that the over $400 million Atlantic Fisheries Fund s now open for business and accepting proposals. The AFF is now accepting applications from proponents in Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, Prince Edward Island, and Newfoundland and Labrador. The commercial fisheries and aquaculture … Read more
