Fisheries and Oceans Canada, Quebec, wants to inform the Mid North Shore population that the harvesting of shellfish is now forbidden due to toxicity. A full list of forbidden areas is available online. Call 418-648-5474. Minister of Fisheries, Oceans and the Canadian Coast Guard Dominic LeBlanc (Beauséjour, N.B.) announced that the Government of Canada is investing $44 … Read more
On behalf of Minister of Fisheries, Oceans and the Canadian Coast Guard Dominic LeBlanc (Beauséjour, N.B.), Dale Nicholson, Regional Director, Ecosystems Management, Fisheries and Oceans Canada, presented the Macklin Wildlife Federation with the Department’s National Recreational Fisheries Award. The full release is available online. Call 519-383-1821. On Aug. 15, 2016 in Richmond, B.C. Provincial Court, Judge … Read more
Construction has begun on six new Search and Rescue (SAR) lifeboats at Hike Metal Products in Wheatley, Ontario, creating more than 20 high-paying jobs during the course of the contract. The new lifeboats will be stationed across Canada providing key SAR services for Canadian families and business including searches on the water, marine distress response … Read more
The Government of Canada is following through on its commitment and the desire of Canadians from coast-to-coast-to-coast to take action to protect species at risk. Minister of Fisheries, Oceans and the Canadian Coast Guard Dominic LeBlanc (Beauséjour, N.B.) announced that 12 aquatic species are being proposed for listing under the Species at Risk Act. The species … Read more
On behalf of Government House Leader and Minister of Fisheries, Oceans and the Canadian Coast Guard Dominic LeBlanc (Beauséjour, N.B.), Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Fisheries, Oceans and the Canadian Coast Guard Serge Cormier (Acadie-Bathurst, N.B.) announced $28 million in funding for recreational fisheries habitat restoration projects across the country from 2016 to 2019. Of this investment, … Read more
On July 20, 2016, Burnaby resident Danny My Ho pleaded guilty to four violations of the Fisheries Act in Sechelt Provincial Court. The Honourable Judge Steven Merrick fined Mr. Ho $20,000 for fishing for Dungeness crab in an area closed to commercial crab harvesting due to dioxin contamination. The full release is available online.
Government House Leader and Minister of Fisheries, Oceans and the Canadian Coast Guard Dominic LeBlanc (Beauséjour, N.B.) presented a Prix d’Excellence in the category of National Individual Commitment to Joel Baziuk, Operations Supervisor for the Steveston Harbour Authority in British Columbia. “[Baziuk’s] hard work to improve the vitality of the harbour benefits the entire community and exemplifies the … Read more
On behalf of Minister of Fisheries, Oceans and the Canadian Coast Guard Dominic LeBlanc (Beauséjour, N.B.), Liberal MP Bob Nault (Kenora, Ont.), confirmed $1.7 million in federal funding over the next two years for freshwater research at the IISD Experimental Lakes Area, situated in Northwestern Ontario. Ontario Premier Kathleen Wynne and Manitoba Premier Brian Pallister were … Read more
The Government of Canada is taking further action on the recommendations of Justice Cohen’s 2012 final report from the Commission of Inquiry into the Decline of Sockeye Salmon in the Fraser River. Minister of Fisheries, Oceans and the Canadian Coast Guard Dominic LeBlanc (Beauséjour, N.B.) announced the next steps to deliver on this important mandate commitment. Fisheries and Oceans … Read more
Minister of Fisheries, Oceans and the Canadian Coast Guard Dominic LeBlanc (Beauséjour, N.B.) officially re-opened the Coast Guard’s Kitsilano base in Vancouver, delivering on a commitment made by the Government of Canada. The government has re-opened this important facility to ensure that an additional layer of marine Search and Rescue (SAR) and emergency environmental response are … Read more
