The Canadian Coast Guard Ship (CCGS) Terry Fox is on scene in the northern Quebec community of Salluit responding to a fuel spill which occurred during a routine generator fuel re-supply of the community by M/T Sarah Desgagnés late on October 7. The Canadian Coast Guard was notified of the incident and dispatched its closest … Read more
Fisheries and Oceans Minister Gail Shea (Egmont, P.E.I.) issued the following statement: “Canada’s prosperity is built on selling our products to the world, including our fish and seafood products known for freshness and quality. Yet in markets like Japan, Malaysia and Vietnam, Canadian seafood exports face high tariffs that put our fishers at a severe disadvantage. … Read more
Fisheries and Oceans Canada announced that the Listuguj Mi’gmaq community in the Gaspe Peninsula will carry out its food, social and ceremonial lobster fishing in Chaleur Bay from Sept. 20-Oct. 10, 2015. This fishery, protected under section 35 of the Constitution Act, 1982, which recognizes and confirms the ancestral and treaty rights of the aboriginal peoples … Read more
Fisheries and Oceans Minister Gail Shea (Egmont, P.E.I.) and Environment Minister Leona Aglukkaq (Nunavut) announced $22.7 million in funding to improve the safety of marine transportation in the Arctic. As part of these investments, Fisheries and Oceans Canada’s Canadian Hydrographic Service will acquire and install four state-of-the-art multibeam sonar systems aboard Canadian Coast Guard icebreakers in order to significantly … Read more
On behalf of Fisheries and Oceans Minister Gail Shea (Egmont, P.E.I.), Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Fisheries and Oceans Randy Kamp (Pitt Meadows-Maple Ridge-Mission, B.C.) and Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Aboriginal Affairs and Northern Development Mark Strahl (Chilliwack-Fraser Canyon, B.C.) announced $313,330 in funding for the Fraser Valley Watersheds Coalition towards restoring salmon habitat in the Vedder River Floodplain (Browne Creek, Stewart Creek … Read more
On behalf of Fisheries and Oceans Minister Gail Shea (Egmont, P.E.I.), Chief Government Whip John Duncan (Vancouver Island North, B.C.) announced $977,000 in funding through the National Conservation Plan for 16 projects that support recreational fisheries on Vancouver Island. The full release is available online. Call 613-992-3474. On behalf of Fisheries and Oceans Minister Gail Shea (Egmont, P.E.I.), Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Finance Andrew … Read more
Fisheries and Oceans Minister Gail Shea (Egmont, P.E.I.) issued the following statement: “I want to extend my congratulations and gratitude to the brave men and women of the Canadian Coast Guard for their rescue of Russian helicopter pilot Sergey Ananov after his helicopter crashed in icy Arctic waters. Canadian Coast Guard Ship Pierre Radisson rescued the pilot, who is … Read more
Fisheries and Oceans Minister Gail Shea (Egmont, P.E.I.); Kathryn Sullivan, U.S. Undersecretary of Commerce for Oceans and Atmosphere and NOAA Administrator; and Simon Coveney, Irish Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine issued a statement welcoming this second project under the Galway Statement. “The Atlantic Ocean Research Alliance launched an expedition to map the North Atlantic … Read more
On behalf of Fisheries and Oceans Minister Gail Shea (Egmont, P.E.I.), Conservative MP Rodney Weston (Saint John, N.B.) announced an investment to improve safety and working conditions for fishermen at Five Fathom Hole harbour in New Brunswick. The full release is available online. Call 613-992-3474.
Chief Government Whip John Duncan (Vancouver Island North, B.C.) and Fisheries and Oceans Minister Gail Shea (Egmont, P.E.I.) announced the government’s intent to amend the Pacific Fishery Regulations, 1993, to create separate commercial fishing licence categories for tuna, lingcod and dogfish. These species, along with Pacific cod, sole and flounder, skate, sturgeon and smelt, are currently grouped … Read more
