On behalf of Fisheries and Oceans Minister Gail Shea (Egmont, P.E.I.), Conservative MP Wai Young (Vancouver South, B.C.) announced in Vancouver that the federal government is investing $262,000 in Fish SAFE, a B.C. fishing industry driven program that works to improve safety on board commercial fishing vessels. The program is funded through Fisheries and Oceans Canada’s Pacific Integrated Commercial Fishing … Read more
Fisheries and Oceans Canada announced that the Canadian Coast Guard, together with the United States Coast Guard and the Ontario Provincial Police, will begin ice-breaking on the Great Lakes on Jan. 17, 2015, beginning in the Thessalon/Cockburn Island area in the North Channel of Lake Huron. The full release is available online. Call 519-383-1804.
On behalf of the Fisheries Minister Gail Shea (Egmont, P.E.I.), Conservative MP James Lunney (Nanaimo-Alberni, B.C.) highlighted the federal government’s investment of up to $439,671 to projects in the Recreational Fisheries Conservation Partnerships Program, part of the National Conservation Plan. The full release is available online. Call 613-992-3474.
On behalf of Fisheries Minister Gail Shea (Egmont, P.E.I.), Conservative MP Cathy McLeod (Kamloops-Thompson-Cariboo, B.C.) was in Valemount, B.C. on Jan. 7, 2015, highlighting the federal government’s $230,108 investment in the 2013 and 2014-2016 Swift Creek Restoration Project. This project to help restore salmon spawning habitat is a partnership between the federal government and the British Columbia Conservation Foundation. The full release … Read more
On behalf of Fisheries and Oceans Minister Gail Shea (Egmont, P.E.I.), Public Safety Minister Steven Blaney (Levis-Bellechasse, Que.) announced a major investment to modernize aids to navigation on the St. Lawrence. Spread over five years, the $7.8 million investment will be used to purchase and deploy 185 new generation four-season buoys between Quebec and Montreal. This project is … Read more
Fisheries and Oceans Minister Gail Shea (Egmont, P.E.I.) announced that the Government of Canada has awarded a $1.8 million contract through a public tendering process to Gaudette’s Transit Mix Ltd for a major harbour infrastructure project that will be carried out over two years at Tignish Harbour, Prince Edward Island. Call 613-990-7537.
Conservative MP Joyce Bateman (Winnipeg South Centre, Man.) hosted a roundtable discussion in Winnipeg on new proposed regulations on aquatic invasive species that were announced in London, Ontario. The proposed Aquatic Invasive Species Regulations would provide a national regulatory framework to help prevent intentional and unintentional introductions of aquatic invasive species in Canada from other … Read more
Fisheries and Oceans Minister Gail Shea (Egmont, P.E.I.), along with other MPs, announced a significant step in safeguarding Canada’s waterways from the spread of aquatic invasive species. The proposed Aquatic Invasive Species Regulations would provide a national regulatory framework to help prevent intentional and unintentional introductions of aquatic invasive species in Canada from other countries, across … Read more
Environment Minister Leona Aglukkaq (Nunavut) announced that the Government of Canada has awarded a $5.9 million contract to Northern Transportation Company Limited for Vessel Life Extension (VLE) and refit work for Canadian Coast Guard ship CCGS Dumit. Based in Hay River, Northwest Territories, the CCGS Dumit provides Aid to Navigation services on the Mackenzie River. The … Read more
On behalf of Fisheries and Oceans Minister Gail Shea (Egmont, P.E.I.), Sue Farlinger, Regional Director General, presented Ted Brookman with a 2014 National Recreational Fisheries Award on November 28, 2014. More information is available online. Call 604-666-8675.
