| Fisheries and Oceans Canada | news releases
The Government of Canada and the Government of Quebec are announcing $5,8 million in funding for 35 projects in Quebec that will help improve the efficiency, quality and sustainability of the province’s fish and seafood sector. The Government of Canada’s contribution to these 35 projects is $4 million, while the Government of Quebec is contributing $1.8 million.
| Fisheries and Oceans Canada | news releases
With the longest coastline in the world, Canada’s coastal communities rely on the fish and seafood industry as an integral contributor to local and regional economies.
| Fisheries and Oceans Canada | backgrounders
35 projects in Quebec funded by Fisheries and Oceans Canada (DFO) and the Ministère de l’Agriculture, des Pêcheries et de l’Alimentation du Québec under the Quebec Fisheries Fund.
| Fisheries and Oceans Canada | media advisories
Newport (Quebec) – The Honourable Diane Lebouthillier, Minister of Fisheries, Oceans and the Canadian Coast Guard, and Mr. Stéphane Sainte-Croix, member of Parliament for Gaspé and Quebec Government Assistant to the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, Mr. André Lamontagne, will hold a press conference to announce support to the Quebec fishing industry.
| Fisheries and Oceans Canada | backgrounders
Fisheries and Oceans Canada and the Province of New Brunswick are pleased to announce funding of $670,073 for nine companies through the Atlantic Fisheries Fund, for new technology on snow crab vessels.
| Fisheries and Oceans Canada | news releases
With the longest coastline in the world, Canada’s coastal communities rely on the fish and seafood industry as an integral contributor to local and regional economies.
| Fisheries and Oceans Canada | news releases
Located in the waters of Canada and the Kingdom of Denmark with regard to Greenland, the Pikialasorsuaq or North Water Polynya, is a dynamic area of open sea that remains ice-free throughout the winter.
| Fisheries and Oceans Canada | news releases
Fishery officers from Fisheries and Oceans Canada (DFO) successfully completed their first Canadian-led high seas patrol to detect and deter illegal, unreported, and unregulated (IUU) fishing in the North-Pacific, a region critical to implementing Canada’s Indo-Pacific Strategy and upholding its international obligations.
| Fisheries and Oceans Canada | news releases
On September 21, Hollow Water First Nation members celebrated the official opening of a new and much needed small craft harbour for their community on eastern Lake Winnipeg. Chief Larry Barker spoke of the importance of this new infrastructure, which improves access to the community’s fish processing plant and provides safer docking for vessels. The harbour has been operational since May 2023, and is the newest harbour in service in the Fisheries and Oceans Canada (DFO) national system of small craft harbours.
| Fisheries and Oceans Canada | news releases
Recent investigations by fishery officers with Fisheries and Oceans Canada (DFO) into the Boundary Bay commercial crab fleet have resulted in several convictions in Surrey Provincial Court. Four vessel masters received fines and forfeitures totalling over $287,000. One captain also received a first-ever fishing prohibition.
