| Fisheries and Oceans Canada | statements
Today we mark the International Day for the Fight against Illegal, Unreported, and Unregulated (IUU) Fishing. IUU fishing is a major cause of declining fish stocks and marine ecosystem destruction around the world, threatening the livelihoods of law-abiding fish harvesters, including right here in Canada.
| Fisheries and Oceans Canada | media advisories
Fisheries and Oceans Canada will hold a media briefing on food, social and ceremonial fisheries on the North Shore.
| Fisheries and Oceans Canada | media advisories
Representatives from Fisheries and Oceans Canada are holding a technical briefing on the fisheries management measures to protect North Atlantic Right Whales in Canadian waters
| Fisheries and Oceans Canada | news releases
Threats to biodiversity are being felt across Canada and the world. After habitat loss, invasive species are the second biggest threat to global biodiversity. Aquatic invasive species pose a serious threat to Canada’s waters, economy and society. They can grow quickly, compete with native species and alter habitats.
| Fisheries and Oceans Canada | backgrounders
Fisheries and Oceans Canada’s Aquatic Invasive Species Prevention Fund (AISPF) provides $8.75 million over five years from 2022-23 to 2026-27 in contribution funds to help facilitate on-the-ground, preventative actions against aquatic invasive species.
| Fisheries and Oceans Canada | news releases
Aquatic invasive species pose a serious threat to Canada’s waters, economy and society. When species are introduced to areas outside their native environment, they can grow quickly, compete with other species and alter habitats, causing serious ecological harm in our waters.
| Fisheries and Oceans Canada | media advisories
The Minister of Fisheries, Oceans and the Canadian Coast Guard, the Honourable Joyce Murray, will announce a major investment in the fight against aquatic invasive species in Canada through creation of the Aquatic Invasive Species Prevention Fund.
| Fisheries and Oceans Canada | news releases
Fisheries and Oceans Canada is proud to welcome the latest troop of graduates to the ranks of Canada’s contingent of over 600 fishery officers.
| Fisheries and Oceans Canada | news releases
The Government of Canada is committed to protecting Canada’s fisheries resources, and the habitat that supports them, for generations to come.
| Fisheries and Oceans Canada | backgrounders
In the 1999 Marshall decisions, the Supreme Court of Canada affirmed the treaty right to hunt, fish, and gather in pursuit of a moderate livelihood based on the Peace and Friendship Treaties of 1760-1761.
