| Fisheries and Oceans Canada | backgrounders
Under Budget 2024, Fisheries and Oceans Canada is investing just over 34 million dollars in fishing harbours in the Gulf and Nova Scotia including Glace Bay, Louisbourg, Upper Whitehead and Grand Etang.
| Fisheries and Oceans Canada | news releases
Small craft harbours play a vital role in our community, bringing people together in work and play, while supporting jobs in the fish and seafood industry for over 45,000 Canadians. In addition to Fisheries and Oceans Canada’s annual budget of $90 million to upgrade small craft harbours, Budget 2024 announced $463.3 million over three years for the repair and maintenance of small craft harbours, including those damaged by Hurricane Fiona, starting in 2024-25.
| Fisheries and Oceans Canada | media advisories
Mike Kelloway, Parliamentary Secretary to the Honourable Diane Lebouthillier, Minister of Fisheries, Oceans and the Canadian Coast Guard, and Member of Parliament for Cape Breton-Canso, will make an announcement about funding for small craft harbours.
| Fisheries and Oceans Canada | news releases
Ensuring our fishery officers have the equipment and tools they need to protect marine biodiversity and enforce the Fisheries Act is important to the Government of Canada.
| Fisheries and Oceans Canada | news releases
A Pakenham, Ontario landowner has been ordered to carry out extensive remediation work, estimated to cost $1,000,000, after destroying fish habitat on a tributary of the Indian River. The Ontario Court of Justice issued the order following a Fisheries Act investigation by Fisheries and Oceans Canada (DFO).
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Three projects in the Gaspé Peninsula and the Lower St. Lawrence funded by Fisheries and Oceans Canada (DFO) and the Ministère de l’Agriculture, des Pêcheries et de l’Alimentation du Québec (MAPAQ) under the Quebec Fisheries Fund.
| Fisheries and Oceans Canada | news releases
Quebec’s fish and seafood industry needs to adapt to an ever-changing market. Working together through the Quebec Fisheries Fund (QFF), the Government of Canada and the Government of Quebec are helping the industry to innovate and encourage the use of new technologies and processes to support the sustainable development of the sector.
| Fisheries and Oceans Canada | media advisories
Rivière-au-Renard (Quebec) – The Honourable Diane Lebouthillier, Minister of Fisheries, Oceans and the Canadian Coast Guard, will hold a press conference to announce major financial support for the Gaspé Peninsula fishing industry.
| Fisheries and Oceans Canada | news releases
Partnerships with Indigenous communities are integral to efforts to regenerate salmon populations for the benefit of all Canadians. These collaborations draw upon the rich cultural and ecological practices that First Nations have upheld for generations. By working together, Canada and First Nations are developing strategies to better incorporate Traditional Indigenous Knowledge and stewardship practices in Pacific salmon recovery efforts.
| Fisheries and Oceans Canada | news releases
The fisheries industry is an integral part of the history of coastal communities in Quebec. To this day, it remains an important economic driver. In the context of climate change and the upheavals facing the fisheries industry, it is essential to create new opportunities to support and develop it.
