| Fisheries and Oceans Canada | news releases
With the world’s longest coastline and connected to three oceans, Canada is well positioned to be a global leader in the blue economy – an economy that creates good, middle-class jobs, while ensuring healthy oceans and sustainable ocean industries.
| Fisheries and Oceans Canada | backgrounders
Canada’s fisheries are the backbone of many coastal communities and a driving force in our national economy. At the same time, the seafood sector is a rapidly shifting environment – competition is intensifying and consumers are looking for sustainability and quality.
| Fisheries and Oceans Canada | news releases
Canada’s fisheries are the backbone of many coastal communities and a driving force in our national economy. At the same time, the seafood sector is a rapidly shifting environment – competition is intensifying and consumers are looking for sustainability and quality. That is why the Government of Canada and the Province of Nova Scotia are making strategic investments in the fish and seafood sector through the Atlantic Fisheries Fund – to help ensure the sector can continue to meet these changing demands and to capitalize on the industry’s tremendous growth potential.
| Fisheries and Oceans Canada | news releases
Québec, Quebec – Fisheries and Oceans Canada (DFO) announced today that the groundfish ice fishing season on the Saguenay Fjord has been extended by one week. It now ends on March 14, 2021.
| Fisheries and Oceans Canada | media advisories
Dartmouth, Nova Scotia– The Honourable Bernadette Jordan, Minister of Fisheries, Oceans and Canadian Coast Guard, along with the Honourable Keith Colwell, Nova Scotia Minister of Fisheries and Aquaculture will hold a virtual press conference to make an announcement related to the Atlantic Fisheries Fund.
| Fisheries and Oceans Canada | news releases
Today, the Minister of Fisheries, Oceans, and the Canadian Coast Guard, the Honourable Bernadette Jordan, the Premier of British Columbia, the Honourable John Horgan, and the B.C. Parliamentary Secretary of Fisheries and Aquaculture, Fin Donnelly, announced funding for four projects under the British Columbia Salmon Restoration and Innovation Fund (BCSRIF). Over the next four years, more than $4M in funding will be delivered to support projects that will help restore salmon habitats across B.C.
| Fisheries and Oceans Canada | news releases
Canada’s oceans are essential to our economy, our ecosystems, and communities from coast to coast to coast but our oceans are changing. Ocean observation and monitoring are critical for understanding these changes and protecting our oceans. That’s why the Government of Canada continues to invest in an open-access national system for ocean observation to support a variety of economic sectors and research efforts to understand, monitor and manage activities in the marine and coastal environments.
| Fisheries and Oceans Canada | news releases
Minister Jordan receives interlocutor’s report on future transformation of the Freshwater Fish Marketing Corporation
| Fisheries and Oceans Canada | backgrounders
Fisheries and Oceans Canada and the Province of Prince Edward Island are pleased to announce funding of $ 3,112,920 for nine organizations through the Atlantic Fisheries Fund.
| Fisheries and Oceans Canada | news releases
Canada’s fisheries are the backbone of many coastal communities and a driving force in our national economy. The seafood sector is a rapidly shifting environment – competition is intensifying, consumers are looking for sustainability and quality. That is why the Government of Canada and the Province of Prince Edward Island are making strategic investments in the Island’s fish and seafood sector through the Atlantic Fisheries Fund.
