| Fisheries and Oceans Canada | news releases
Small craft harbours are at the heart of many coastal communities, bringing people together for work and leisure, while supporting jobs in the fish and seafood industry for more than 45,000 Canadians.
| Fisheries and Oceans Canada | backgrounders
The funded projects will be undertaken by 2027 in the following Magdalen Islands harbours managed by Fisheries and Oceans Canada. Projects could range from repairs, to reconstruction of assets, or dredging related work.
| Fisheries and Oceans Canada | media advisories
L’Étang-du-Nord, Quebec – The Honourable Diane Lebouthillier, Minister of Fisheries, Oceans and the Canadian Coast Guard, will hold a press conference to announce major investments in small craft harbours in the Magdalen Islands.
| Fisheries and Oceans Canada | news releases
Vancouver, B.C, - On May 24, 2024, the Honourable Judge Roy Dickey fined Brent Belveal, owner and operator of the commercial Halibut fishing vessel Gypsy Soul, a total of $33,596 for offences under Canada’s Fisheries Act. Mr. Belveal pleaded guilty to fishing inside of the Hecate Strait Queen Charlotte Sound Glass Sponge Reef Marine Protected Area (MPA) near Bella Bella, B.C., and for selling his illegal catch.
| Fisheries and Oceans Canada | news releases
Collaboration with provincial and territorial partners is critical to keeping Canada’s waters and coastlines safe, healthy and prosperous, now and for generations to come.
| Fisheries and Oceans Canada | backgrounders
Three 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 | news releases
The Government of Canada and the Government of Quebec are announcing more than $350,000 in funding for 3 projects in the Magdalen Islands that will help improve the efficiency, quality and sustainability of Quebec’s fish and seafood sector. The Government of Canada’s contribution to these 3 projects is $252,527, while the Government of Quebec is contributing $108,226.
| Fisheries and Oceans Canada | media advisories
Cap-aux-Meules (Quebec) – The Honourable Diane Lebouthillier, Minister of Fisheries, Oceans and the Canadian Coast Guard, will hold a press conference to announce a financial support for the Magdalen Islands fishing industry.
| Fisheries and Oceans Canada | news releases
The Government of Canada is committed to supporting the advancement of the fishing and fish processing sectors, which power the economies of coastal communities across Canada.
| Fisheries and Oceans Canada | media advisories
Louisbourg, Nova Scotia – On behalf of the Honourable Diane Lebouthillier, Minister of Fisheries, Oceans and the Canadian Coast Guard, Mike Kelloway, Parliamentary Secretary to Minister Lebouthillier, will be in Eastern Nova Scotia to celebrate the opening of the first commercial fishing season for whelk.
