| Fisheries and Oceans Canada | media advisories
The Minister of Fisheries, Oceans and the Canadian Coast Guard, the Honourable Jonathan Wilkinson, will visit at the Incident Command Post for the Big Bar Landslide. The Minister will meet with Incident Commanders, regional First Nation representatives, and technical experts, and participate in a helicopter overflight tour of the landside area.
| Fisheries and Oceans Canada | media advisories
Officials from the Department of Fisheries and Oceans and the Province of British Columbia as well as a representative from the Upper Fraser Fisheries Conservation Alliance will to provide further updates and answer questions regarding a significant rock slide that occurred upstream of a narrow portion of the Fraser River near Big Bar.
| Fisheries and Oceans Canada | media advisories
The Minister of Fisheries, Oceans and the Canadian Coast Guard, the Honourable Jonathan Wilkinson, and B.C. Minister of Agriculture, the Honourable Lana Popham, will announce approved projects for the British Columbia Salmon Restoration and Innovation Fund.
| Fisheries and Oceans Canada | media advisories
Officials from the Department of Fisheries and Oceans and the Province of British Columbia as well as a representative from the Upper Fraser Fisheries Conservation Alliance will to provide further updates and answer questions regarding a significant rock slide that occurred upstream of a narrow portion of the Fraser River near Big Bar. The obstruction raises concerns about whether salmon migrating upstream can reach their spawning grounds.
| Fisheries and Oceans Canada | media advisories
The Minister of Fisheries, Oceans and the Canadian Coast Guard, the Honourable Jonathan Wilkinson will be delivering a speech with the Provincial Minister of Agriculture, the Honourable Lana Popham at the Fraser Watershed Initiative Conference.
| Fisheries and Oceans Canada | media advisories
The Minister of Fisheries, Oceans and the Canadian Coast Guard, the Honourable Jonathan Wilkinson, will make an announcement with the Fraser Salmon Management Council (FSMC).
| Fisheries and Oceans Canada | media advisories
Minister of Infrastructure and Communities, the Honourable François-Philippe Champagne, will announce on behalf of Minister of Fisheries, Oceans and the Canadian Coast Guard, the Honourable Jonathan Wilkinson, funding for projects on the north shore of the St. Lawrence Estuary as part of the Oceans Protection Plan.
| Fisheries and Oceans Canada | media advisories
Vancouver, B.C. – Officials from Fisheries and Oceans Canada and the Province of British Columbia provide details regarding the significant rock slide that occurred upstream of a narrow portion of the Fraser River near Big Bar, BC creating a 5m waterfall. The obstruction raises concerns about whether salmon migrating upstream can reach their spawning grounds. The federal and provincial governments are working together with local First nations, communities and stakeholders to coordinate efforts and determine next steps.
| Fisheries and Oceans Canada | media advisories
Minister of Fisheries, Oceans and the Canadian Coast Guard, The Honourable Jonathan Wilkinson, will give opening remarks at the Ocean Heroes Boot Camp.
| Fisheries and Oceans Canada | media advisories
The Government of Canada takes the protection, conservation, and recovery of endangered species very seriously. For the past three years, we have taken concrete action to help protect the North Atlantic right whales, who have been increasingly present in the Gulf of Saint Lawrence in recent years. Unfortunately, a number of North Atlantic right whales have died in Canadian waters this season.
