| Fisheries and Oceans Canada | news releases
March 6, 2015 - West Vancouver, British Columbia John Weston, Member of Parliament for West Vancouver-Sunshine Coast-Sea to Sky Country, earlier today visited a class at Irwin Park Elementary School who is raising salmon.
| Fisheries and Oceans Canada | news releases
March 3, 2015 - Québec, Québec Minister Steven Blaney, on behalf of the Honourable Gail Shea, Minister of Fisheries and Oceans, announced today that the Government of Canada has committed $3,397,929 to 43 fish habitat conservation projects throughout Quebec. These projects were approved for funding under the second and third rounds of the Recreational Fisheries Conservation Partnerships Program (RFCPP).
| Fisheries and Oceans Canada | news releases
Ottawa, Ontario - The Honourable Gail Shea, Minister of Fisheries and Oceans, announced today that Canada will host the 2015 annual meeting of the North Atlantic Salmon Conservation Organization (NASCO) this June in Happy Valley ¿ Goose Bay. Delegates from all NASCO member countries will converge in Labrador from June 2-5, 2015 for the 32nd annual meeting of the international organization whose primary focus is the conservation and management of wild salmon in the North Atlantic.
| Fisheries and Oceans Canada | media advisories
QUÉBEC, QUEBEC ¿ On March 3, 2015, Honourable Steven Blaney will share details about the Government of Canada's investment in Quebec to protect and improve recreational fisheries habitat. Photo opportunities will be available for media in attendance.
| Fisheries and Oceans Canada | backgrounders
Greg Roach (Chair) After retiring from the Nova Scotia Department of Fisheries and Aquaculture in 2012, Mr. Roach set up a company that offers services in project management, training and advice related to the commercial fisheries, aquaculture and recreational fisheries in Atlantic Canada. Mr. Roach first joined the Nova Scotia Fisheries Department in 1976 as a Marine Biologist and retired as the Associate Deputy Minister of Fisheries and Aquaculture.
| Fisheries and Oceans Canada | news releases
February 27, 2015 - Ottawa, Ontario Today, the Honourable Gail Shea, Minister of Fisheries and Oceans announced the members of the Ministerial Advisory Committee on Atlantic Salmon, created to advance Atlantic salmon conservation efforts.
| Fisheries and Oceans Canada | news releases
CHARLOTTETOWN, PEI - The Honourable Gail Shea, Minister of Fisheries and Oceans, Regional Minister for PEI and Member of Parliament for Egmont, today announced that an investment of approximately $16.3 million is being made at PEI commercial fishing harbours. Individual projects will be announced over the coming weeks.
| Fisheries and Oceans Canada | speeches
Thanks also for this invitation to address your annual convention tonight. This kind of forum is important as it allows us to exchange ideas. It gives me a chance to highlight what our Government has done, what is in the works, and to hear from those of you who make your livings from the sea.
| Fisheries and Oceans Canada | news releases
February 25, 2015 - Montreal, Quebec The Canadian Coast Guard advises people living on or using the areas east of the Laviolette Bridge in Trois-Rivières and on the shores of Lake St. Pierre, that spring icebreaking operations will begin on the north and south shores of Lake St. Pierre and in the Bécancour and Gentilly areas as early as March 2, 2015. The date is only an indication and the Coast Guard notes that icebreaking could begin after that date, according on operational needs or the prevailing weather conditions.
| Fisheries and Oceans Canada | news releases
February 25, 2015 - Montreal, Quebec The Canadian Coast Guard is notifying residents of Repentigny and those living along the shores of the L'Assomption, Des-Prairies, Mille-Îles and Châteauguay Rivers that spring icebreaking operations will begin around March 2, 2015. The date is only an indicator, as activities could begin before or after that period, according to operational requirements or prevailing weather conditions.
