WEST VANCOUVER, B.C. ¿ The Honourable Gail Shea, Minister of Fisheries and Oceans, and John Weston, Member of Parliament for West Vancouver-Sunshine Coast-Sea to Sky Country, will attend the Coho Festival with the Pacific Salmon Foundation to acknowledge the vital work by communities and volunteers to conserve salmon. Photo opportunities will be available for media in attendance.
Blake Richards, Member of Parliament for Wild Rose, on behalf of the Honourable Gail Shea, Minister of Fisheries and Oceans, today announced that, under the second round of the Recreational Fisheries Conservation Partnerships Program, the Government of Canada will provide $21,000 to the Bow Valley Habitat Development to conserve fish habitat in Cochrane, Alberta.
The Honourable Gail Shea, Minister of Fisheries and Oceans, awarded Robert Scammell with a 2014 National Recreational Fisheries Award for his outstanding contribution to promoting the interests of recreational fishing in Alberta.
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I hope everyone had a happy and safe Labour Day week-end... Labour Day does in many ways mark the end of summer....
...But, it also means a fresh start – much like opening up new notebooks and text-books on the first day of school...
The Canadian Coast Guard advises the public that the seasonal rescue stations located in Bainsville, Ontario; Pointe-Anglais (Oka), Beaconsfield, Longueil, Sorel and Trois-Rivières, Quebec, are beginning to wrap up their annual summer activitie
Pictou County, Nova Scotia ¿ On September 2, the Honourable Peter MacKay, Member of Parliament for Central-Nova will share details about the Government of Canada's investment in restoration projects in Pictou, Antigonish and Guysborough Counties to protect and improve recreational fisheries habitat. Photo opportunities will be available for media in attendance.
Alexander Henry Leim was born on November 10, 1897, in Fergus, Ontario. A University of Toronto graduate, he became a member of the Biological Board of Canada in 1919, as a researcher at the St. Andrews Biological Station in New Brunswick. In 1924, he finished a doctorate on the evolution of the shad, a sea fish in the same family as the sardine and herring that reproduces in freshwater.
The large number of regulators and requirements faced by the aquaculture industry in Canada is cumbersome for operators and confusing for Canadians who want assurances that environmentally sustainable practices are required by law and are enforced. The Government of Canada is committed to developing aquaculture in a sustainable manner. To do so, it is moving forward with a targeted, pragmatic regulatory agenda to address key barriers to industry growth while safeguarding the environment, and eliminate duplications.
