The Honourable Gail Shea, Minister of Fisheries and Oceans, and the Honourable Alice Wong, Minister of State (Seniors) and Member of Parliament for Richmond, today announced the arrival in Canada of the new hovercraft to be stationed at Sea Island in Richmond, British Columbia – the CCGS Moytel.
On October 23, 2013, Chilliwack Provincial Court sentenced Clayton Wood for offences committed in 2010 and 2011, and Winston Kimber for offences committed with Mr. Wood in 2011.
The Honourable Ed Fast, Minister of International Trade, the Honourable Gail Shea, Minister of Fisheries and Oceans, and the Honourable Leona Aglukkaq, Minister of the Environment, Minister of the Canadian Northern Economic Development Agency and Minister for the Arctic Council, today issued the following statement:
Fisheries and Oceans Canada, Quebec, wants to inform the Lower St. Lawrence population that the harvesting of shellfish is now forbidden due to toxicity, in accordance with the prohibition order mentioned below, and pursuant to subsection 3(1) of the Management of Contaminated Fisheries Regulations, in the following shellfish area:
The Honourable Gail Shea, Minister of Fisheries and Oceans, delivered remarks at the National Harbour Authority Advisory Committee's Annual Meeting in celebration of the Harbour Authority Program's 25th anniversary.
Fisheries and Oceans Canada, Quebec Region, has released a list of fishermen convicted of various offences and fined under the Fisheries Act in the Magdalen Islands in October, 2013.
The Canadian Coast Guard (CCG) advises the public that our seasonally operated Search and Rescue stations located on the Great Lakes, Georgian Bay and St. Lawrence River in Ontario will be winding down their annual operations and will close on the dates listed below. These stations will reopen in April 2014.
The Honourable Gail Shea, Minister of Fisheries and Oceans, today announced that the Government of Canada is completing the final engineering work related to a major investment project at Tignish harbour. This is part of the $4 million in funding for small craft harbours across Prince Edward Island that was announced on September 3, 2013.