Fisheries and Oceans Canada

Government of Canada Announces its First Ever Strategy to Restore and Rebuild Atlantic Salmon Populations and Their Habitats

March 24, 2025 Fisheries and Oceans Canada

This Strategy will guide the Department and our partners in working together to mitigate threats and ensure healthy ecosystems that can support Atlantic salmon. Since 2021, we have engaged with Canadians, stakeholders, partners, provincial governments and Indigenous organizations on the Strategy. The Department will continue to collaborate with these groups in implementing and reviewing the Strategy to help shape its evolution. …

Joint Statement: New Oyster Movement Rules in Prince Edward Island to Help Prevent Further Spread of MSX

February 13, 2025 Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA)

This declaration simplifies the CFIA permitting process for PEI oyster growers, harvesters, and processors, as CFIA permits will no longer be required for movement of oysters or gear within the declared area. …

Government of Canada and Province of New Brunswick Announce Funding for Atlantique Nord Innovation Inc.

September 5, 2024 Fisheries and Oceans Canada

With the longest coastline in the world, Canada’s coastal communities rely on the fish and seafood industry as an integral contributor to local and regional economies. This is why the Government of Canada and the Province of New Brunswick are pleased to announce funding support to Atlantique Nord Innovation Inc. in Shippagan for a project benefiting seafood processing through the Atlantic Fisheries Fund (AFF). …

Over $500,000 in Fines and Site Remediations Conclude a Six-Year Investigation into Major Habitat Destruction Along the Chilcotin and Kleena Kleene Rivers

July 8, 2024 Fisheries and Oceans Canada, Pacific Region

The major habit destruction involved in these cases resulted from the removal of riparian habitat vegetation, infilling of side channels, fish passage obstructions, stream diversion, unauthorized changes in a stream and unauthorized works on crown lands. The purpose of the work was to increase available land to be used for agricultural purposes. None of this work had Fisheries Act or provincial authorizations. …

Boundary Bay Commercial Crab Fleet Investigations Lead to Major Fines, Forfeitures, and One Fishing Prohibition

September 22, 2023 Fisheries and Oceans Canada, Pacific Region

Recent investigations by fishery officers with Fisheries and Oceans Canada (DFO) into the Boundary Bay commercial crab fleet have resulted in several convictions in Surrey Provincial Court. Four vessel masters received fines and forfeitures totalling over $287,000. One captain also received a first-ever fishing prohibition. …