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Fisheries and Oceans Canada (DFO; French: Pêches et Océans Canada, MPO) is a department of the Government of Canada that is responsible for developing and implementing policies and programs in support of Canada's economic, ecological and scientific interests in oceans and inland waters. Its mandate includes responsibility for the conservation ...
The mandate and management of Department of Fisheries and Oceans and its subsidiary agencies: The Freshwater Fish Marketing Corporation; The Atlantic Fisheries Licence Appeal Board; The Pacific Region Licence Appeal Board; Closed Containment Salmon Aquaculture; Snow Crab Industry in Atlantic Canada and Quebec
CityNews is the title of news and current affairs programming on Rogers Sports & Media's Citytv network in Canada. The newscast division was founded on September 28, 1975 as CityPulse as a standalone local newscast on the network's Toronto station owned by CHUM Limited.
The Minister of Fisheries, Oceans and the Canadian Coast Guard (French: ministre des pêches, des océans et de la Garde côtière canadienne) is the minister of the Crown in the Canadian Cabinet responsible for supervising the fishing industry, administrating all navigable waterways in the country, and overseeing the operations of the Canadian Coast Guard and the Freshwater Fish Marketing ...
Canada has only made formal claims to territorial waters in legislation since 1970, under the Territorial Sea and Fishing Zones Act, which the Oceans Act superseded. [1] The 1970 Act established the Canadian adherence to measuring waters by establishing a shore baseline, and measuring outward, with specific determinations delegated to the Fisheries minister, and was superseded in 1996.
In response to the European Unions's Illegal, Unreported, and Unregulated (IUU) fishing regulations implemented on January 1, 2010, Fisheries and Oceans Canada established Canada's Catch Certification Program to oversee the distribution of catch certificates to Canadian fish harvesters and producers who export seafood products to the European ...
The CHS is administratively part of Fisheries and Oceans Canada's Oceans and Ecosystems Science Sector. According to mandated obligations of the Oceans Act and the Canada Shipping Act, the CHS is led by the Hydrographer General of Canada who is responsible for gathering, managing, transforming and disseminating bathymetric, hydrographic and nautical data and information into paper and ...
The Maurice Lamontagne Institute employs around 300 people. Its fields of focus are ocean science and aquatic ecosystems management. Its activities include research on aquatic invasive species, fish stocks and marine mammals, and ocean ecosystem dynamics, forecasting and monitoring of water levels, and developing technological solutions for navigation.