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2. Fisheries and Oceans Canada - Wikipedia

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   www.dfo-mpo.gc.ca. 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 ...

3. Fishing industry in Canada - Wikipedia

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   Canada's fishing industry is a key contributor to the success of the Canadian economy. In 2018, Canada's fishing industry was worth $36.1 billion in fish and seafood products and employed approximately 300,000 people. [1] Aquaculture, which is the farming of fish, shellfish, and aquatic plants in fresh or salt water, is the fastest growing food ...

4. Minister of Fisheries, Oceans and the Canadian Coast Guard

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   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 ...

5. Aquaculture in Canada - Wikipedia

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   Aquaculture in Canada. Aquaculture is the farming of fish, shellfish or aquatic plants in either fresh or saltwater, or both. [1] The farmed animals or plants are cared for under a controlled environment to ensure optimum growth, success and profit. When they have reached an appropriate size (often once they reach maturity ), they are harvested ...

6. Collapse of the Atlantic northwest cod fishery - Wikipedia

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   Approximately 37,000 fishermen and fish plant workers lost their jobs due to the collapse of the cod fisheries; many people had to find new jobs or further their education to find employment. These effects are reflected in Canadian folklorist and songwriter Shelley Posen's song "No More Fish, No Fishermen." [21]

7. Fisheries management - Wikipedia

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   Fisheries management. The goal of fisheries management is to produce sustainable biological, environmental and socioeconomic benefits from renewable aquatic resources. Wild fisheries are classified as renewable when the organisms of interest (e.g., fish, shellfish, amphibians, reptiles and marine mammals) produce an annual biological surplus ...

8. National Marine Fisheries Service - Wikipedia

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   The National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS), informally known as NOAA Fisheries, is a United States federal agency within the U.S. Department of Commerce 's National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) that is responsible for the stewardship of U.S. national marine resources. It conserves and manages fisheries to promote ...

9. Fisheries Research Board of Canada - Wikipedia

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   The Fisheries Research Board of Canada / l' Office des Recherches Sur les Pêcheries du Canada [2] (English acronym: FRB or FRBC) was for about 36 years Canada's principal federal organization for research on aquatic sciences and fisheries. It was officially created in 1937. In 1973 its staff was transferred to Canada's Department of the ...