Fisheries Act

• Rio Tinto Alcan slapped with $500K fine for discharge of acidic water into Quebec river

  The fine will be paid into the federal government's environmental damages fund and will support environmental restoration and wildlife and habitat conservation projects.

  Environment

  Sep 26, 2023
  
• Hamilton company to pay $175K for 2018 Lake Ontario dumping incident

  A Hamilton company will pay $175,000 to a federal environmental damages fund in connection with dumping water harmful to fish into Lake Ontario.

  Environment

  Feb 1, 2023
  
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• Four Alberta men caught with 80 pounds of ‘unlawful’ halibut and crab

  The service said this incident could have easily been avoided if the party had followed regulations.

  Canada

  Jul 23, 2022
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• Teck Coal given record-breaking $60M fine for contaminating BC rivers

  A Canadian coal-mining company faces the largest fine imposed under the Fisheries Act after pleading guilty to contaminating waterways in southeastern British Columbia.

  Canada

  Mar 26, 2021
• Ottawa wants Indigenous livelihood fisheries in N.S. part of commercial season

  DFO says the fisheries will operate while negotiations continue on how First Nations in Nova Scotia can affirm their treaty rights to fish for a moderate livelihood.

  Canada

  Mar 3, 2021
• ‘Not so good’: Ocean organizations targets Canadian fishery management in audit

  Oceana Canada released an audit that found healthy fish stocks are in decline.

  Canada

  Nov 17, 2020
• N.L. town fined for elevated chlorine levels discharged in river

  Environment Canada says the town was fined after it pleaded guilty to two offences under the Fisheries Act in provincial court in Grand Falls-Windsor, N.L., on Tuesday.

  Environment

  Sep 23, 2020
• Canadian oilsands tailings ponds leaking; federal enforcement unclear: report

  An international environmental watchdog says there's convincing evidence that oilsands tailings ponds are leaking.

  Environment

  Sep 3, 2020
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• UBC loses appeal over ammonia dump in Vancouver creek that killed fish

  The University of British Columbia has lost an appeal of a hefty fine and conviction over an ammonia release that ended up in a fish-bearing streaming.

  Canada

  Aug 5, 2020
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• Audit finds Canada’s fisheries in decline, says response lacks urgency

  A new report urges Ottawa to finalize regulations setting timelines and targets for rebuilding critically depleted stocks,

  Economy

  Nov 13, 2019