Fisheries And Oceans Canada

• $17M-boost for wild salmon restoration as First Nations call for ‘drastic action’

  Fisheries and Oceans Canada says many Pacific salmon stocks are declining to "historic lows" due to the impacts of climate change, habitat loss and other threats.

  Environment

  Jun 1
  
• DFO shuts down lucrative baby eel fishery in Maritimes amid poaching, safety concerns

  Fisheries and Oceans Canada says the elver fishery in Nova Scotia and New Brunswick is closed for 45 days amid growing concerns of illegal poaching and violence.

  Canada

  Apr 15
  
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• Federal decision to shut down B.C. salmon farms prompts company court challenge

  The farms off B.C.'s coast have been a major flashpoint with environmental groups and some First Nations saying the farms are linked to disease that transfers to wild salmon.

  Environment

  Mar 21
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• DFO slaps 3 B.C. men with combined $113K in illegal fishing fines

  Fisheries and Oceans Canada announced more than $100,000 in fines against three men for separate illegal fishing incidents dating back to 2018.

  Environment

  Mar 17
• Coast Guard responds to fuel spill from partially sunk fishing vessel in Fraser River

  Fisheries and Oceans Canada says they have deployed teams to deal with a partially submerged 65 foot fishing vessel leaking fuel into the Fraser River.

  Environment

  Feb 19
• Massive area off B.C. coast one step closer to an official Marine Protected Area

  Fisheries and Oceans Canada is working in collaboration with First Nations to advance the designation of the proposed Tang.ɢwan – ḥačxwiqak – Tsig̱is Marine Protected Area (MPA).

  Environment

  Feb 7
• Fisheries and Oceans Canada seize hundreds of illegal, ghost traps near White Rock, B.C.

  Crews collect the traps using a line and grapple hook, which is thrown over the side of a patrol boat, then dragged across the ocean floor.

  Environment

  Jan 28
• Chemical pollutant used in toilet paper found in endangered orcas, study reveals

  The team also found the pollutants were transferred from mother to baby in a pregnant southern resident killer whale whose tissue was analyzed. 

  Environment

  Jan 12
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• 3 men handed 1-year ban, fines for illegal fishing in B.C.

  Fisheries and Oceans Canada say the three were caught following a public tip in August 2021. The three were found guilty in November 2022.

  Canada

  Dec 17, 2022
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• Ottawa aims to reduce size of salmon fishing industry by buying licences

  Jeff Grout, a salmon resource manager with Fisheries, says about 1,300 licences are eligible for the program, which will buy them at market rate and take them out of circulation.

  Environment

  Dec 14, 2022