Government of Canada commits to adaptive management approach to conserve and protect American Eel
Press Release From: Fisheries and Oceans Canada December 2, 2025 Ottawa, Ontario – The Government of Canada is committed to protecting aquatic species while supporting the cultures, communities and industries that…
First Nation Organizations Launch Joint Land and Fiscal Agenda to Power Canada’s Economic Transformation
Press Release October 7, 2025 Westbank, B.C.— The Lands Advisory Board (LAB) and the First Nations Tax Commission (FNTC) have united around a bold legislative agenda designed to unlock investment,…
Canada’s Ocean Supercluster Launches Insights Report on Canada’s Blue Bioeconomy Strategy
Press Release April 8, 2025 (Ottawa, ON) – Today, Canada’s Ocean Supercluster (OSC), together with the National Blue Bioeconomy Steering Committee, launched Canada’s Blue Bioeconomy Insights Report. Only a fraction…
Biotoxin Update March 25, 2025
Press Release General Information Area openings are dependent upon regular submission and analysis of samples for biotoxin analysis, as set out in a biotoxin monitoring protocol administered by the Canadian…
Statement: Canadian Seafood Farmers: U.S. decision to move forward with tariffs will have widespread, devastating impacts on food security
Press Release March 4, 2025 The introduction of 25% tariffs on Canadian products will hurt Canadian and American families, communities and businesses. Healthy, fresh protein is something all families need…
Tŝilhqot’in Nation Leaders Attend Pacific Salmon Commission
Press Release February 11, 2025 This week, Tŝilhqot’in Nits’ilʔin-Qi (Chiefs) are attending the Pacific Salmon Commission in Portland, Oregon to call on the Alaskan 104 Fishery to stop intercepting vulnerable…
AFN National Chief Cindy Woodhouse Nepinak and Nova Scotia Regional Chief Andrea Paul Call for Support of First Nations Elver Fishers
Press Release (April 18, 2024 – Unceded Algonquin Territory, Ottawa, Ontario) – The Assembly of First Nations (AFN) National Chief Cindy Woodhouse Nepinak and Nova Scotia Regional Chief Andrea Paul…
Fisheries and Oceans Canada closes the first and only known live coral reef in Pacific Canada to all commercial and recreational bottom-contact fisheries
Press Release From: Fisheries and Oceans Canada March 7, 2024 Vancouver, B.C. — Fisheries and Oceans Canada (DFO), is taking measures to protect the unique and highly sensitive Lophelia Reef—also…
Premier Furey and Minister Loveless Issue Statement on the Status of Northern Cod Stocks
Press Release October 25, 2023 Today, the Honourable Dr. Andrew Furey, Premier of Newfoundland and Labrador, along with the Honourable Elvis Loveless, Minister of Fisheries, Forestry and Agriculture, are issuing…
Canada and Greenland join forces for the conservation of the Pikialasorsuaq Arctic polynya
Press Release From: Fisheries and Oceans Canada October 19, 2023 Ottawa, Ontario – Located in the waters of Canada and the Kingdom of Denmark with regard to Greenland, the Pikialasorsuaq or…
