Fisheries and Oceans Canada in the Pacific Region
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Pacific Salmon Strategy Initiative
We’re taking bold action to stabilize and protect Pacific salmon.
Extreme environmental impacts on Pacific salmon
Extreme environmental events such as heat-waves, droughts and flooding can have large impacts on salmon. Learn about what we are doing to help them.
- Fisheries and Oceans Canada closes the first and only known live coral reef in Pacific Canada to all commercial and recreational bottom-contact fisheries
2024-03-07 – News release - Three recreational anglers near Sechelt, B.C. sentenced to large fines, fishing prohibition, and fishing area ban
2024-03-06 – News release - Canadian Coast Guard issues fine for a hazardous vessel
2024-02-29 – News release
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Fisheries Management
Fisheries opening and closures, licensing, shellfish contamination, management plans, catch statistics
Indigenous Programs, Reconciliation and Partnerships
Reconciliation, long term fisheries arrangements, fisheries programs and funding opportunities
Science
Ocean sciences and climate change adaptation, environmental science, research centres and shared data
Aquaculture
BC aquaculture regulatory program, licensing, aquaculture sites and maps
Species at Risk
Aquatic species at risk, recovery planning, habitat protection
Salmonid Enhancement Program
Hatcheries, spawning channels, resource restoration, community advisors
Fish and Fish Habitat Protection Program
Measures to protect fish and fish habitat, projects near water, standards and codes of practice
Small Craft Harbours
Harbour authorities, abandoned boats and wrecks, map of harbours
Economic analysis
Economic analyses, reports, infographics and reporting programs
Conservation and Protection
Observe, record, report a fisheries violation
Funding opportunities
Learn about funding opportunities available to people and organizations based out of British Columbia or the Yukon
Stream to Sea education program
Resources and lesson plans, educational coordinators
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Protecting Southern Resident killer whales
Southern Resident killer whales are critically endangered. Learn about what we are doing to help them.
Protecting Pacific salmon
We are working to ensure healthy, diverse salmon populations.
Protecting oceans
Learn about marine conservation targets, bioregions and protected areas.
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