Fisheries

Commercial Fisheries Development Opportunity Source (CFDOS) - Pamphlet - Application Procedures [Fisheries and Oceans Canada, DFO]

Publisher: 
Minister of Public Works and Government Services
Year of publication: 
2009

"A major emphasis of the AICFI program is to support the enhancement of Mi’kmaq and Maliseet Fist Nation (MMFN) commercial fishing enterprises (CFE) governance, management, administrative and operational structures and practices in order to build capacity and enhance long-term sustainability of the CFE."

Aboriginal Economic Development Program and Access to Capital [Atlantic Policy Congress, APC]

Publisher: 
Minister of Public Works and Government Services
Year of publication: 
2007

"This guide provides information on the Atlantic Integrated Commercial Fisheries Initiative (AICFI) offered by Fisheries and Oceans Canada (DFO) including the related policies and procedures. It explains the requirements for participating in the initiative, as well as additional information that may assist eligible Mi'kmaq and Maliseet First Nation communities in the Maritimes and Gaspé Region of Québec and their Aggregate Bodies."

Canadian Fisheries Statistics 2008 [Fisheries and Oceans Canada, DFO]

Publisher: 
Fisheries Oceans Canada (DFO)
Year of publication: 
2011

"Total landings from marine commercial fishing in Canada were valued at $1.89 billion (932 thousand tonnes) in 2008. This represents a $70 million (-4%) decrease compared to 2007, owing mainly to decreases in the landed value on the Atlantic coast of herring, mackerel and shrimp respectively and, with the exception of sockeye, of salmon species on the Pacific coast."

Canadian Fisheries Statistics 2006 [Fisheries and Oceans Canada, DFO]

Publisher: 
Fisheries Oceans Canada (DFO)
Year of publication: 
2008

"Total landings from marine commercial fishing in Canada have reached a value of $1.9 billion (1.1 million tonnes) in 2006. This translates into a $197 million (-9%) decrease compared to 2005, owing mainly to the snow crab price drop as well as lower prices for herring, clams, Pacific geoduck and Pacific Dungeness crab."

Canadian Fisheries Statistics 2005 [Fisheries and Oceans Canada, DFO]

Publisher: 
Fisheries Oceans Canada (DFO)
Year of publication: 
2007

"Total landings from marine commercial fishing have reached a value of $2.1bn (1.1 million tonnes) in 2005. This translates into a $164m (-7%) decrease compared to 2004, owing mainly to the snow crab price drop as well as lower prices for scallop, salmon, and Pacific Dungeness crab."

Canadian Fisheries Statistics 2004 [Fisheries and Oceans Canada, DFO]

Publisher: 
Fisheries Oceans Canada (DFO)
Year of publication: 
2007

"In 2004, the total value of sea port landings by commercial fishers reached $2.26 billion (1.11 million tonnes) in Canada, slightly higher when com-pared to 2002 (by $76 million or 3%). "

Atlantic Salmon Integrated Management Plan (2008-2012) Gulf Region [Fisheries and Oceans Canada, DFO]

Publisher: 
Fisheries Oceans Canada (DFO)
Year of publication: 
2012

"The Atlantic Salmon Integrated Management Plan for the Gulf Region is a five-year plan designed to engage the parties interested in the sustainable and orderly management of Atlantic salmon."

Area 19 Snow Crab, Integrated Fisheries Management Plan [Fisheries and Oceans Canada, DFO]

Publisher: 
Fisheries Oceans Canada (DFO)
Year of publication: 
2005

"This Integrated Fisheries Management Plan (IFMP) sets out the Policy of the Minister of Fisheries and Oceans with respect to the management of the snow crab fishery in Crab Fishing Area 19 (CFA 19)."

An Integrated Aboriginal Policy Framework [Fisheries and Oceans Canada, DFO]

Publisher: 
Fisheries Oceans Canada (DFO)
Year of publication: 
2008

"Fisheries and Oceans Canada (DFO), as the federal department with primary responsibility for oceans and the management and protection of aquatic resources, has had increasing involvement with Aboriginal communities since the 1990s, particularly in areas where DFO administers the aquatic resources and ocean spaces."

American Oyster Integrated Fishery Management Plan (IFMP) : Eastern New Brunswick Area Gulf Region 2009-2012 [Fisheries and Oceans Canada, DFO]

Publisher: 
Fisheries Oceans Canada (DFO)
Year of publication: 
2009

"Anyone participating in the commercial oyster fishery in the Gulf Region must hold a licence. In 2006, there were 1574 commercial oyster licence holders in the Eastern New Brunswick Area. Fifty-three percent (53%) were coastal fishers and almost twenty-five percent (25%) of them had no other fishing licence"

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