Who We Are
The roles of the Centre are to report on stock status, evaluate stresses on fish populations and habitats, promote the use of state of the art science and technology, and to provide a forum for information sharing and participation with stakeholders. The Centre also plays an important role in offering management recommendations to promote sustainable fisheries and resolve conflict.
The A/OFRC has established a solid working relationship with First Nations, provincial agencies and community organizations by earning a reputation as a trusted independent source of fisheries information. We will continue to strive to maintain and strengthen these relationships in any future endeavours.
News Release: Attention Anglers
For any tagged harvested Lake Sturgeon, we ask for the tags to be turned in to the Lands and Resources Department at the Garden River Band Office. Read the full report here: Attention Anglers
News Release: Thessalon First Nation
In partnership with Thessalon First Nation, A/OFRC crews completed a Wetland Turtle and Amphibian Survey. This project took place from April 2017 - September 2017. For more information, contact 705-472-7888. A copy of the News [...]
News Release: Curve Lake First Nation
In partnership with Curve Lake First Nation, A/OFRC crews will be completing a Wild Rice and Fish Habitat Survey on Pigeon Lake. This project will be taking place the last week of July 2017. For [...]
Fishy News
- B.C. orca calf's extended family spotted near Vancouver Island | CBC News"Fisheries and Oceans Canada continues to work with First Nations, whale watchers and researchers to monitor the location of Bigg's killer whales ... Read more »
- Windsor Causeway saga continues: Avon River fish passage blocked, highway still not twinnedFisheries and Oceans Canada won't give an estimate on when it will approve or deny the province's proposal. Related stories. Meanwhile, the ... Read more »
- Sailboat that washed up at Jericho and damaged yacht club gets owner fined - Daily HiveFisheries and Oceans Canada said in a news release that the damaged boat could have injured beachgoers because of its damaged and unstable state. Read more »
- Canadian Coast Guard Issues $15,000 Fine for a Hazardous Vessel - Canada.caOceans Protection Plan. Contacts. Kiri Westnedge Fisheries and Oceans Canada Canadian Coast Guard, Western Region 250-508-2038 media.pac@dfo-mpo.gc.ca ... Read more »
- Supporting Inuit-led conservation in Nunavut - WWF.CA... Fisheries and Oceans, Environment Canada, and Parks Canada, as well as from other conservation organizations. These meetings have provided ... Read more »
- Irvington Seafood Recalls "Crabmeat: Jumbo, Lump, Finger, and Claw Meat" Because of ...Fisheries and Oceans Canada, Pacific Region Seafood September 22, 2023. Recent investigations by fishery officers with Fisheries and Oceans Canada ( ... Read more »
- Pearson airport staff seize almost half a million dollars of baby eels - NOW TorontoA package of living baby eels, also known as elver, weighing 109 kg, was intercepted by the Department of Fisheries and Oceans (DFO) and the Canada ... Read more »
- Wriggling mass of live eels worth up to $500K seized at Toronto airport | News - Daily HiveAccording to Fisheries and Oceans Canada (DFO), an enormous shipment of elvers (juvenile eels) weighing just shy of 110 kilograms was seized by DFO ... Read more »
- Wriggling mass of live eels worth up to $500K seized at Toronto airport - blogTOAccording to Fisheries and Oceans Canada (DFO), an enormous shipment of ... Lebouthillier hails "all the work done by Fisheries and Oceans Canada ... Read more »
- Nearly $500K worth of elvers seized in Toronto - Surge 105In a release, Minister of Fisheries, Oceans and the Canadian Coast Guard, Diane Lebouthillier says “The magnitude of this elver seizure is an ... Read more »
- Funding cuts put ghost gear retrieval in jeopardy - Alberni Valley NewsA DFO spokesperson said in a press release that Fisheries and Oceans Canada is working on an action plan to prevent fishing gear loss in the future. Read more »
- Ocean Color Observations - noaa/nesdisIt also allows us to make more informed decisions about marine resource management and provides vital information for fishing communities and ... Read more »
- 3D ocean assessments reveal that fisheries reach deep but marine protection remains shallowThe current reductionist 2D representation of the ocean to set targets and measure impacts will fail at achieving effective biodiversity conservation. Read more »
- Something fishy - POLITICO... fish farms out of B.C. oceans and into land-based fish farms. | Spencer ... Fisheries and Oceans Canada is caught in the middle, dismissed as a ... Read more »
- Nova Scotia's Billion-Dollar Lobster Wars | The New Yorker... Fisheries and Oceans to finalize a working agreement. ... fishery in defiance of the Canadian government. ... In the seventies, Canada's Minister of ... Read more »
- Migratory movements of fin whales from the Gulf of St. Lawrence challenge our ... - Nature... Fisheries and Oceans Canada (DFO) and Parcs Canada. The Canadian Animal Care Council sub-committee of the Maurice Lamontagne Institute (DFO), Mont ... Read more »
- Elver shipment seized at airport - FiskerForumThe elvers seized at Toronto Pearson International Airport by officers from Fisheries and Oceans Canada (DFO) and Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA) Read more »
- N.B. Liberal MP calls for loosened right whale protection measures to help fishermen - MSNCormier's comments come less than a week after Fisheries and Oceans Canada announced a temporary shutdown of part of the Gulf of St. Lawrence to non- ... Read more »