Commercial Fishing

Food Fish, Commercial Fish, and Fish to Support a Moderate Livelihood: Characterizing Aboriginal and Treaty Rights to Canadian Fisheries [Arctic Review on Law and Politics]

Publisher: 
Arctic Review on Law and Politics
Year of publication: 
2010

"The Aboriginal peoples of Canada stand in a different legal relationship to the fisheries than non-Aboriginal Canadians. They do so by virtue of a long history with the fisheries that precedes non-Aboriginal settlement in North America, and because of the constitutional entrenchment of Aboriginal and treaty rights in Canadian law.

Torngat Joint Fisheries Board [Nunatsiavut Government]

Publisher: 
Torngat Secretariat
Year of publication: 
2010

"The Torngat Joint Fisheries Board is the primary body making recommendations to the Minister on the conservation of species or stocks of Fish, species of Aquatic Plants and Fish Habitat in the Labrador Inuit Settlement Area.
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The Commercial Fisheries Licensing Policy for the Gulf Region [Fisheries and Oceans Canada, DFO]

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

"This policy applies to the commercial fisheries for fish and marine plants in Canadian fisheries waters in the Gulf region and in the NAFO (North Atlantic Fisheries Organization) Regulatory Area."

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."

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."

A Reporting Procedures Handbook for Contribution Agreement Recipients [Fisheries and Oceans Canada, DFO]

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

"This Reporting Procedures Handbook is intended to provide information on the reporting policies and procedures for Contribution Agreements signed under the Atlantic Integrated Commercial Fisheries Initiative. It explains the requirements for receiving payment and additional information that will assist the Recipient and Fisheries and Oceans Canada in evaluating the progress of the different components under the Atlantic Integrated Commercial Fisheries Initiative."

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