Management of our commercial fisheries involves a complex range of techniques and strategies including scientific, resource, commercial, and market information. The main mechanism for communication between governments and industry is through advisory and various other fisheries committees and groups. Attendance at these meetings is critical to full participation in co-management of the fisheries.
Newfoundland and Labrador Department of Innovation, Business and Rural Development
Year of publication:
2012
The Fisheries Loan Guarantee Program supports the development of the province's independent fish harvesting industry by providing a government guarantee on loans through local chartered banks for the construction or purchase of marine vessels and/or to purchase new engines and fishing equipment for the improvement, rebuilding or alteration of existing vessels. Loans may also be approved to refinance loans previously obtained from fish processors for fixed asset costs.
Atlantic Policy Congress of First Nations Cheifs Secretariate (APC)
Year of publication:
2010
This project attempts to identify and examine the critical factors for success in a comparison of the different First Nations in Atlantic Canada engaged in the commercial fisheries who received funding as a result of the Marshall decision. The study brings together the voices of 90 Mi'kmaq and Maliseet fishers and fisheries coordinators, documenting what they see as successes and areas for improvement in the First Nations fishery in Atlantic Canada.
"Fisherman's Pride Inc. has been in existence for 7 years. It is a primary resource harvester and seller of inshore seafood, based on the Lennox Island First Nation reserve, on Lennox Island. Fisherman's Pride is a communal commercial stakeholder in the inshore fishery, owning and administering a variety of fishery licenses and quotas."
"Minigoo Fisheries is owned and operated by the Lennox Island First Nation. As such, it is the only lobster processing plant in Canada owned and operated by aboriginal people. The workforce includes aboriginal and non aboriginal workers from nearby communities working side by side on the production line. The processing facility is located on aboriginal lands in the province of Prince Edward Island, operating under a Government of Canada processing licence."
