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.
2024 Project Applications
We are now accepting Project Applications for the 2024 field season. If you are interested please download, fill out the form and email it to us for review. Project Application Package - Fillable - 2024 [...]
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: Spawning Lake Sturgeon Assessment
The Anishinabek/Ontario Fisheries Resource Centre (A/OFRC), in partnership with Nipissing First Nation will be conducting a Lake Sturgeon Assessment in the South River of Lake Nipissing in May & June 2022. Read the full assessment [...]
Fishy News
- Accepting reality - Craig MedredAnd this dictates the fisheries carrying capacity of the oceans. When considering open-ocean salmon farming in the 1990s, the Alaska Legislature ... Read more »
- Orca calf refuses to leave a lagoon where its mother stranded and died off Vancouver Island... Fisheries and Oceans Canada and director of the non-profit Bay Cetology, told CBC News. Dozens of people tried to roll the stranded female onto ... Read more »
- Efforts to reunite orphaned whale calf near Zeballos with pod remain unsuccessful (VIDEO)The Ehattesaht First Nation and Fisheries and Oceans Canada (DFO) have been working to reunite an orphaned Bigg's killer whale with its pod ... Read more »
- Orca calf rescue team considers changing tactics to save stranded B.C. whale: DFO - CBCHe said they won't rule out a "live-capture" scenario, which could involve placing the orca in a sling-type device and hoisting it to the open ocean. Read more »
- Canada to maintain right whale protection measures in 2024 - Undercurrent NewsCanada's Department of Fisheries and Oceans announced this week that it is again implementing the measures it used in 2023 to protect the ... Read more »
- Latest science for Atlantic Canada's coldwater shrimp stocks shows mixed resultsA presentation by a shrimp scientist at Canada's Department of Fisheries and Oceans offers some clues as to what kind of quotas fisheries minister ... Read more »
- Although sharks are known... - Fisheries and Oceans Canada - FacebookWhat a shame DFO took up a campaign to exterminate Basking sharks back in 1950 when they determined them to be a nusiance Read more »
- Kermadec ocean sanctuary plan scrapped - Waatea News: Māori Radio StationOceans and Fisheries Minister Shane Jones says the current marine ... fishing quota in a 1992 Treaty of Waitangi settlement. Environment Minister ... Read more »
- 'There's potential up there': Minister Shane Jones defends scrapping planned Kermadec ...Shane Jones: Oceans and Fisheries Minister on his decision to scrap plans for an ocean · Follow the podcast on iHeart Radio. Read more »
- Rising ocean temperature causing jellyfish blooms, says Sabah Fisheries Dept - The StarKOTA KINABALU: While many ocean species are dying out due to the rising ocean temperature, the jellyfish seems to be enjoying the heat. Read more »
- Environmental group disappointed Canada has not increased protections for right whalesLast week, Fisheries and Oceans Canada released its report on fisheries management measures to protect North Atlantic right whales in Canadian waters. Read more »
- Discovery of dead man near Parksville now under independent investigationDepartment of Fisheries and Oceans Canada focused on getting orca calf out of lagoon ... DFO offer tips to ensure safe and legal shellfish harvest. On ... Read more »
- CNO's Cloe Logan nominated for Atlantic Journalism Award | Canada's National ObserverAt the same time as Fisheries and Oceans Canada is forcing fish farms to close in B.C., there are no impediments to expansion plans by the fish ... Read more »
- B.C. orca calf rescue team considers changing tactics to save stranded whale: DFOHe said they won't rule out placing the orca in a sling-type device and hoisting it to the open ocean. "We are thinking beyond if we have to change ... Read more »
- Govt scraps long-contested Kermadec Ocean Sanctuary plans - NZ HeraldOcean and Fisheries Minister Shane Jones said in a statement Cabinet had decided to pull the Kermadec Ocean Sanctuary Bill from Parliament's order ... Read more »
- Bill Aims to Curb Unlawful Global Fishing Activities | Mirage News"The Pacific Ocean provides food and economic opportunities for many countries, including New Zealand. This Bill sets out key changes to help ensure ... Read more »
- Government cans Kermadec Ocean Sanctuary | The PostOceans and Fisheries Minister Shane Jones says stopping Kiwis making a living from the sea 'makes absolutely no sense'. Read more »
- B.C. orca calf rescue team considers changing tactics to save stranded whale: DFO - Canada News... save its life, including the possibility of lifting the orca out to the open ocean, says a Fisheries Department marine mammal co-ordinator. Read more »
- B.C. rescuers face 'high likelihood' of failure to reunite orphaned orca with pod... Fisheries and Oceans Canada at a media briefing Wednesday. The rescue effort has been complicated by weather, currents and tides, Cottrell ... Read more »
- Orca calf remains stranded as rescuers consider all options - Victoria Times Colonist... ocean. Darron Kloster less than a minute ago ... Paul Cottrell, marine mammal co-ordinator with the Department of Fisheries and Oceans ... Read more »