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.
Fishy News
- Alaskans Reel From the Loss of National Science Foundation Ocean-Monitoring InstrumentsWith its multi-billion-dollar fishing industry and vulnerable coastal communities, scientists say the federal government's decision leaves Alaska ... Read more »
- How a monster ocean heatwave could fuel a super El Niño | Canada's National ObserverBoth Blobs transformed marine ecosystems along the West Coast of North America, fueling harmful algal blooms, disrupting fisheries and the crab season ... Read more »
- To Improve Global Ocean Health, Countries Should Strengthen Fisheries GovernanceMany of the world's fisheries are at risk. But this summer, the Our Ocean Conference – taking place in Mombasa, Kenya, 16-18 June – will offer a ... Read more »
- The 2026 #EUBeachCleanup is on! - Oceans and fisheries - European UnionOn Saturday 23 May 2026, on the shore of Limassol, Cyprus, Commissioner Costas Kadis officially launched this year's edition of the ... Read more »
- Europe pours money into ocean research as Trump guts science funding - POLITICO... fish stocks. Mercator Ocean International general director Pierre Bahurel (center) with Fisheries and Oceans Commissioner Costas Kadis and Defense ... Read more »
- World Ocean Day, celebrated each year on June 8, encourages collective action to ... - Facebook2. Make Safe, Sustainable Seafood Choices Global fish populations are rapidly being depleted due to demand, loss of habitat, and unsustainable fishing ... Read more »
- White River to be treated to kill invasive sea lamprey - YahooPersonnel with the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and Oceans Canada will be in West Michigan later this month to apply treatments to kill invasive ... Read more »
- Climate change affecting algae in N.W.T.'s Great Bear Lake, study saysHowland/Fisheries and Oceans Canada). “Because there's less ice cover ... Thumbnail courtesy of Kimberly L. Howland/Fisheries and Oceans Canada. Read more »
- Lobster fishers face 3rd closure this season after right whale detection off P.E.I. shore - CBCFisheries and Oceans Canada is closing parts of two lobster fishing areas off Prince Edward Island's North Shore, marking the third closure of ... Read more »
- Gwaii Haanas Reel - Parks Canada - Facebook... Canada is working alongside the Council of the Haida Nation and Fisheries and Oceans Canada to better understand these waters day and night. From ... Read more »
- Trump administration dismantled ocean monitoring network, risking fisheries and climate forecastsExperts warn the dismantling will create blind spots in ocean data, undermining forecasts and fisheries management. The move raises alarms about ... Read more »
- Canada to host the 12th Our Ocean Conference in spring 2027Today, the Honourable Joanne Thompson, Minister of Fisheries, announced Canada will host the 12th Our Ocean Conference (OOC) Spring 2027, in Halifax, ... Read more »
- Canada to host world's premier oceans conference in 2027 - The Globe and Mail“The health of the ocean, which is conservation and sustainability, is also linked to the reality of our fisheries – which are linked to who we are as ... Read more »
- What are we going to do with all the old fishing boats?Fisheries and Oceans Canada (DFO) has the Abandoned and Wrecked Vessels Removal Program (AWVRP), which has removed and disposed of 259 vessels ... Read more »
- Oceana Calls on Governments to Put Coastal Communities First at Our Ocean Conference... fisheries and healthy oceans for food security and livelihoods across Africa. “I'm honored to meet with local fishers here in Kenya and hear ... Read more »
- World Oceans Day: UN report seeks urgent collaboration to protect marine ecosystems... ocean governance. Ocean benefits – from fisheries, the ocean economy, and ecosystem services – are inequitably distributed among nations and to ... Read more »
- Deep Dive: A Guide to Transformative Ocean Journalism for Pacific JournalistsThey include climate change impacts such as warming seas and coral bleaching, fisheries management, pollution, shipping, seabed resources, ocean ... Read more »
- Newfoundland and Labrador Celebrates World Oceans Day - News ReleasesThe Department of Fisheries and Aquaculture holds a World Oceans Day ... Canada, the Marine Institute of Memorial University, FFAW-Unifor and volunteers ... Read more »
- The Ocean's Hidden 'Dark Web' Is Being Fished Before Scientists Understand It... fishing pressure may already be affecting food webs and ocean carbon storage.” Scientists have estimated that mesopelagic fish make up one of the ... Read more »
- Green Group World Ocean Day communique - Portal GOV.SIAround 60 million people depend on ocean-related work, including 57 million whose livelihoods come directly from fisheries. Each year, the ocean ... Read more »
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