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: 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 [...]
Project Proposals Now Being Accepted for the 2018/19 Field Season!
The A/OFRC is accepting Letter of Intent forms for Project Proposals! The A/OFRC is now accepting submissions for fisheries project proposals from all First Nation communities within the Anishinabek Nation. Invitation letters and Letter of [...]
Fishy News
- Angler in Maple Ridge on the hook for $575An angler caught fishing with a barbed hook in Maple Ridge is on the hook ... spokesperson for the Pacific region of Fisheries and Oceans Canada, ... Read more »
- As waters warm and the lobster population booms off Canada, tensions rise between ...From left, James Nevin and Kaleah Sack looked out to sea as Riley Howe used binoculars to search for Department of Fisheries and Oceans boats as ... Read more »
- B.C. spot prawn fishers celebrate easing of regulations - Victoria Times ColonistIndependent prawn harvesters are celebrating after Fisheries and Oceans Canada modified its proposed new guidelines for the commercial fishing ... Read more »
- Ottawa's talks with Quebec shipyard to build much-needed icebreakers shrouded in fog ...An artist's rendering of a new Canadian Coast Guard icebreaker is shown in a handout. THE CANADIAN PRESS/HO-Fisheries and Oceans Canada and the ... Read more »
- 5 more endangered glass sponge reefs protected in BC waters - BC News - Castanet.netAnd Howe Sound, Ocean Wise Research Institute's website says, ... In 2020, Fisheries and Oceans Canada confirmed the discovery of five new living ... Read more »
- BC spot prawn harvesters relieved at federal thaw on flash-freeze tubbing - Summerland ReviewDraft management plan back to status quo as DFO abandons ... Minister of Fisheries, Oceans, and the Canadian Coast Guard, in a news release. Read more »
- Study finds river flows linked to the ups and downs of imperiled Chinook salmon populationAfter accounting for ocean survival and density dependence, they discovered ... in collaboration with scientists from Fisheries and Oceans Canada. Read more »
- B.C. study links low river flows with lower chinook salmon productivity | CBC NewsAdult chinook return to the river from the ocean to spawn, ... University and now works as a biologist with Fisheries and Oceans Canada (DFO). Read more »