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
- Yukon River chinook salmon arrive at Whitehorse fish ladder, amid strongest run in recent yearsIt's also well below the rebuilding target of 71,000 set in the 2024 agreement between Fisheries and Oceans Canada and the Alaska Department of Fish ... Read more »
- Rare beluga whale visit in Bras D'Or Lake captivates crowds - Your Tri CountiesAccording to Doug Landry, Fishery Officer with Fisheries and Oceans Canada, seeing a beluga in Cape Breton waters is unusual, but not unprecedented. Read more »
- More than 600 watercraft inspected during Manitoba border blitz targeting invasive speciesFisheries and Oceans Canada officers and Manitoba conservation officials inspect watercraft along the Trans-Canada Highway near the Manitoba ... Read more »
- Public service cuts putting Canadians at risk from climate disasters: union - Winnipeg Sun... Canada, Fisheries and Oceans Canada and Natural Resources Canada. ... Over the same time period, the number of staff at Fisheries and Oceans Canada ... Read more »
- Public service cuts putting Canadians at risk from climate disasters: union | NanaimoNewsNOW... Canada, Fisheries and Oceans Canada and Natural Resources Canada. The union says the employees affected by the cuts work on flood forecasting ... Read more »
- Rivers to run red as millions of salmon return to spawn in 2026 - Wanderlust MagazineAfter a mammoth 4,000 km journey from the Pacific Ocean, these resilient fish return to their birthplace to spawn. Once sockeye enter freshwater, they ... Read more »
- Province gives $500K grant to Cowichan Estuary Restoration Project... Fisheries and Oceans Canada, and Environment and Climate Change Canada. “In restoring the Cowichan Estuary project partners are taking a ... Read more »
- Successful season of elver harvest and enforcement in Nova Scotia and New Brunswick... fisheries that support rural, coastal, and Indigenous communities. During the 2026 elver fishery, Fisheries and Oceans Canada (DFO) fishery ... Read more »
- Lobster fishermen oppose proposed LFA 34 management changes in southwestern Nova Scotia... fishery. KATHY JOHNSON. Article content. According to DFO, in 2025 Fisheries and Oceans Canada provided support for a group of harvesters in LFA 34 ... Read more »
- Manistee River lampricide treatment planned for Aug. 11-20 - Midland Daily NewsU.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and Fisheries and Oceans Canada department personnel are planning to apply lampricides in the Manistee River to kill ... Read more »
- Conservation group contesting Kananaskis logging project in court | CBC NewsSpray Lakes Sawmills built a bridge over the Highwood River and at eight other creek locations without Fisheries and Oceans Canada's approval. The ... Read more »
- Deep-Sea Mining Would Devastate Ocean Life, DFO Scientist Warns | The Tyee... ocean acidification, global warming and oil spills combined, said Cherisse Du Preez, head of deepwater ecology at Fisheries and Oceans Canada. Read more »
- Shellfish: emergency measures - Fish FarmerFisheries and Oceans Canada (DFO) in partnership with CFIA, has already delivered more than 17,000 diagnostic tests since July 2024 and invested ... Read more »
- Conservation group contesting Kananaskis logging project in court - Yahoo News CanadaTimberwolf's filing adds the DFO hasn't issued its five-year report on a recovery strategy for bull trout, and there's "no evidence" its population ... Read more »
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