Government promises

Continue to implement the modernized Fisheries Act.

Work with partners to grow Canada's ocean and freshwater economy and support the long-term sustainable growth of Canada's fish and seafood sector.

Work with partners and implicated communities to implement the Pacific Salmon Strategy.

Make new investments and develop a conservation strategy to restore and rebuild wild Atlantic salmon populations and their habitats.

Ensure Canada meets its goals to conserve 25 per cent of its oceans by 2025 and 30 per cent by 2030, and champion this goal internationally.

Renew and expand the Coastal Restoration Fund.

Expand the Ghost Gear Program to clean up lost and abandoned fishing gear and ocean plastics.

Work with Indigenous partners to better integrate traditional knowledge into planning and policy decisions.

Advance consistent, sustainable and collaborative fisheries arrangements with Indigenous and non-Indigenous fish harvesters.

Invest in coastal and ocean areas that have a high potential to absorb and store carbon, like tidal wetlands, seagrass meadows and riparian habitats.

Modernize the Oceans Act to explicitly consider climate change impacts on marine ecosystems and species in regional ocean management.

Create a national, interdisciplinary working group focused on climate-resilient ocean conservation planning.

Expand climate vulnerability work to better inform marine conservation planning and management.

Work with the province of British Columbia and Indigenous communities on a plan to transition from open net-pen salmon farming in coastal British Columbia waters by 2025.

Work to introduce Canada’s first Aquaculture Act.

Renew the Canadian Coast Guard fleet.

Support improvement in Small Craft Harbours and ensure investments are resulting in climate-resilient infrastructure that serves the needs of the fishing industry and local residents.

Work with stakeholders to better co-manage our three oceans.

Restore funding to support federal ocean science and monitoring programs.

Use good scientific evidence and traditional Indigenous knowledge when making decisions affecting fish stocks and ecosystem management.

Act on recommendations of the Cohen Commission on restoring sockeye salmon stocks in the Fraser River.

Re-open the Maritime Rescue Sub-centre in St. John's, Newfoundland, and the Kitsilano Coast Guard Base in Vancouver.

Restore annual federal funding for freshwater research and make new investments in Canada’s Experimental Lakes Area.

Develop new and innovative approaches to modernize fisheries and aquaculture and responsible economic development on all three coasts.

Ensure effective use of restored funding to freshwater, oceans, fish stocks and aquaculture research programs.

Develop a strategy to protect Pacific salmon in cooperation with the Government of British Columbia, with concrete deliverables for the 2019 International Year of the Salmon.