Fisheries Act updates to better support the review of projects

Designated projects. Designated projects will always require a ministerial permit. These would be larger-scale projects that would also be ...

Fisheries Act updates to better protect fish and fish habitat

The modernized Fisheries Act will restore lost protections and incorporate modern safeguards that will help protect fish and their habitat. The ...

Laws & Policies: More Laws - NOAA Fisheries

The legislation includes several provisions designed to prevent illegally harvested fish from entering the United States and supports efforts to achieve ...

Fisheries Act | West Coast Environmental Law

The bill included the restoration of important habitat safeguards, stronger enforcement measures and clearer rules for authorizing projects or proposals that ...

Fisheries act modernization

A number of regulations and programs under the Fisheries Act are still being developed/updated, and First Nations must be meaningfully engaged in this process.

Ecojustice's role in Fisheries Act update.

Ecojustice had recommended that there be an adequate risk-based approach to monitoring projects, providing assurance that proponents are ...

Fisheries Act implementation accomplishment highlights - Canada.ca

Efficient project reviews within prescribed timelines · 92% of applications reviewed within the 60-day service standard for completeness and adequacy for ...

Modernizing the Fisheries Act - Canadian Wildlife Federation

Another important improvement to the Act is the creation of a public registry to improve transparency for projects authorized under the ...

A stronger, modernized Fisheries Act becomes law - Canada.ca

Strengthening the role of Indigenous communities in project reviews, monitoring and fish habitat decisions. The modernized Act promotes the ...

Canada Has a New Fisheries Act. How Does It Stack Up?

The new act also restores protections for fish habitats that were gutted in 2012 by the previous Conservative government, increases requirements ...

Fish and Fish Habitat Protection Under the Recent Changes to the ...

... and discusses how proponents can best manage changes to the Act and the factors that need to be considered for current and future projects.

Regaining Lost Protections: Status of the Revisions to the Canadian ...

Some of the 2012 changes were retained because they provided clearer and stronger protections for fish and fish habitat. Retention of the 2012 ...

What are fishery improvement projects and how do they work? | Pages

FIPs use the power of the private sector to incentivize new, more sustainable practices in the fishery and seek to make sure these changes endure for the long ...

Project Review Under Canada's 2012 Fisheries Act: Risky Business ...

Canada's Fisheries Act provides essential protection for fish and their habitat. To manage thousands of projects a year, Fisheries and ...

National Fish Passage Program's Bipartisan Infrastructure Law 2024 ...

This final deadline only applies to projects that that are ultimately SELECTED FOR FUNDING after Service and DOI review and approval. Only those project ...

Canada's New Fisheries Act Will Help Ecosystem and People

We hope to see more government scrutiny of industrial and other activities that degrade fish habitat, and more environmental impact assessments ...

Federal Review of Environmental and Regulatory Processes ...

On February 6, 2018, the Federal Government introduced amendments to the Fisheries Act aimed at enhancing protection to fish and fish ...

PrOcess GAiNs - Fisheries Act

... Act and to consider changes to improve implementation. c. FiVe ... year review to better support the conservation and protection of fish and fish habitat.

Changes to the Fisheries Act of Canada

But in order to reduce the turbidity and increase the transparency in the Fisheries Act, they recommended an establishment of a public registry ...

Back to the Future? Federal Government Introduces Amendments to ...

restore lost protections by returning to comprehensive protection against harming all fish and fish habitat; · strengthen the role of Indigenous ...