Ministerial appearance with the Deputy Minister, Commissioner and CFO at the House of Commons Standing Committee on Fisheries and Oceans (FOPO) on Main Estimates and Supplementary Estimates C for Budget 2023-24 on March 27, 2023

Main Estimates 2023-2024
Issues Notes – Key Increases
CCG Fleet Renewal– New and Reprofiled Funding
Hurricane Fiona (Small Craft Harbour Program and Ghost Gear Fund)
Oceans Protection Program
High Arctic Marine Conservation - Tallurutiup Imanga National Marine and Tuvaijuittuq Marine
Implementation of the Impact Assessment Act
Conservation Targets
Issues Notes – Key Decreases
Small Craft Harbour Sunsetting Fund
Indigenous Programs
Implementation of the Modernized Fisheries Act
Fisheries Fund: Quebec
Fisheries Fund: Atlantic
Protecting Canada’s Nature, Park and Wild Spaces
Funding to conserve Canada’s lands and freshwater, protect species, advance Indigenous reconciliation, and increase access to nature
Issue Note - New Funding
Ghost Gear Program
Net-pen Transition – Indigenous Partners and Stakeholders
Haida Nations Initiative – Advance reconciliation
Great Lakes Fisheries Commission
Trans Mountain Expansion Project – Canada Energy Regulator’s Recommendations
Aquatic Invasive Species
Issue Notes – Transfers
Interdepartmental Maritime Command, Control and Communications Program (DND to DFO)
Canadian Positioning, Navigation and Timing Board (various Department to Department of Industry)
Financial Management Transformation (various Departments to TBS)
Greening Government Fund
Issue Notes – Reprofiles
Pacific Salmon Program
Indigenous Habitat Participation Program
Trans Mountain Expansion – Accommodation Measure (Aquatic Ecosystems)
Trans Mountain Expansion Project (Canadian Coast Guard)
Advancing Reconciliation
Vessel Life Extension 2020
Small Craft Acquisition Program (SCAP)
Questions and Answers
FOPO Report – West Coast Fisheries
Marine Cargo Spills – Government Response
Fleet Renewal and Project Delays (Lapsed funding)
Marine and Aviation Fuel Costs
Trans Mountain Expansion Project and Aquatic Habitat Restoration Fund
Aquatic Invasive Species Funding
Recent Fisheries Management Decisions
Pacific Salmon Strategy Initiative
Mackerel Closure and Inclusion as Transboundary Stock
Closure of the Yellowtail Flounder and Winter Flounder Fisheries in the Gulf of St. Lawrence
Review of the Precautionary Approach and Quota Decreases for Gulf of St. Lawrence Shrimp Fishers
Aquaculture: Open-Net Pen Transition Plan in British Columbia
Aquaculture: Discovery Islands Decision
Sea Lice: Canadian Science Advisory Secretariat Science Response
Exports of Canadian Snow Crab to Japan
Hurricane Fiona - Small Craft Harbour Program and Ghost Gear Fund
Hurricane Fiona – Impacts on Real Property Assets
Small Craft Harbours – Divestiture
Executives at DFO: Second Language Level Proficiency
Indigenous Employment
Consulting Firms
Recovery Efforts of Unidentified High Altitude Object in Lake Huron
Great Lakes Fishery Commission (GLFC)
Funding for the Implementation of the Impact Assessment Act
Canada’s Nature Legacy: Protecting Canada’s Nature, Parks and Wildlife
Interdepartmental Maritime Integrated Command, Control and Communications (IMIC3) Program (DND to DFO)
Quebec Fisheries Fund
Marine Renewable Energy
Question Period Cards
Canadian Coast Guard FOPO Marine Cargo Container Spills Report
Standing House Committee on Fisheries and Ocean’s Report on Science at the Department of Fisheries and Oceans
Scientific Processes and Excellence at Fisheries and Oceans Canada
Fish Stock Rebuilding
Fisheries Decision-making
Fish Harvester Benefit and Grant Program
NAFO 4T Winter and Yellowtail Flounder Decision
Pacific Salmon
Pinniped Predation on Salmon in Pacific Region
Seal Predation
Aquaculture - Open-Net Pen Transition Plan in British Columbia
Aquaculture - Discovery Islands Salmon Aquaculture Licences Decision
Sea Lice and Aquaculture
North Atlantic Right Whale
Fleet Renewal
Major Projects
Ghost Gear Program
Small Craft Harbour Efforts to Address Climate
Impacts of Hurricane Fiona
Indigenous Moderate Livelihood Fishing in Atlantic Canada
Culture Change Reconciliation
Implementation of the Modernized Fisheries Act
Aquatic Ecosystems Restoration Fund
Aquatic Invasive Species
Illegal, Unreported, and Unregulated Fishing
Foreign ownership
Ocean Protection Plan
Great Lakes Fishery Commission
Transformation of the Freshwater Fish Marketing Corporation
Canada’s Leadership in Ocean Governance
Tidal Energy Development

Organization: Fisheries and Oceans Canada | Pêches et Océans Canada