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Title
WCS Canada Comments - Fisheries Act Update - March 2016
Author(s)
Connie O'Connor
Published
2016
Publisher
[Correspondence]
Abstract
We request that previous habitat protections of the federal Fisheries Act, which were weakened by omnibus Bill C-38 in 2012, be reinstated immediately. We further recommend improved monitoring and enforcement, and recommend that consultations and deliberations begin in the near term on incorporating other "modern safeguards" into the Fisheries Act with a view of completing the process within a two-year time frame. In line with the Minister's mandate letter, the Fisheries Act should also include protection for recognized and affirmed Treaty and Aboriginal rights that ensures healthy fish populations and habitat to sustain these rights in perpetuity.
Full Citation
[Correspondence]O'Connor, Connie (2016).Request to Initiate a Two-Phased Approach for Updating the Fisheries Act (Joint letter to Canada Minister of Fisheries, Oceans and the Canadian Coast Guard signed by WCS Canada along with multiple organizations)
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