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C-237 — An Act to amend the Fisheries Act (Atlantic groundfish fisheries)
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C-237
An Act to amend the Fisheries Act (Atlantic groundfish fisheries)
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BILL C-237
An Act to amend the Fisheries Act (Atlantic groundfish fisheries)
Last activity : Bill defeated
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Defeated
Commons · 1st2025-09-22Commons · 2ndCommons · 3rdSenate · 1stSenate · 2ndSenate · 3rdRoyal assent
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What it does, in plain language
- Adds stability and predictability for recreational groundfish fishers to the list of factors the Minister must weigh under the Fisheries Act.
- Requires close times for recreational groundfish fishing to be harmonized across the Atlantic provinces in Canadian Atlantic fisheries waters.
- Limits how those close times are set: for each species, they may be based only on that species' spawning period.
- Requires any close time or fishing quota to be posted on the Department of Fisheries and Oceans website at least two months before it takes effect.
- Expands the information fishers may be required to report to include daily catch numbers and the season's total catch.
- Requires the Minister to table an annual report to both houses of Parliament on the administration and enforcement of the Act as soon as feasible after each fiscal year.
- Requires the Minister, within one year of the Act coming into force and after consulting key stakeholders, to build a monitoring system tracking catches by species, time and place.
- Directs that system to draw on existing Canadian models, consider funding costs through fees and penalties under the Act, and include incentives such as reduced fees for timely reporting.
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