2021 Election Survey Results
Government Claws Back the Fish Harvester Benefit Leaving Thousands of Harvesters in Dire Financial Straits
Canadian Independent Fish Harvester’s Federation participate in reconciliation workshops
BLUE ECONOMY STRATEGY
Grow Canada’s ocean economy and build resilient coastal communities
Canadian Independent Fish Harvester’s Federation praise historic owner-operator and fleet-separation regulations
Canadian Independent Fish Harvesters calls for federal intervention in Mi’kmaq fisheries dispute
Canada’s largest commercial fishermen’s organization praises passage of historic Bill C -68 in House and Senate
Press Release on Passing of Bill C-68
Fisheries Act Announcement
CIFHF Release February 2018
Canada’s Independent Fish Harvesters Welcome Landmark Changes to Fisheries Act
PEIFA Release February 2018
GMFA Release
Historical Protections for Independent Owner Operator Fishery
CBC Information Morning Cape Breton
February 7, 2018
Maritime Fishermen’s Union
L’Union des pêcheurs des Maritimes
Modifications à la Loi sur les pêches : les revendications des pêcheurs
propriétaires côtiers indépendants enfin entendues!
Recovery of Lost Protections Welcomed by Fishing Industry
L’industrie de la pêche se réjouit du rétablissement des protections abandonnées
Announcement Group Photo
Honourable Wilfred Moore; Bernadette Jordan, MP; Honourable Terry Beech; Melanie Sonnenberg; Honourable Dominic LeBlanc; Colin Fraser, MP; Karen Ludwig, MP; and Alaina Lockhart, MP
FFAW Press Release
FNFA/GMFA Press Release
The Maritime Fishermen’s Union / L’Union des Pêcheurs des Maritimes
Honourable LeBlanc's Speech
Honourable Dominic LeBlanc's speech given July 25, 2017 in Nova Scotia.
Press Release: Elson Appeal
Canada’s largest commercial fish harvesters’ organization sounds alarm on effect appeal could have on coastal communities
Press Release November 2016
Foreign investors illegally buying up Nova Scotia inshore lobster fishery/Des investisseurs étrangers cherchent à s’approprier illégalement de la pêche au homard en Nouvelle-Écosse
Real change for Canada's Independant Fisheries
Federation policy brief to the Honourable Hunter Tootoo, February 2016
Elections 2015 Survey
Forum and Workshops
In 2014-15 in collaboration with the Department of Fisheries and Oceans the Federation held a Policy Forum and a series of workshops on PIIFCAF, governance and inter-generational transfers of licences. These are the reports of those discussions.
DFO Consultation on the Future of Canada’s Commercial Fisheries
In January 2012 the Department of Fisheries and Oceans released a discussion document on the future of Canada’s Commercial fisheries that generated widespread concern amongst Canada’s independent owner-operator fleets. Here are the DFO’s consultation document and the response of the Canadian Independent Fish Harvesters’ Movement, a grouping of fishermen’s organizations that preceded the creation of the Federation.
