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Fish Habitat Management Program
The mandate of the Fish Habitat Management Program is to conserve
and protect fish habitat with a view to ensuring the sustainability
of Canada's marine and freshwater fisheries resources. In pursuit
of this goal, Fisheries and Oceans Canada takes measures to
enforce the provisions of the Fisheries
Act pertaining to the protection of fish habitat. The Department's
Policy for the Management
of Fish Habitat provides a framework for the uniform administration
of the program Canada-wide.
In Quebec, the Fish Habitat Management Program:
- reviews projects that are likely
to have adverse impacts on fish habitat
- supports initiatives for the conservation,
restoration and development of habitat by encouraging community
involvement
- develops tools for fish habitat management, including a
geomatics database.
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