Other Fisheries and Oceans Canada programs represented in the Gulf Region

• Small Craft Harbours
• Canadian Coast Guard

Small Craft Harbours

The Small Craft Harbours Branch is responsible for developing, maintaining and managing harbours used by commercial fishing vessels and pleasure craft. Its head office is located at the Gulf Fisheries Centre in Moncton, and it delivers its services throughout the Maritime Provinces. In the Gulf Region, the Branch manages approximately 173 harbours from its Moncton office and six other offices, located at Shediac and Tracadie-Sheila in New Brunswick, Charlottetown and Summerside in Prince Edward Island, and Antigonish and Port Hood in Nova Scotia. In accordance with its mandate, the Branch divides its activities among three divisions:

Operations

The operations program seeks to promote partnership agreements with groups of fishers organized into harbour authorities. These are non-profit corporations which are responsible for day-to-day harbour operations. Construction, dredging and repair projects submitted by harbour authorities have priority for Small Craft Harbours funding.

Real property and engineering

This division's regional staff provide technical services and planning services for Small Craft Harbours Branch personnel, members of harbour authorities that are organized into non-profit corporations, and the general public.

Harbour divestiture

The main function of this division is the rationalization of fishing harbours and the transfer of all pleasure-craft harbours to local groups, communities, private interests or individuals. DFO's objective in divesting itself of harbour facilities in this way is to make it easier for the groups concerned to undertake development work that will benefit their communities.

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Canadian Coast Guard

The mission of the Canadian Coast Guard (CCG) is to manage Canada's oceans and major waterways along lines such that they are kept clean, safe, productive and accessible, thereby ensuring sustainable resource use and seaborne trade. In 1995 the Canadian Coast Guard was merged with the Department of Fisheries and Oceans, with a view to having Canada's two main civilian navigation programs in the same department. The CCG's services include aids to navigation, waterways development and maintenance, rescue and safety at sea, environmental protection, icebreaking, vessel traffic management, and technical and operational support for DFO programs and those of other Departments. The Canadian Coast Guard delivers its programs throughout the Maritime Provinces. Its head office is located in Dartmouth, Nova Scotia. Six of its ships have their home ports in the Gulf Region, where they provide various types of service, including sea rescue, conservation and protection, marine navigation and scientific operations.