Canada's Fish Habitat Law (DFO, 1991)
A Department of Fisheries and Oceans publication explaining Canada's Fisheries Act and its protections for fish habitat, including definitions, prohibitions, compliance obligations, enforcement powers, and penalties for harmful alterations or pollution of fish spawning, rearing, and migration areas in Canadian waters.
- Date
- 1991
- Document type
- Report
- Parties
- Department of Fisheries and Oceans, Minister of Fisheries and Oceans, Governor in Council
- Locations
- Canada, Canadian fisheries waters, coastal waters, salt marshes, streams, river beds, lakeshores, marine offshore areas, Newfoundland, New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, Quebec, Manitoba, British Columbia, Ontario, Yukon, Alberta, Saskatchewan
- Parameters
- fish habitat, fish passage, spawning grounds, rearing areas, food supply, migration areas, deleterious substance, water quality, pollution, fish destruction, habitat alteration, dredging, stream diversion, industrial waste, dam construction, fish guards, fish screens, minimum flow requirements
- Pages
- 16
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