Government of Canada awards aerial surveillance contract in St John’s to improve conservation and protection of our oceans

Making our oceans and our coasts healthier and safer, as well as ensuring our Indigenous, commercial, and recreational fisheries remain sustainable, are priorities for the Government of Canada. Through patrol and enforcement of our laws, Canada continues to protect our oceans, marine life and fisheries from coast to coast to coast. Today, the Honourable Seamus O’Regan, announced that the Government of Canada is awarding a five-year, $128 million contract,,, They will also help enforce the measures put in place by the Government of Canada to protect our endangered whales. This includes monitoring the Gulf of St. Laurence for compliance of the recently-announced fisheries management measures for North Atlantic right whales, as well as monitoring critical habitat areas for Southern Resident killer whales and enforcing fisheries management measures for their primary prey, Chinook salmon. >click to read<22:21

One Response to Government of Canada awards aerial surveillance contract in St John’s to improve conservation and protection of our oceans

  1. Des says:

    What a freeking waste of money. Our government is so corrupt it make sick. That money sould Been going to habitat restoration and hatcheries to rebuild Chinook stocks. Not going to Ariel survailance which we already have had for several years.

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