February 2024

river flowing through a rocky substrate.

Great Lakes Food Webs Science Advice Clients : #3 FFHPP

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“Knowledge is flour, but wisdom is bread” Austin O’Malley
The final in this series of clients that our lab at Fisheries and Oceans Canada (DFO) provides science advice to is another part of DFO. The Fish and Fish Habitat Protection Program (FFHPP) is part of the Aquatic Ecosystems policy and regulatory arm of DFO. Their primary role is to administer and ensure compliance around several pieces of legislation: The Fisheries Act, and the Species at Risk Act. They ensure good stewardship of fish and fish habitat and compliance with the acts by authorizing permits and ensuring compliance to restrictions under the acts.

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Biologist washing a plankton net with Toronto skyline in the background.

Great Lakes Food Webs Science Advice Clients : #2 ECCC

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“If you don’t know where you are going, any road will get you there” Lewis Carroll
The next science advice client that our lab at Fisheries and Oceans Canada (DFO) provides science advice to is related to our mandate under the International Joint Commission. While Environment and Climate Change Canada (ECCC) has many regulatory and conservation responsibilities, they are both our regular science collaborator in the Great Lakes, and also the Canadian agency lead under the Great Lakes Water Quality Agreement, so they are ultimately responsible for reporting out and moving forward restoration activities.

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Great Lakes Food Webs Science Advice Clients : #1 The IJC

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“I always pass on good advice. It is the only thing to do with it. It is never of any use to oneself” Oscar Wilde

I thought I would start a series to discuss some of the clients that our lab at Fisheries and Oceans Canada provides science advice to. I thought I would start with the International Joint Commission (IJC) because it incredibly important to the Great Lakes, but many people don’t really know much, if anything, about it. The International Joint Commission was created between Canada and the United States because of the recognition that the lakes and rivers that cross the borders affect both countries and that they would have to work together to manage them. The US and Canada cooperate to manage these waters “to protect them for the benefit of today’s citizens and future generations”.

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