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Small craft harbours an essential infrastructure managed by and for fishing communities : report of the Standing Committee on Fisheries and Oceans

In the fall of 2007, the House of Commons Standing Committee on Fisheries and Oceans (the Committee) began a study on the Small Craft Harbours Program (SCH Program) of Fisheries and Oceans Canada (DFO). The SCH Program is very important for many of the communities represented by Committee members. In fact for Members of Parliament representing these coastal communities, this program is among the most active files; as a result, members do a very large amount of work with, and for, fishermen, Harbour Authorities, and their communities at large. The purpose of the Committee's study was to examine all possible options for improving the SCH Program, and to present its findings in a report to the House of Commons that would give the Minister of Fisheries and Oceans the basis and the support for requesting more funding for the program. The Committee also planned to look at different aspects of the Harbour Authorities management model. Harbour Authorities are often made up of volunteers who do a lot of work above and beyond their normal duties to ensure that harbours are safe and functional. The Committee travelled across the country to look at harbour facilities, and heard concerns from people on the wharves. The Committee pursued its study of the SCH Program further in 2008 by exploring a number of issues that are subject of the findings and recommendations of this report. The Committee concluded its hearings on the SCH Program in the spring of 2008. Its final report on this matter was delayed by the 2008 general election as well as time-sensitive studies of the Canadian lobster fishery, and amendment to the Northwest Atlantic Fisheries Organization Convention.

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