12-Month Lobbying Summary - In-house Organization

fisheries council of canada / conseil canadien des peches - Address, activities & membership

Address:

#610- 170 Laurier Avenue W.
Ottawa, ON  K1P 5V5
Canada

Telephone number: 613-899-5688

• Contact information in previous versions

  • #610- 170 Laurier Avenue W.
    Ottawa, ON  K1P 5V5
    Canada
    
    Telephone number: 613-727-7450
    
    
  • #610- 170 Laurier Avenue W.
    Ottawa, ON  K1P 5V5
    Canada
    
    Telephone number: 613-727-7450
    
    Fax number: 613-727-7453  
    
    
  • #610- 170 Laurier Avenue W.
    Ottawa, ON  K1P 5V5
    Canada
    
    Telephone number: 613-727-7450
    
    Fax number: 613-727-7453  
    
    
  • #900 - 170 Laurier Avenue W.
    Ottawa, ON  K1P 5V5
    Canada
    
    Telephone number: 613-727-7450
    
    Fax number: 613-727-7453  
    
    
  • 110 - 38 ANTARES DRIVE
    NEPEAN, ON  K2E 7V2
    Canada
    
    Telephone number: 613-727-7450
    
    Fax number: 613-727-7453  
    
    

Description of the organization's activities:
Since the Council was established in 1915, the Fisheries Council of Canada has been the national voice for Canada's commercial fisheries. FCC is the go-to organization in Ottawa for regulators and policy decision-makers. FCC represents the fishing industry on several advisory committees and groups.

• Descriptions of the organization's activity in previous versions:

  • THE FISHERIES COUNCIL OF CANADA IS A FEDERATION OF PROVINCIAL TRADE ASSOCIATIONS IN ATLANTIC CANADA AND ONTARIO, AND CORPORATE MEMBERS IN BRITISH COLUMBIA, NEWFOUNDLAND AND NUNAVUT. FCC'S MEMBER FIRMS PROCESS, DISTRIBUTE IMPORT, EXPORT AND HARVEST FISH AND SEAFOOD PRODUCTS AND SUPPLY INDUSTRY SERVICES. FORMED FIRST IN 1915 AS THE CANADIAN FISHERIES ASSOCIATION, THE ORGANIZATION BECAME THE FISHERIES COUNCIL OF CANADA IN 1945. THE COUNCIL'S KEY OBJECTIVE IS TO PROMOTE MEMBERS' INTERESTS TO THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT. AS WELL, IT PROVIDES INDUSTRY INFORMATION TO DOMESTIC AND INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS AND FISHERIES GROUPS, TO THE MEDIA AND TO THE GENERAL PUBLIC.
  • THE FISHERIES COUNCIL OF CANADA IS A FEDERATION OF PROVINCIAL TRADE ASSOCIATIONS IN ATLANTIC CANADA AND ONTARIO, AND CORPORATE MEMBERS IN BRITISH COLUMBIA, NEWFOUNDLAND AND NUNABUT. FCC'S MEMBER FIRMS PROCESS, DISTRIBUTE IMPORT, EXPORT AND HARVEST FISH AND SEAFOOD PRODUCTS AND SUPPLY INDUSTRY SERVICES. FORMED FIRST IN 1915 AS THE CANADIAN FISHERIES ASSOCIATION, THR ORGANIZATION BECAME THE FISHERIES COUNCIL OF CANADA IN 1945. THE COUNCIL'S KEY OBJECTIVE IS TO PROMOTE MEMBERS' INTERESTS TO THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT. AS WELL, IT PROVIDES INDUSTRY INFORMATION TO DOMESTIC AND INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS AND FISHERIES GROUPS, TO THE MEDIA AND TO THE GENERAL PUBLIC.
  • THE FISHERIES COUNCIL OF CANADA IS A FEDERATION OF SIX PROVINCIAL TRADE ASSOCIATIONS IN ATLANTIC CANADA AND ONTARIO, AND ELEVEN CORPORATE MEMBERS IN BRITISH COLUMBIA, NEWFOUNDLAND, AND NUNAVUT. FCC'S MEMBER FIRMS PROCESS, DISTRIBUTE, IMPORT, EXPORT, AND HARVEST FISH AND SEAFOOD PRODUCTS AND SUPPLY INDUSTRY SERVICES. FORMED FIRST IN 1915 AS THE CANADIAN FISHERIES ASSOCIATION, THE ORGANIZATION BECAME THE FISHERIES COUNCIL OF CANADA IN 1945. THE COUNCIL'S KEY OBJECTIVE IS TO PROMOTE MEMBERS' INTEREST TO THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT. AS WELL, IT PROVIDES INDUSTRY INFORMATION TO DOMESTIC AND INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS AND FISHERIES GROUPS, TO THE MEDIA, AND TO THE GENERAL PUBLIC.

Organization's membership or classes of membership:
FCC members include small, medium and larger-sized companies along with Indigenous enterprises that harvest fish in Canada's three oceans and inland waters. Member companies are also processors who process the majority of Canada's fish and seafood production. FCC has five classes of membership: Provincial Associations; Direct Corporate Processers; Direct Corporate Importers; Special/Sector Association; and, Associate.

• Organization's memberships or classes of memberships in previous versions:

  • SEAFOOD PROCESSOR FIRMS WHO PACK, HARVEST, IMPORT AND EXPORT SEAFOOD PRODUCTS. ASSOCIATE MEMBER FIRMS WHO ARE TO BE SUPPLIERS OR SERVICES AND PRODUCT TO SEAFOOD PROCESSORS.
  • SEAFOOD PROCESSOR FIRMS WHO PACK, HARVEST, IMPORT AND EXPORT SEAFOOD PRODUCTS. ASSOCIATE MEMBER FIRMS WHO TEND TO BE SUPPLIERS TO SEAFOOD PROCESSORS.
  • SEAFOOD PROCESSOR FIRMS WHO PACK, HARVEST, IMPORT, AND EXPORT SEAFOOD PRODUCTS. ASSOCIATE MEMBER FIRMS WHO TEND TO BE SUPPLIERS TO SEAFOOD PROCESSORS.

List of Public Offices Held

Position	Period Held	Last Date Designated Public Office Held
Legislative Assistant to MP for Hillsborough, PEI House of Commons, House of Commons	January 1995 to October 1998	Not a designated office

End date of the last completed financial year: 2023-07-31

List of Government Funding

Government Institution	Funding Received in Last Financial Year	Funding Expected in Current Financial Year
Export Development Canada (EDC)	$2,000.00	No
Farm Credit Canada (FCC)	$5,000.00	No
Fisheries and Oceans Canada (DFO)	$784,438.69	Yes
Government of New Brunswick, Agriculture, Aquaculture and Fisheries	$2,000.00	No
Government of Newfoundland and Labrador, Department of Fisheries, Forestry and Agriculture, Fisheries and Aquaculture Branch	$2,000.00	No
NS Fisheries and Aquaculture	$1,000.00	No

• Government funding in previous versions

  List of Government Funding

  End date of the last completed financial year	Government Institution	Funding Received in Last Financial Year	Funding Expected in Current Financial Year
  2021-07-31	Farm Credit Canada (FCC)	$22,875.00	No
  2021-07-31	Fisheries and Oceans Canada (DFO)	$103,126.05	Yes
  2021-07-31	NS Fisheries and Aquaculture	$1,000.00	No