Fisheries Act Registry: Canadian Authorizations and Agreements for Fish Habitat Protection

Fisheries and Oceans Canada maintains a public registry of records mandated by the 2019 amended Fisheries Act. The registry includes Ministerial agreements, standards, orders, authorizations, permits, and restoration plans related to fish habitat protection and pollution prevention. This second release, updated automatically and accessible via a Common Project Search Portal, supports government transparency goals.

Use Cases

• Tracking regulatory compliance and enforcement based on records of Ministerial orders and authorizations.
• Analyzing trends in habitat protection and restoration based on published fish habitat restoration plans.
• Monitoring federal decision-making transparency based on the public disclosure of permits for designated projects.
• Studying the implementation of environmental standards based on published codes of practice.

Strengths

• Data is mandated by the 2019 amended Fisheries Act, providing a legal basis for its collection and publication.
• Records are updated automatically, suggesting ongoing maintenance.
• Accessible through a centralized Common Project Search Portal alongside other federal project data.

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• Description metadata is limited; actual data quality requires manual inspection after download.

Provenance

Source

Fisheries and Oceans Canada

Collection Method

Administrative records collected as part of federal regulatory processes.

Time Range

Records likely relate to authorizations and agreements post-2019 amendment, but specific temporal coverage is not stated.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-05-08 02:12:15.110062; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Canada