MARITIMES REGION

Welcome to the Maritimes Region of the Department of Fisheries and Oceans Canada. On the following pages you can access a wealth of information about Fisheries and Oceans Canada in the Maritimes:

• our mandate to our clients, our organizational structure, how and where to find us
• the services we offer to the fishing industry, marine and oceans industry, the media, students and the general public
• the legislation you need to know about in order to use our water resources safely and wisely
• the array of publications-brochures, posters, photos, charts, maps, scientific reports available to you
• the research activities of our scientists
• links to an ocean of information available through the library
• habitat protection activities and the new oceans and coastal management initiatives under the Oceans Act.

We've organized the information we think you most want to use into the groups listed on the banner to the left. Visit any or all of these pages, or use the search feature at the top of each index page. Each page has a link to its French version, and a link to take you back to this homepage. The site map button will give you a more text based entrance to our site.