Fisheries and Oceans Canada

News – DFO FFHPP Risk Management Framework

Fisheries and Oceans Canada’s (DFO) Fish and Fish Habitat Protection Program (FFHPP) has released its Risk Management Framework Overview on the Talk Fish Habitat website.

This overview:

  • provides information about FFHPP’s risk management approach
  • serves as a foundation for future engagement on policies, guidance and tools related to how DFO manages risks to fish and fish habitat
  • communicates the status of the FFHPP’s Risk Management Framework in the context of the implementation of the Fisheries Act (2019), the Species at Risk Act, the Aquatic Invasive Species Regulations and the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples Act

This overview document will also be posted on DFO’s Projects Near Water website.