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User Fee: Maintenance Dredging Services Tonnage Fee¹

Description: Intended to recover from commercial vessels the total direct costs incurred by CCG to manage maintenance dredging services in the St. Lawrence Shipping Channel. Services provided consist of the management of the maintenance dredging program for the St. Lawrence Shipping Channel.

Fee Type: O

Fee-setting Authority: Section 47 of the Oceans Act

Date Last Modified: 2003

($ thousands)

2008-09			Planning Years
Forecast Revenue	Actual Revenue	Full Cost	Fiscal Year	Forecast Revenue	Estimated Full Cost
4,600	5,870	5,900	2009-10	4,600	6,600
			2010-11	4,600	6,600
			2011-12	4,600	6,600

¹ Since 1997, and at the request of industry, the Canadian Coast Guard has managed the maintenance dredging of the navigation channel of the St. Lawrence River between the Port of Montreal and the Île aux Coudres near Quebec City. The current fee schedule, which replaces the earlier fee schedule that expired on March 31, 2003, extends the arrangement whereby the Canadian Coast Guard is reimbursed, via fees, for the total direct costs it incurs to ensure commercial navigation. Full cost figures are based on total direct costs (rather than full costs), which include direct labour costs (including employee benefits), direct operating costs, direct material costs, program support costs, and capital acquisitions (to the extent that these capital acquisitions form part of an output).

User Fee: Marine Navigation Services Fee

Description: Intended to recover a portion of the full costs incurred by CCG to provide marine navigation services to commercial vessels. Services provided include short-range aids to navigation and vessel traffic services.

Fee Type: O

Fee-setting Authority: Section 47 of the Oceans Act

Date Last Modified: 2005

($ thousands)

2008-09			Planning Years
Forecast Revenue	Actual Revenue	Full Cost	Fiscal Year	Forecast Revenue	Estimated Full Cost
27,617	31,106		2009-10	27,617
			2010-11	27,617
			2011-12	27,817

User Fee: Marine Communication and Traffic Services/Coast Guard Radio Communications Charges

Description: Rates charged for person-to-person communications by radio-telephone or radio-telegram from ship to shore or from shore to ship.

Fee Type: O

Fee-setting Authority: Section 19 of the Financial Administration Act

Date Last Modified: 1994

($ thousands)

2008-09			Planning Years
Forecast Revenue	Actual Revenue	Full Cost	Fiscal Year	Forecast Revenue	Estimated Full Cost
75	24	1,1162	2009-10	75	2
			2010-11	75
			2011-12	75

² The full cost of the communications infrastructure associated with non-safety related, cost-recovered public correspondence services is $1,116,000. This communications infrastructure also supports various safety-related and non-cost-recovered communications services and, as such, these costs are integrated. CCG has structured its public correspondence services charges so that revenues do not exceed the incremental cost of providing these non-safety-related services.

User Fee: Icebreaking Services Fee

Description: Intended to recover a portion of the full costs incurred by CCG to provide icebreaking services to commercial vessels. Services provided include route assistance (channel maintenance and ship escorts), ice routing and information services, and some harbour/wharf breakouts where not provided by commercial operators.

Fee Type: O

Fee-setting Authority: Section 47 of the Oceans Act

Date Last Modified: 1998

($ thousands)

2008-09			Planning Years
Forecast Revenue	Actual Revenue	Full Cost	Fiscal Year	Forecast Revenue	Estimated Full Cost
13,824	4,809		2009-10	13,824
			2010-11	13,824
			2011-12	13,824

User Fee: Hydrography

Description: Sale of charts and publications

Fee Type: O

Fee-setting Authority: Financial Administration Act, Oceans Act

Date Last Modified: 1996

($ thousands)

2008-09			Planning Years
Forecast Revenue	Actual Revenue	Full Cost	Fiscal Year	Forecast Revenue	Estimated Full Cost
1,800	1,699	31,700	2009-10	1,802	31,700
			2010-11	1,802	31,700
			2011-12	1,802	31,700

User Fee: Fisheries Management

Description: Commercial fishing licence fees

Fee Type: R&P

Fee-setting Authority: Sections 7 and 8 of the Fisheries Act

Date Last Modified: 1995

($ thousands)

2008-09			Planning Years
Forecast Revenue	Actual Revenue	Full Cost	Fiscal Year	Forecast Revenue	Estimated Full Cost
35,015	37,289	3	2009-10	35,015	3
			2010-11	35,015
			2011-12	35,015

User Fee: Fisheries Management

Description: Recreational fishing licence fees

Fee Type: R&P

Fee-setting Authority: Sections 7 and 8 of the Fisheries Act

Date Last Modified: 1996

($ thousands)

2008-09			Planning Years
Forecast Revenue	Actual Revenue	Full Cost	Fiscal Year	Forecast Revenue	Estimated Full Cost
5,150	4,765	3	2009-10	5,150	3
			2010-11	5,150
			2011-12	5,150

³ Access fees that reflect the value of the privilege/benefit of access to a valuable natural resource owned by all Canadians and not the cost of fisheries management.

User Fee: Fisheries Management

Description: Pacific Salmon Conservation Stamp

Fee Type: R&P, O

Fee-setting Authority: Sections 7 and 8 of the Fisheries Act

Date Last Modified: 1995

($ thousands)

2008-09			Planning Years
Forecast Revenue	Actual Revenue	Full Cost	Fiscal Year	Forecast Revenue	Estimated Full Cost
1,490	1,116	15,000	2009-10	1,490	15,300
			2010-11	1,490	15,606
			2011-12	1,490	15,918

User Fee: Access to Information

Description: Fees charged for the processing of Access requests filed under the Access to Information Act

Fee Type: O

Fee-setting Authority: Access to Information Act

Date Last Modified: 1992

($ thousands)

2008-09			Planning Years
Forecast Revenue	Actual Revenue	Full Cost	Fiscal Year	Forecast Revenue	Estimated Full Cost
15	11	2,0514	2009-10	14	1,900
			2010-11	15	2,100
			2011-12	16	2,300

⁴ This figure includes amounts for salaries and Operating and Maintenance for the Access to Information and Privacy Secretariat only.

Name of Transfer Payment Program: Aboriginal Aquatic Resource and Oceans Management

Start date: 2005-2006

End date: Ongoing

Description: Launched in October 2004, the Aboriginal Aquatic Resource and Oceans Management (AAROM) Program provides for Capacity Building and Collaborative Management initiatives that supports the involvement of Aboriginal groups, working together, to obtain access to technical, scientific and administrative expertise in order to facilitate their participation in multi-stakeholder and other decision-making processes used to manage aquatic resources and ocean spaces.

Aboriginal groups transition from Capacity Building into Collaborative Management.

Provisions of Contribution Agreements under AAROM may include:

• establishing AAROM collaborative management structures or AAROM bodies;
• accessing skilled professional, administrative and technical expertise from within the Aboriginal community or other external sources but excluding public office holders;
• participating in aquatic resource and oceans management planning — through development of resource and oceans management plans and coordination of community input into the development of plans;
• developing or providing input into the development of models, structures and processes to guide the interactions of external bodies and agencies with the respective Aboriginal group;
• planning and holding consultation sessions with member communities on AAROM-related issues;
• participating in various government technical committees and other multi-stakeholder fora;
• developing, implementing and monitoring AAROM capacity building strategies;
• developing enforcement capacity including Aboriginal Fishery Officers and upgrading the skills of Aboriginal Guardians;
• collaborating in scientific research efforts related to aquatic resource and oceans management;
• participating in and providing input to various aquatic and oceans resource policy and management processes;
• undertaking scientific research activities to support appropriate watershed/ecosystem-based management efforts, including the collection and gathering of Aboriginal Traditional Knowledge (ATK);
• conducting community outreach, stewardship and awareness activities;
• conducting liaison activities with other relevant/interested parties;
• developing protocols on ATK — dealing with new and innovative approaches to collect, analyze and integrate this information into environmental and habitat assessments and management practices;
• ongoing program planning, administration and reporting activities of the AAROM Collaborative Management body; and
• negotiations and implementation of related AAROM agreements (and associated protocols) for which DFO is a signatory.

AAROM is applicable in areas where DFO manages the fishery, and where land claim agreements addressing those matters covered under AAROM are not in place. Where the Aboriginal group has signed a comprehensive land claims agreement, and one or more of the matters covered by the AAROM Program are not dealt with in the agreement, the group would be eligible to apply for support in those matters not covered.

Strategic Outcome: Sustainable Fisheries and Aquaculture

Results Achieved: In 2008-09, DFO had 11 Capacity Building Agreements, and 21 Collaborative Management Agreements and one Umbrella Agreement. These agreements encompass approximately 319 Aboriginal communities nationally as well as three Native Councils in Atlantic Canada. AAROM agreements have increased collaboration amongst Aboriginal communities and strengthened the relationship between communities and DFO. While the structure of the Collaborative Management agreements varied between Aboriginal organizations, the majority of the agreements focused on enhancing core scientific, technical and administrative capacity of the Aboriginal organizations allowing them to obtain competencies that will enable them to strengthen their ability to participate in aquatic management and oceans resources decision making. Under the AAROM program Aboriginal Organizations have created approximately 263 full time positions. AAROM has also provided approximately $9.5 million to Aboriginal Organizations for commercial access including licenses, quotas, vessels and gear.

Program Activity: Fisheries Management
($ millions)

	Actual Spending 2006-07	Actual Spending 2007-081	Planned Spending 2008-09	Total Authorities 2008-09	Actual Spending 2008-09	Variance(s)
Total Grants	—	—	—	—	—	—
Total Contributions	14.7	25.8	22.8	16.2	16.2	6.6
Total Other Types of Transfer Payments	—	—	—	—	—	—
Total Program Activity(ies)	14.7	25.8	22.8	16.2	16.2	6.6

¹ The figure for Actual Spending for 2007-08 in the 2007-08 DPR was incorrect ($25.6 million). The correct amount ($25.8 million) is reported here.

Comment(s) on Variance(s): Variance is due to re-profile of Atlantic Integrated Commercial Fisheries Initiative of $4.99 million and movement between AFS and AAROM.

Audit Completed or Planned: An evaluation is planned for 2013-14.

Name of Transfer Payment Program: Aboriginal Fisheries Strategy

Start date: 1992

End date: Ongoing

Description: Launched in 1992, the Aboriginal Fisheries Strategy (AFS) provides for negotiated arrangements with Aboriginal groups around the harvesting, use and management of Aboriginal food, social and ceremonial fisheries and, where applicable, communal commercial fisheries.

In 1994, DFO introduced a commercial access component to the AFS, the Allocation Transfer Program (ATP). The ATP facilitates the voluntary retirement of commercial fishing licences and the issuance of communal licences to eligible Aboriginal groups in a manner that does not add to the existing effort on the resource.

Provisions of negotiated fisheries agreements under the AFS may include:

• a harvest allocation to the Aboriginal group for FSC purposes;
• terms and conditions pertaining to communal fishing licences;
• enforcement provisions, including the training and engagement of Aboriginal Fisheries Guardians;
• arrangements for the co-management and stewardship of fisheries resources and their supporting habitats, including the restoration and protection of species at risk;
• co-management projects for the improvement of the management of fisheries generally, such as scientific research, stock assessment, fish enhancement and habitat management; and
• communal commercial fishing arrangements including the transfer of vessels and gear as well as support for fisheries-related economic opportunities (e.g., demonstration fishery projects, aquaculture development, business planning support, etc.).

Where Agreements pertaining to the FSC Fisheries cannot be concluded between DFO and an Aboriginal group, DFO will issue to the group a communal fishing licence that establishes the terms and conditions of its FSC fishery.

The AFS is applicable where DFO manages the fishery and where a fisheries management regime has not already been established under a land claims settlement.

Strategic Outcome: Sustainable Fisheries and Aquaculture

Results Achieved: In 2008-2009, DFO entered into approximately 140 AFS Agreements with Aboriginal organizations in all DFO regions. These agreements facilitated economic opportunities as well as Aboriginal participation in the management of their fisheries and other aquatic resource management.

Regarding economic development, DFO acquired 22 Commercial licences in Quebec and Pacific Regions and approximately $2M woth of Halibut Quota in the Pacific Region. In addition DFO provided approximately $1.2M for the acquisition of vessels and gear.

AFS agreements provided for management of the FSC fisheries, largely through the Guardian program which comprised of the enforcement component. In 2008 and 2009, 76 Guardians were retrained by DFO to upgrade skills in carrying out enforcement functions, i.e.; issuing warnings, inspecting fish and gear, catch monitoring.

Participation in other aquatic resource management activities included co-management and science related activities such as stock assessment, fish enhancement, counting fences, habitat related work, and river/stream/brook improvement projects.

These economic related and aquatic management activities from AFS agreements created approximately 1,600 seasonal jobs in areas described above.

Program Activity: Fisheries and Aquaculture Management
($ millions)

	Actual Spending 2006-07	Actual Spending 2007-082	Planned Spending 2008-09	Total Authorities 2008-09	Actual Spending 2008-09	Variance(s)
Total Grants	—	—	—	—	—	—
Total Contributions	32.2	32.9	57.3	60.5	58.3	(1.0)
Total Other Types of Transfer Payments	—	—	—	—	—	—
Total Program Activity(ies)	32.2	32.9	57.3	60.5	58.3	(1.0)

² The figure for Actual Spending for 2007-08 in the 2007-08 DPR was incorrect ($32.5 million). The correct amount ($32.9 million) is reported here.

Comment(s) on Variance(s): Variance is due to movement between AAROM and AFS.

Audit Completed or Planned: The audit of the Aboriginal Fisheries Strategy was approved by the Departmental Audit Committee in November 2007. An evaluation is planned for 2013-14.

Name of Horizontal Initiative: Health of the Oceans (HOTO)

Name of Lead Department(s): Fisheries and Oceans Canada

Lead Department Program Activity: Oceans Management

Start Date of the Horizontal Initiative: April 1, 2007

End Date of the Horizontal Initiative: March 31, 2012

Total Federal Funding Allocation (start to end date): $61.5 million

Description of the Horizontal Initiative (including funding agreement): Building on the achievements of the Oceans Action Plan, the Health of the Oceans Initiative is a five-year, $61.5 million commitment by five departments — DFO, Transport Canada, Environment Canada, Parks Canada and INAC — to improve the health of the ocean environment. For its part, Fisheries and Oceans Canada will receive $23.2 million to support its protection and conservation work. Key DFO initiatives include establishing nine new Marine Protected Areas (including six under the Oceans Act), conducting scientific research to support designation of the new Marine Protected Areas, creating four new national Oceans Centres of Expertise, and enhancing spill-response capacity and emergency planning in the Arctic Ocean. For a complete list, see the table below. DFO will co-ordinate the entire Health of the Oceans Initiative. This will include bi-annual performance monitoring, the preparation of summary annual reports and preparation for a final summative evaluation.

Shared Outcome(s):

• New Oceans Centres of Expertise
• Federal Marine Protected Area Strategy: finalization of planning guidelines for federal MPA network
• Federal Marine Protected Area Strategy: preparation of a status report of federal MPA
• Federal-Provincial-Territorial Marine Protected Areas MPA network (2012)
• Marine Protected Areas establishment
• Collaboration with the World Wildlife Fund-Canada
• Delivery of a suite of indicators to assess and monitor Arctic ecosystems
• Integrated Oceans Management and Canadian Environmental Assessment Act (CEAA) assessment tools linkage

Governance Structure(s): This initiative is subject to interdepartmental government through the Assistant Deputy Ministers Interdepartmental Committee on Oceans, supported by a shadow Director General Committee. This Governance structure reviews the initiatives on a regular basis including review and approval of annual reports to Ministers on the progress of this initiative.

Expected Results 2008-09:

• Establish four Oceans Centres of Expertise to develop and implement common tools and approaches in the five LOMAs to protect deep-sea corals and sponge reefs, incorporate traditional ecological knowledge, develop information management and exchange standards, and accelerate progress in addressing coastal management issues.
• Establish a federal network of MPAs that will strengthen and be managed within an integrated oceans management framework.
• Develop a National (federal-provincial-territorial) marine protected area network in Canada's three oceans (target 2012).
• Establish six new MPAs within the existing LOMAs and establish a national monitoring and reporting system for all Oceans Act MPAs.
• Collaborate with World Wildlife Fund-Canada to encourage greater involvement by environmental non-government organizations(ENGOs) in the Health of the Oceans Initiative and integrated oceans management.
• Develop a State of the Arctic Basin Report, use common ecosystem-monitoring strategies in shared and boundary waters, and initiate development of a demonstration project in the Beaufort Sea to test Ecosystem Based Management(EBM) in shared waters (2008-2009).
• Through the Canada-US Gulf of Maine Steering Committee, build on the trans-boundary collaboration on and management of groundfish stocks; through the Gulf of Maine Council, build on co-operation between states and provinces. Advance Canada-US collaboration in the Gulf of Maine regarding integrated fisheries and oceans management. Support the work plan that DFO and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Association (USA) signed November 17, 2006.
• Build linkages between integrated management carried out under the Health of the Oceans Initiative and other tools, such as project environmental assessments and strategic environmental assessments conducted under the authority of the Canadian Environmental Assessment Act.

Results Achieved 2008-09

Centres of Expertise (COEs) (HOTO #16)

The four centres were established and began operations. Work plans were developed with input from the Director General of Oceans and Regional Directors. Activities included presentations to provide context and background and to present the goals and objectives of the COEs; consultations to seek input on the proposed work plans; and participation in regional, national and international efforts as they related to the individual mandates of the centres.

MPA Implementation, Strategy and Network (HOTO #19, #13, #14)

A number of workshops contributed to preparation of the penultimate draft of the Federal Guide to Collaborative Planning of MPAs, which provides guidance for implementing a more systematic approach to MPA planning and establishment. The guide will be ready for approval early next fiscal year.

An agreement has been reached among partner government agencies that Canada's national network of MPAs will actually be a national system of bioregional networks of MPAs, and that national Science advisory processes would be followed to delineate those bioregional planning areas and to develop guidance on designing the networks. This national system will be developed in the context of integrated management (IM), and existing IM governance structures will be used where they exist (e.g., in Large Ocean Management Areas). An integrated management approach aims for a collective approach to MPA network development in order to contribute to broader conservation objectives and consider impacts on all aspects of an ecosystem.

An informal interdepartmental MPA network has been established to facilitate ongoing collaboration and exchange among federal MPA practitioners. DFO, EC and PCA also sought opportunities to jointly consult on establishment of new MPAs to limit duplication.

DFO regions of Quebec, Gulf, Newfoundland and Labrador, Central and Arctic and Pacific all conducted ecological and biological assessments followed by consultations. Preparation of the final reports and area of interest recommendations are in progress and should be announced in the next fiscal year. The Central and Arctic region is putting forward recommendations for two areas of interest.

As for the Maritimes region, consultation with Federal and Provincial partners took longer than anticipated and are still ongoing; this resulted in having to delay the public consultations on proposed AOIs until 2009-2010. It is currently anticipated that consultations with the public will begin in late summer or early fall 2009; this entails a likely recommendation to be put forward to the Minister no sooner than late fall 2009 or early winter 2010.

Collaboration with WWF (HOTO #17)

WWF has taken part in a number of DFO activities related to the Placentia Bay/Grand Banks Large Oceans Management Area operations in an effort to advance the oceans agenda and contribute to conservation and protection objectives. WWF-Canada participated by providing expert advice on activities such as the selection of areas of interest, the prioritization of conservation objectives, the development of social, economic and cultural objectives in an integrated management plan, stakeholder consultation process, and the development and subsequent implementation of a Cold Water Coral Conservation Strategy for the Newfoundland and Labrador Region.

Arctic Council (HOTO #15)

Activities conducted are part of a broader work plan under the Arctic Council's Protection of the Arctic Marine Environment (PAME) Working Group; this model facilitates collaboration with relevant stakeholders as they relate to shared and boundary waters. The following activities were conducted in 2008-2009:

• Review and validation of indicator suites to assess and monitor Arctic Ecosystems.
• Finalized report on Best Practices in Ecosystem Based Management in the Arctic. A Canadian chapter is included. The report was approved and released at the Arctic Council's Ministerial meeting in early 2009.
• Preliminary discussions were held between HQ and the Central and Arctic region to encourage involvement in the development of a pilot project to test the Large Marine Ecosystem approach and framework in Beaufort Sea in collaboration with the US.

Gulf of Maine (HOTO #18)

The Ecosystem Overview component of the report was jointly completed by DFO Maritimes and the National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) Northeast Region. For each major section of the report, two lead authors - one from the US and one from Canada - were identified and collaborated in its development. Rather than the traditional approach of focusing on individual species or activities, the EO took a broader community approach and aimed to describe marine community structure and ecosystem linkages. The completion of the EO has ensured that a common understanding of the current ecological conditions in the Gulf of Maine was available to all interested organizations. The report will provide a common basis for planning and management activities as well as contribute to more effective and informed decision-making.

DFO has continued active participation in activities with both the Gulf of Maine Council and the CA-US Steering Committee and ensured that the relationships between Canadian and US federal departments as well as State and Provincial Governments are in place to facilitate ongoing collaborative activities.

Preliminary discussions with NOAA (National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration) Northeast Region have begun to explore the relationship between the US Northeast Region Oceans Council (NROC) and the Canadian Regional Committee on Oceans Management (RCOM). These will form the basis for establishment of more formal linkages, regional governance mechanisms and potential shared activities.

Integrated Oceans Management (HOTO #20)

Integrated Oceans Management approach and tools were presented to various stakeholders in an effort to raise awareness and streamline efforts. A report was also developed in an attempt to reconcile the terminology between Oceans Integrated Management and the Canadian Environmental Assessment Act. The Pathways of Effect National Working Group (PoE-NWG) was established and finalized the holistic Pathways of Effects model as well as established a sub-group to initiate the drafting of a guidance document for the development and use of pathways of effect (PoEs). Two draft Sector PoEs were developed: oil and gas, and shipping. Draft Terms of Reference for a pilot project (Marine Shipping) were developed in consultation with First Nations, the shipping industries, and federal partners.

 

($ thousands)

Federal Partners	Federal Partner Program Activity (PA)	Names of Programs for Federal Partners	Total Allocation (from Start to End Date)	Planned Spending for 2008-09	Actual Spending for 2008-09
Fisheries and Oceans	Oceans Management	Federal Marine Protected Areas Strategy Implementation in DFO	1,250.0	250.0	250.0
		Development of a Federal-Provincial-Territorial MPA Network	2,500.0	525.0	525.0
		Arctic Council - Ecosystem Projects	1,000.0	200.0	71.8
		Oceans Centres of Expertise (Coastal, Corals, Data Integration, TEK)	3,000.0	700.0	880.8
		Collaboration with World Wildlife Fund (WWF)	213.0	42.6	42.6
		Gulf of Maine (at DFO)	750.0	250.0	227.0
		Marine Protected Areas Establishment	5,250.0	1,350.0	1,255.7
	Habitat Management	Integrated Management and Canadian Environmental Assessment Act Assessment Tools Linkages	1,450.0	250.0	193.6
	Science for Healthy and Productive Aquatic Ecosystems	Ecosystem Science Support and Advice on Health of the Oceans	5,500.0	1,100.0	1,100.0
	Canadian Coast Guard	Spill Capacity and Emergency Response Strategy	2,260.0	750.0	267.2
Environment Canada	Biodiversity and Corporate services	Federal Marine Protected Areas Strategy - Implementation in EC	1,250.0	250.0	103.8
		Marine Wildlife Areas Establishment	2,000.0	507.0	To be determined
	Improved knowledge and information on weather and environmental conditions influence decision making and Corporate services	Sable Island Weather Station	4,000.0	800.0	800.0
	Canadians adopt approaches that ensure the sustainable use and management of natural capital and working landscapes and Corporate services	Gulf of Maine (at EC)	751.0	250.0	250.0
Parks Canada Agency	Heritage Places Establishment	Federal Marine Protected Area Strategy Implementation in Parks Canada	1,250.0	194.0	182.4
		National Marine Conservation Area in Lancaster Sound	5,000.0	1,000.0	114.4
Transport Canada	Transportation Safety and Security and Internal Services	Enforcement of Ballast Water Regulations	4,500.0	966.5	966.5
		Pollution Prevention - Surveillance	13,000.0	2,381.3	2,798.3
		Pollution Prevention - Dash 7 Outfitting	5,000.0	1,600.0	1,378.9
		Arctic International Marine Shipping Assessment	550.0	140.0	149.4
		Pollution Prevention - Ship Waste Reduction Strategy	800.0	100.0	25.0
Indian and Northern Affairs Canada	Northern land Resources	Arctic Marine Shipping Assessment/Protection of the Arctic Marine Environment from land-based sources of pollution	175.0	75.0	73.5
Total			61,449.0	13,681.4	11,655.9

Comments on Variances:

Results to be achieved by non-federal partners (if applicable): —

Contact information:

Harvey Brodkin

Fisheries and Oceans Canada

200 Kent Street, Ottawa, Ontario K1A 0E6

Telephone: 613-991-6692

Email: Harvey.Brodkin@dfo-mpo.gc.ca

SDS Departmental Goals: On behalf of the Government of Canada, DFO is responsible for developing and implementing policies and programs that support Canada's scientific, ecological, social and economic interests in oceans and fresh waters. As a department committed to sustainable development, DFO works to protect and conserve Canada's aquatic resources, while supporting the development and use of these resources.

Federal SD Goal(s), including GGO goals:

• Sustainable Development and Use of Natural Resources
• Governance for Sustainable Development
• Sustainable Communities
• Climate Change

Expected Results for 2008-09	Supporting Performance Measure(s)	Results Achieved for 2008-09
Aquatic species at risk are protected or on the way to recovery	DFO will receive recommendations from stakeholders and a response proposed to the Minister of Environment will follow	DFO provided listing recommendations to the Minister of the Environment for 10 aquatic species. Final listing decisions were made by Governor in Council to list eight aquatic species, to re-classify one species and to refer one species back to COSEWIC in March 2009.
	Completion of recovery strategies that are in development by Recovery Teams.	One recovery strategy was finalized and posted on the SARA Public Registry, following the 60 day public comment period.
Marine activities are proactively managed and the health of Canada's oceans is preserved in collaboration with stakeholders	Number of committees established federally and in each LOMA	Integrated management processes have been established in 5 large areas in each of our three oceans. These bring together government regulators, industry, communities and Aboriginal Canadians to develop plans for the sustainable use of our oceans. This work is complemented by the Government's $61.5 million Health of the Oceans agenda which invests in science, marine protection and pollution prevention. In 2008-09, DFO launched the Pacific North Coast Integrated Management Area to engage Canadians on our West Coast in the development of an integrated management plan for the Pacific North Coast.
	Number of sectors represented on committees	Oceans governance mechanisms including representatives from all key sectors and regulators are now in place in all of our regions, in four of our five LOMAs and nationally.
	Integrated Management Plans in place for all LOMAs	Significant progress has also been made on the development of integrated management plans for the Beaufort Sea Integrated Management Area and the Placentia Bay/Grand Banks Large Oceans Management Area. Implementation planning is underway for the integrated management plan development for the Eastern Scotia Shelf.
	Creation of at least three new MPAs	This planning has also been supported by specific conservation measures including the establishment of Canada's 7th Marine Protected Area (under the Oceans Act) - the Bowie Seamount on Canada's West Coast. In addition, as part of the Health of the Oceans initiative, DFO has launched consultations throughout the country to engage Canadians in identifying the next candidates for designation as Marine Protected Areas under the Oceans Act. Work was also launched in cooperation with the provinces to design, by 2012, a national system of networks of Marine Protected Areas.
Efficacy in ensuring an effective response to minimize adverse impacts of marine pollution incidents in Canadian waters is enhanced	Development of a National Environmental Response Strategy	The National Environmental Response Strategy remains a work in progress. CCG has begun an internal review of the draft Strategy and is planning to conduct broader discussions with partners to continue the update of the Strategy. Progress was made in a couple of key areas in 2008-09; competency profiles and a training strategy for Environmental Response management were completed. A senior managers training course was also developed.
	Percentage of ship-source spills where Canadian Coast Guard acted as Federal Monitoring Officer, On-Scene Commander and Resource Agency vs. total number of reported ship-source spills	CCG acted as Federal Monitoring Officer, On-Scene Commander and Resource Agency for 100% of reported ship-source spills.
A new aquaculture governance regime is developed	Number of federal/provincial/territorial implementation agreements signed * Since this measure was identified, policy direction has changed and the above implementation instruments are no longer valid.	Following the Budget announcement of $70 million in few funding for the Sustainable Aquaculture Program, a new governance regime has been implemented. The internal framework consists of the Departmental Aquaculture Management and Operations Committees and an ad hoc industry liaison committee. Coordination across provinces and territories with the Government is enhanced by the federal Interdepartmental Committee on Aquaculture and the Canadian Council of Fisheries and Aquaculture Ministers Task Group.
A new fisheries management governance model is developed to meet the needs of an evolving industry, recognizing principles of sustainable development, as well as the precautionary approach and ecosystem approach	Percentage of conservation frameworks that incorporate the precautionary and ecosystem approach	"Conservation frameworks" has been interpreted to mean the sum of the conservation elements in the management framework for individual stocks, which were examined with the Fishery Checklist in 2008: 27.8% (27 of 109 stocks) of major stocks surveyed in 2008 incorporate key elements of the precautionary and ecosystem approaches in their management frameworks.
	Number of fisheries with self-rationalization programs	Self adjustment and/or rationalization programs have been successfully introduced in all four Atlantic regions to various degrees in lobster, shrimp, crab, herring and various groundfish fisheries.
	Completed national co-management policy framework	As a result of the Larocque decision, the Department has adopted an alternative approach to working with industry and is currently developing a policy for collaborative arrangements.
	Number of roundtables, task groups and summits that address specific fisheries issues	Lobster Roundtable meetings (Feb 13 and July 7, 2009) Lobster Roundtable Steering Committee meetings (June 19, 2009, July 17, 2009) Minister's meeting with harvesters on lobster fishery crisis: May 15, 2009 Engagement with Aboriginal Harvesters on new Lobster measures: July 20, 2009 Engagement with Provinces on new Lobster measures: July 21, 2009 Engagement with commercial harvesters on new Lobster measures: July 22, 2009
	Number of fisheries with stable sharing arrangements	Data for this performance measure is currently being collected. Results will be updated as soon as the information becomes available.
	Number of disputes regarding access and allocation that are settled	This performance measure is currently being modified. A draft concept paper has been developed. It is a proposed access and allocation policy to be used to ensure transparent mechanisms are in place when changes to sharing arrangements are requested.
	Number of education programs and communication and inter-governmental initiatives	Sustainable Seafood Outreach Strategy: Launch meeting with CDN Trade Commissioners working in US, December 10, 2008 Outreach presentations to groups of US retailers, buyers, etc. Los Angeles, February 5, 2009 Cleveland, February 9, 2009 Pittsburgh, February 10, 2009 Chicago, February 11, 2009 Distribution of Outreach Materials at Key Events: International Boston Seafood Show, March 2009 European Seafood Show, April 2009 Oceans Day Reception (Ottawa), June 8, 2009
	Number of partnerships and negotiated enforceable management measures; number of major case investigations	Increased emphasis on compliance promotion through education and shared stewardship. Approximately 100,000 Fishery Officer hours were dedicated to this activity (35 percent increase from 2007 and 75 percent increase from 2004). Maintained effort on major case/special investigations to deal with large scale illegal activities and complex investigations (approximately 160,000 Fishery Officer hours). The Conservation and Protection program currently has approximately 55 formal collaborative arrangements with other government departments and other partners and this involvement of third parties is increasing. There has been a steady rise in use of ticketing as an alternative to prosecution for minor offences (1338 tickets in 2008 compared to 740 in 2005). Program has also expanded the use of alternative measures such as restorative justice.
	Establishment of administrative sanctioning regime	Administrative sanctions and ticketing were part of the proposed amendments put forward for parliamentary consideration of a renewed Fisheries Act.
	Expanded ticketing system
Strengthened collaboration with Aboriginal groups, contributing to sustainable Aboriginal communities	Evaluation of trainee performance by the service provider	87 in-class courses were taken by 45 Fish Harvesters with a 91% success rate.
	Development and implementation of software, regional partnership funds, and contribution agreements with participating First Nations	14 Contribution Agreements executed to implement the Fisheries Management System software.
	Number of Aboriginal Fisheries Strategy contribution agreements	One hundred and thirty nine Aboriginal Fisheries Strategy contribution agreements.
	Number of groups with signed contribution agreement	There are approximately 200 groups with signed contribution agreements.
	Number of short-term Aboriginal Aquatic Resource and Oceans Management capacity-building contribution agreements	Eight short-term AAROM capacity-building contribution agreements.
	Number of multi-year Aboriginal Aquatic Resource and Oceans Management collaborative management agreements	Twenty-three multi-year AAROM collaborative management agreements.
	Number of groups who have made the transition from capacity-building to collaborative management	One group has made the transition from capacity building to collaborative management.
Environmental impacts are taken into consideration in DFO's policies, plans and programs through the integration of a Strategic Environmental Assessment approach	Ten percent increase in number of participants who have completed Strategic Environmental Assessment training and awareness sessions	In 2008, there was more than a 20% increase in the number of DFO participants in Strategic Environmental Assessment training and awareness sessions and activities.
Improved awareness of environmental compliance responsibilities by employees who have completed the training modules	Development of one additional environmental compliance awareness course module	Additional environmental awareness modules and training resources added to the Office of Environmental Coordination website. Delivery methods for specific training are being assessed.
A Canadian Coast Guard that better understands the environmental impact of its business and directs the operation and development of all assets in accordance with a set of industry-leading standards and regulations	Completion of condition surveys of all high-risk assets as per the Vessel Condition Survey Plan and the shore-side Asset Condition Survey Plan	Surveys of our six highest priority vessels were completed. The intent was to continue the vessel-survey program as a standard practice within CCG, with about 20% of the fleet's vessels being surveyed, to some degree, each year. Instead a new approach has been adopted which consists of conducting Vessel Condition Assessments for all vessels during 2009-10, and, based on the results of the assessments, implementing a Vessel Condition Continuous Survey Program in the following year. A program to assess the condition of shore-side assets was initiated in 2007-08 and as part of its ongoing work, CCG continued to conduct surveys and implement mitigation strategies for any risks or issues found unacceptable.
	Implementation of the system to measure health, safety and environmental performance and a basis to track improvements	A decision was taken to have one Departmental Occupational Health and Safety (OHS) Program. As part of the implementation of an inclusive safety management system, Corporate OHS is researching all best practices of all sectors and regions, including the CCG. Discussions began with Departmental OHS to determine what application a CCG pilot system in Pacific Region may have nationally.
EMP objectives and targets assigned for storage tanks and halocarbons Operating procedures and training programs will be delivered as EMPs are implemented Ongoing participation in the FSCAP program for site assessments, remediation and risk management to address contaminated sites.	Number of Environmental Management Plan (EMP) objectives and targets assigned	Completed drafting and consultations on the National Storage Tank EMP. Development of additional national EMPs will follow formal approval of Storage Tank EMP.
	Development and distribution of standard operating procedures to applicable DFO staff	Developed and distributed operating procedures for storage tanks.
	Development of training programs related to each EMP	Developed and delivered National storage tank awareness training at multiple locations.
	Number of site assessments undertaken each year under the Federal Contaminated Sites Action Plan	Performed assessment activities at 778 sites.
	Number of contaminated sites funded under Federal Contaminated Sites Action Plan for remediation or risk management	Remediation and/or risk management activities were performed at 164 sites.
Vehicle gas emissions and maintenance costs are reduced by proper vehicle utilization	Comparing gas emissions output for vehicles	Continued to control and monitor the purchase of vehicles, balancing equipment needs versus environmental sustainability (including programs when available that encourage purchasing vehicles that consume less fuel, alternative fuels, or both). Explored different approaches to purchase hybrid or duel fuel where applicable such as Leadership Vehicle Rebate Initiative; potential funding when available. 180 vehicles were purchased in different regions and 7 vehicles were hybrid at a cost of $256,995. Continued to form part of the Federal Sustainable Development Strategy working group to improve vehicle fleet management, to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and other air pollutants and to meet legislation and policy objectives.

Has the Department incorporated environmental performance considerations in its procurement decision-making processes?

Yes

Summary of initiatives to incorporate environmental performance considerations in procurement decision-making processes:

The Department has introduced Life Cycle Assets Management (LCAM) into the acquisition of Desktop and portable computers so that environmental considerations are specified at the planning and procurement stages as well as timely cycle disposal through the Computer for Schools program.

The Department has listed on the Materiel Management web site, green procurement documentation from OGDs, PWGSC, EC and our own policy as well as links to PWGSC mandatory Green Procurement Standing Offers available. The DFO Green Procurement policy is presently being updated to reflect current initiatives within the Government Sustainable Development Strategy (e.g .GreenHouse Gas reduction for transportation emission).

Discussions are being held with DFO Environmental Response Program (ERP) personnel to create data fields that will allow reporting on green procurement activities.

Results achieved:

While results have been achieved, monitoring cannot begin to measure actual results until the Department's financial system is updated (fields established in the Purchasing Module and Government Acquisition Card Register); target date is January 2010.

Contributions to facilitate government-wide implementation of green procurement:

Thus far, DFO has involved regional and HQ stakeholders in the development of a Green Procurement policy which we aim to have published internally by December 2009. The next step is to educate the procurement community via Canada School of Public Service e-Learning and extend that offer to Acquisition Card Holders within 2009-10.

Has the Department established green procurement targets?

In progress

Are these green procurement targets the same as those identified in your Sustainable Development Strategy?

Yes

Summary of green procurement targets:

Where feasible, DFO is supporting and promoting the purchase of hybrid vehicles. DFO, in cooperation with PWGSC's Office of Greening Government Operations, has committed to manage electrical and electronic waste more efficiently.

Results achieved:

Currently, 12,000 computers have been placed under a total LCAM regime which has begun to see almost a quarter of these units purchased under the "green" specifications.