Bill C-518

SUMMARY

This enactment amends the Fisheries Act to require that, within five years from the date on which the Act comes into force, finfish aquaculture, for commercial purposes, be carried out in closed containment facilities. It also requires the Minister of Fisheries and Oceans to prepare, table in the House and implement a plan to support the transition to the use of closed containment facilities and to protect the jobs and financial security of workers in that sector.