Internet links

Federal government :

Canadian Food Inspection Agency :

• Canadian Shellfish Sanitation Program (CSSP)
• CANADIAN SHELLFISH SANITATION PROGRAM : Manual of operations : Summary of the legislation, policies and procedures that apply to the programme in Canada
• Enhanced CSSP Requirements: Wastewater Treatment Plant Impacts

Fisheries and Oceans Canada

• News Releases (Quebec)
• Shellfish Closures - Gulf Region
• St. Lawrence Global Observatory
• Domoic Acid and Pseudo-nitzschia References
• Sustainable aquaculture
• Aquaculture Collaborative Research and Development Program (ACRDP)

Environment Canada

• Marine Water Quality Monitoring:
• Marine Water Quality Monitoring
• Atlantic region


• Take Action for the Environment
• Take Action for the Environment

Provincial Government :

Développement durable, Environnement et Parcs

• Home page

Ministère de l'Agriculture, des Pêcheries et de l'Alimentation (MAPAQ) :

• Home page (french only)

Associations :

Canadian Aquaculture Industry Alliance

• Provides access to related Web sites and gives visitors an opportunity to become a member by subscribing to an information bulletin.

Quebec fish processors association (QFPA)

• Coordonnées des membres de l'association en fonction du secteur géographique ou de l'espèce pêchée.

Canadian Aquaculture Institute

• Cours, séminaires et manuels sur l'aquaculture.

Comité sectoriel de main-d'oeuvre des pêches maritimes

• Actions entreprises par ce comité pour le développement des ressources humaines.

Zones d'intervention prioritaires

• Mandat, activités et coordonnées des comités ZIP :
• Comité ZIP Baie-des-Chaleurs
• Comité ZIP Côte-Nord du Golfe
• Comité ZIP Rive nord de l'estuaire
• Comité ZIP des Îles-de-la-Madeleine
• Comité ZIP Sud-de-l'Estuaire

French Research Institute for Exploitation of the Sea

• Current scientific information about the aquatic environment and the Institute's research activities

Interstate Shellfish Sanitation Conference

• Information about the actions taken by this organization to ensure the wholesomeness of the shellfish consumed in the United States.
• 8th International Conference on Molluscan Shellfish Safety

The National Seafood Sector Council

• Information about the training and publications this organization makes available to the seafood processing industry.

International Society for the Study of Harmful Algae (ISSHA)

• http://cbr-rbc.nrc-cnrc.gc.ca/issha/New_ISSHA/Images/index.htm

Aquaculture Network Information Center

• http://www.aquanic.org/species/shellfish.php

Underwater Harvesters Association

• http://www.geoduck.org/

American government Web sites :

U.S. Food and Drug Administration

• Interstate certified shellfish Shippers list / Liste des compagnies américaines et étrangères incluant le Québec qui sont détentrices d'un certificat relatif à la salubrité des mollusques.

U.S. Food and Drug Administration

• Seafood information and resources Information about everything this organization does with respect to food obtained from the oceans (programmes, inspections, testing, etc.)

Links to Web sites external to Goverment of Canada :

Links to Web sites external to Goverment of Canada are provided as a convenience and their inclusion in no way implies that Goverment of Canada endorses or accepts any responsibility for the content or use of these sites. As the organisations that maintain these sites may not be subject to the Official Languages Act, information found on these sites may be presented only in the original language.