Marketing Freshwater Fish

Act: Freshwater Fish Marketing Act, R.S.C. 1985, c. F-13

To Whom Does This Apply?

Fishers or anyone involved in the interprovincial or export trade of freshwater fish and who live in the Northwest Territories, Alberta, Saskatchewan, Manitoba and Northwestern Ontario.

Summary

The Freshwater Fish Marketing Act establishes the Freshwater Fish Marketing Corporation (FFMC), a Crown corporation, and regulates interprovincial and export trade in freshwater fish. The FFMC is a buyer, processor and marketer of freshwater fish harvested from lakes in Manitoba, Saskatchewan, Alberta, the Northwest Territories and Northwestern Ontario.

The Act gives the FFMC the exclusive right to trade and market fish produced within its mandated region on an interprovincial and export basis. While fishers may sell freshwater fish directly to consumers within the province or territory in which they are licensed to fish, they cannot sell the fish to anyone other than the FFMC for resale, unless authorized under licences issued by the FFMC.

The Corporation:

• purchases all fish offered for sale;
• creates an orderly market;
• promotes international markets;
• increases fish trade; and 
• increases returns to fishers.

The FFMC must purchase all legally caught fish offered for sale by licensed fishers, subject to price, terms and conditions of purchase (including quality provisions).

DISCLAIMER
Information contained in this section is of a general nature only and is not intended to constitute advice for any specific fact situation. For particular questions, the users are invited to contact their lawyer. For additional information, see contact(s) listed below.

Manitoba Contact(s):
See National Contact.

National Contact(s):
Ms. Sandi Cain
Executive Assistant
Freshwater Fish Marketing Corporation
1199 Plessis Road
Winnipeg, Manitoba  R2C 3L4
Telephone: 204-983-6601
Fax: 204-983-6497
E-mail: sandi.cain@freshwaterfish.com
Web site: http://www.freshwaterfish.com/english.htm
Hours of operation: 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. CT, Monday to Friday