Canadian House of Commons Standing Committee on Fisheries and Oceans explained

The House of Commons Standing Committee on Fisheries and Oceans (FOPO) is a standing committee of the House of Commons of Canada, founded in the 35th Parliament.

Mandate

• The mandate and management of Department of Fisheries and Oceans and its subsidiary agencies:
  • The Freshwater Fish Marketing Corporation
  • The Atlantic Fisheries Licence Appeal Board
  • The Pacific Region Licence Appeal Board
• Closed Containment Salmon Aquaculture
• Snow Crab Industry in Atlantic Canada and Quebec

Membership

Party		Member	District	Liberal	Bernadette Jordan, Chair	South Shore-St. Margarets, NS	Liberal		Miramichi—Grand Lake, NB	Liberal		Fleetwood—Port Kells, BC	Liberal		Bonavista-Burin-Trinity, NL	Liberal		Avalon, NL	Liberal		Egmont, PE	Conservative	Larry Miller,	Bruce-Grey-Owen Sound, ON	Conservative		North Okanagan—Shuswap, BC	Conservative	Todd Doherty, Vice-Chair	Cariboo—Prince George, BC	New Democratic	Fin Donnelly, Vice-Chair	New Westminster—Coquitlam, BC

Subcommittees

• Subcommittee on Agenda and Procedure (SFOP)

References

Standing Committee on Fisheries and Oceans (FOPO)