Abegweit First Nation l Abegweit First Nation

$110,000.00 CAD

≈ 17 months of average Canadian pay

Department: Fisheries and Oceans Canada
Program: Aboriginal Fisheries Strategy - Negotiation and Implementation of Fisheries Agreements
Recipient country: Canada
Fiscal year: 2019-2020
Agreement period: April 1, 2019 – March 31, 2022
Reference: dfo-mpo:086-2021-2022-Q1-00080

Published purpose

This program is an integral component of the Aboriginal Fisheries Strategy (AFS) to facilitate the voluntary retirement of commercial licences and the issuance of licences to eligible Aboriginal groups in a manner that does not add to the existing fishing effort, thereby providing Aboriginal groups with employment and income.

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