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Records relating to marine resources
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1907-1979 (Creation)
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- British Columbia. Marine Resources Branch
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5.48 m of textual records
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The series contains records of the Dept. of Fisheries (1907-1957), the Commercial Fisheries Branch (1957-1973), and the Marine Resources Branch (1973-1979). These records relate to commercial fisheries, the regulation, development and conservation of marine resources, and the administration of the B.C. Fisheries Act. Included are orders-in-council, copies of correspondence of the Minister and Deputy Minister of the Dept. of Recreation and Conservation and of the Assistant Commissioner of Fisheries, central subject files of the Branch, oyster licence and permit records, annual returns of salmon canning plants and sport-caught fish canneries, a licence receipt book, files relating to motor vessels operated by the Branch, and biological research materials. The subject files contain correspondence relating to the Canadian Council of Resource and Environment Ministers, Federal-Provincial B.C. Fisheries Committee, Strait of Georgia Task Force, the Fishermen Loan Board, the Fisheries Association of British Columbia, the United Fishermen and Allied Workers' Union and the International North Pacific Fisheries Committee.
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Transferred by the Marine Resources Branch, 1981.
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These records are subject to the Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act or other acts and access may be restricted. Please contact the BC Archives to determine the access status of these records.
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Accession number(s): G81-108
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- British Columbia. Commercial Fisheries Branch (Subject)
- British Columbia. Dept. of Recreation and Conservation (Subject)
- Canadian Council of Resource and Environment Ministers (Subject)
- International North Pacific Fisheries Commission (Subject)
- United Fishermen and Allied Workers' Union (Subject)
- Canada. Department of Marine and Fisheries (Subject)
- British Columbia. Provincial Dept. of Fisheries (Subject)
- British Columbia. Marine Resources Branch (Subject)