Shellfish
Shellfish AMAC
Fisheries and Oceans Canada Aquaculture Management Advisory Committee Website
Within B.C., aquaculture activities are regulated by DFO. As part of this process, DFO has established an Aquaculture Management Advisory Committee (AMAC) for Finfish and an AMAC for Shellfish. The objective of the meetings is to bring together a range of interests related to aquaculture in order to discuss and provide advice to DFO regarding aquaculture management in British Columbia. First Nations have been allocated 7 seats at the AMAC table.
Meeting summaries and background documents are below.
Shellfish AMAC - May 14, 2025
Courtenay, British Columbia
Presentations
SF AMAC Terms of Reference Review
Science Invertebrate Connectivity Overview
Science Invertebrate Connectivity Modeling
Shellfish AMAC - May 30, 2024
Courtenay, British Columbia
Presentations
Shellfish AMAC - November, 2024
Courtenay, British Columbia
SF AMAC - Summary of Contemplated Changes to 2025 Shellfish Conditions of Licence
SF AMAC - Presentations
Shellfish AMAC - October, 2023
Courtenay, British Columbia
SF AMAC - Recommendations & Response Log
SF AMAC - Presentation
Harmonized Application and Guidebook Updates for Shellfish, Aquatic Plant and Co-Culture
Shellfish Aquaculture 2025 Licence Reissuance and Review and Update of Conditions of Licence
Shellfish AMAC - April, 2023
Courtenay, British Columbia
SF AMAC - Recommendations & Response Log
SF AMAC - Presentation
BC Shellfish Growers Association
Shellfish AMAC - April, 2022
Courtenay, British Columbia
SF AMAC - Recommendations & Response Log
SF AMAC - Presentation
SF AMAC - Intro & Transfers Infographics
SF AMAC - Fisheries Closure Extension
SF AMAC - CSSP Sub Committee Recommendations
Shellfish AMAC - November, 2021
Courtenay, British Columbia
SF AMAC - Recommendations & Response Log
SF AMAC - DFO-BC Org Charts
DFO Aquaculture Management Division
SF AMAC - PAR Infographics
DFO-21 Foam Floatation Infographic
DFO-21 Gear Marking Infographic
DFO-21 Seafloor Cleanup Infographic
SF AMAC - Area Based Management
Shellfish AMAC - April 14, 2021
Courtenay, British Columbia
SF AMAC - Recommendations & Response Log
SF AMAC - Conditions of Licence
2021 Shellfish Aquaculture Licence
2021 Shellfish Condition of Licence Summary Table Update
Fishery Notice 0347 - New 2021 SF Licence
SF AMAC - CoL Record Keeping
Shellfish AMAC - November 13-14, 2019
Courtenay, British Columbia
SF AMAC - Meeting Notes April 30th 2019
SF AMAC - Recommendation & Responses Log
SF AMAC - Summary on Key DFO Initiatives
Shellfish AMAC - April 30, 2019
Courtenay, British Columbia
SF AMAC - October 4 2018 Meeting Notes
SF AMAC - Framework for Aquaculture Risk Management “Precautionary Approach”
SF AMAC - Federal Aquaculture Act
SF AMAC - DFO Shellfish Aquaculture Research Update Dr. Chris Pearce
SF AMAC - Seabed Attributes and Meiofaunal Abundance in Baynes Sound
Shellfish AMAC - October 4, 2018
Courtenay, British Columbia
SF - April 26 2018 Meeting Notes
SF - Recommendations and Response Log
SF - Baynes Sound / Lambert Channel Ecosystem Report Forum 2018
Shellfish AMAC - April 26, 2018
Courtenay, British Columbia
SF - November 2017 Summary Notes
SF - Recommendations and Response Log
SF - AMAC Terms of Reference Final
DFO Overview of Fisheries Act Amendments
Canadian Navigable Waters Act - Amendments
DFO Oceans Protection Plan - National Strategy for Abandoned & Derelict Vessels
Removing an Abandoned Vessel Infographic
Transport Canada - Preventing Marine Pollution
SF - AMAC Working Group on Environmental Performance Terms of Reference
Shellfish AMAC - November 2, 2017
Courtenay, British Columbia
SF - January 2017 Summary Notes
SF - Recommendations and Response Log
SF - Aquaculture Act Engagement
SF - Regulatory Reform Fishery Regulations
DFO Conservation & Protection Aquaculture Update
Shellfish Aquaculture Debris Strategy Presentation
DFO Shellfish Aquaculture Debris Strategy
Shellfish AMAC - January 25, 2017
Courtenay, British Columbia
SF - Summary Notes from March 12, 2015
SF - Recommendation & Response Log
SF - Update on the Canadian Shellfish Sanitation Program (CSSP)
SF - DFO's Aquaculture Legislative Regulatory and Development Strategy Update
SF - Overview of DFO research related to aquaculture in Pacific Region
SF - Integrated Management Aquaculture Plan (IMAP) Draft 2016