Canada's Catch Certification Program

Canada's Catch Certification Program (CCP) was created in response to the European Union's Illegal, Unreported, and Unregulated (IUU) fishing regulation implemented January 1, 2010. It requires that fish exports to the EU are accompanied by a catch certificate issued by the competent authority in the country of origin.

Fisheries and Oceans Canada is the competent authority that is solely responsible for the administration of Canada’s Catch Certification Program. Since the establishment of the Program in December 2009, it is now also issuing export permits and responding to other international catch certification requirements, as they arise. The Program consists of the following elements:

1a. Catch Certification Program: Operations Centre (CCP: OC)

• Responsible for the issuance of catch certificates and relevant export permits
• Provides client services to Canadian exporters

1b. Catch Certification Program: Integration and Planning Bureau (CCP: IPB)

• Responsible for Program coordination, reporting, development and integration
• Acts as single liaison bureau with European Union officials and national-level stakeholders

2. Fisheries Certificate System (FCS)

• A web-based system for industry applications and DFO validation / issuance of catch certificates

3. Catch Certification Audit Office (CCAO)

• Responsible for post-issuance audits of catch certificates
• Ensures that information provided by clients at the time of application is true, accurate and complete

Fisheries Certificate System - News

• FCS Update on February 27, 2013 – FCS will not be operational from approximately 3:00 pm AST to 4:00 pm AST. Please be sure to complete any urgent certificates prior to this time to ensure there are no delays.
• FCS Test Site

Hours of Operation

Telephone, Email, Fisheries Certificate System All Certificates
Monday - Friday: 8:00 - 18:00 AST
Saturday - Sunday: 8:00 - 16:00 AST

Urgent Certificates
Monday - Friday: 8:00 - 22:00 AST
Saturday - Sunday: 8:00 - 16:00 AST

Telephone toll-free in North America: 1-888-641-6464
Phone: (902) 775-7103
Fax: (902) 775-7100
Email: CCO-BCC_Info@dfo-mpo.gc.ca
Mail: Catch Certification Program: Operations Centre
P.O. Box 99
Tignish, PE: C0B 2B0

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If you would like to report a problem we have not yet identified please send an email to: CCO-BCC_Info@dfo-mpo.gc.ca