Report harmful impacts to fish and fish habitat

Works, undertakings, or activities in or near water can result in harmful impacts to fish and fish habitat and may also violate the Fisheries Act, the Aquatic Invasive Species Regulations, or the Species at Risk Act, including:

• the fish and fish habitat protection and pollution prevention provisions of the Fisheries Act, by:
  • impeding the free passage of fish or the protection of fish and fish habitat
  • killing fish, other than by fishing
  • harmfully altering, disrupting or destroying fish habitat
  • depositing a harmful substance in waterbodies frequented by fish
• the prohibitions provisions of the Aquatic Invasive Species Regulations, by:
  • importing, possessing, transporting or releasing aquatic invasive species
  • introducing non-indigenous aquatic species
• the prohibition provisions of the Species at Risk Act, by:
  • killing, harming, harassing, capturing or taking an individual of an aquatic species at risk
  • damaging or destroying the residence of an aquatic species at risk
  • destroying any part of the critical habitat of an aquatic species at risk

Report a potential violation of the Fisheries Act, the Aquatic Invasive Species Regulations or the Species at Risk Act using the below contacts. Find more details on these laws and regulations.