Lobbying organisation

Fisheries Council of Canada

65 meetings with public office holders, May 7, 2025 to Jul 23, 2026.

379 meetings on record since 2016, their first on record.

Meetings over time

  • May 2025: 2 meetings, with Niall O'Dea, Adam Burns, Doug Wentzell
  • Jun 2025: 16 meetings, with Weldon Epp, Niall O'Dea, Joanne Garrah, Mel Arnold, Adam Chambers
  • Jul 2025: 2 meetings, with Ernie Klassen, Joshua Lindner, Michael Ferguson, Kevin McHarg, Joanne Garrah
  • Aug 2025: 0 meetings
  • Sep 2025: 1 meeting, with Morgan McCullough
  • Oct 2025: 5 meetings, with Mel Arnold, Chris d'Entremont, Gabriel Hardy, Aaron Gunn, Ernie Klassen
  • Nov 2025: 3 meetings, with Morgan McCullough, Niall O'Dea, Adam Burns, Jennifer Saxe, Joanne Garrah
  • Dec 2025: 8 meetings, with Kevin McHarg, Lawrence Hanson, Chris Moran, Heath MacDonald, Sarah Manney
  • Jan 2026: 7 meetings, with Jeremy Keats, Serena Smith, Elizabeth Arsenault, Kevin McHarg, Paul MacKinnon
  • Feb 2026: 0 meetings
  • Mar 2026: 4 meetings, with Heath MacDonald, Serena Smith, Guy Gallant, Joanne Thompson, Neil Macisaac
  • Apr 2026: 8 meetings, with Niall O'Dea, Jennifer Saxe, Chris Moran, Tom Rosser, Anita Anand
  • May 2026: 5 meetings, with Paul MacKinnon, Neil Macisaac, Elizabeth Arsenault, Niall O'Dea, Adam Burns
  • Jun 2026: 1 meeting, with Parthiban Muthukumarasamy
  • Jul 2026: 3 meetings, with Aaron Fowler, Kevin McHarg, Parthiban Muthukumarasamy
May 2025peak 16 in a monthJul 2026

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What they lobby about

The registry's own subject categories, chosen by the lobbyist on each filing. Each one opens its own page.

Who they met

Liberal7 met · 13 meetings
Conservative5 met · 7 meetings
Bloc1 met · 1 meeting
Not in Arena's member list27 met · 78 meetings
  • Kevin McHarg
  • Elizabeth Arsenault
  • Niall O'Dea
  • Adam Burns
  • Neil Macisaac
  • Joanne Garrah
  • Lawrence Hanson
  • Morgan McCullough
  • Aaron Fowler
  • Annette Gibbons
  • Chris Moran
  • Graham O'Brien
  • Guy Gallant
  • Jennifer Saxe
  • Joshua Lindner
  • Kaili Levesque
  • Michael Ferguson
  • Michelle Cooper
  • Parthiban Muthukumarasamy
  • Paul MacKinnon
  • Serena Smith
  • Tom Rosser
  • Aaron Wudrick
  • Alex Kondakov
  • Charles-Olivier Dube
  • David Angell
  • Doug Wentzell

The 40 most-met of 64 people named in these filings.

Fisheries and Oceans Canada (DFO) (60) · House of Commons (20) · Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada (AAFC) (18) · Global Affairs Canada (GAC) (11) · Finance Canada (FIN) (4) · Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) (4)

In their own words

  • Advocate for balancing marine conservation with sustainable use as the Government of Canada works towards its marine conservation targets. Participate in regulatory consultations under Oceans Act, National Marine Conservation Areas Act, and Fisheries Act.
  • Advocate for stability of access and allocation shares as the Government fulfills its Indigenous relations obligations and works to increase Indigenous participation in fisheries. Participate in regulatory consultations under the Fisheries Act.
  • Advocate for food security, science and innovation, and the healthy benefits of fish and seafood for the Canadian public.

Meetings from the Commissioner of Lobbying of Canada. Canada does not require lobbyists to disclose what they spend, so there is no lobbying budget to report here — only the meetings they filed.