Program directory · Fisheries and Oceans Canada

Biotechnology and Genomics

Department

Fisheries and Oceans Canada

Program code

BTF09 (FO)

Core responsibility

Fisheries

In Departmental Plans

2018-19 – 2026-27 · New since an earlier plan

What it does

Genomics can provide leading-edge techniques and strategies for the sustainable development and conservation of aquatic resources. The Department's use of genomics tools and technologies improves Canada's ability to discriminate fish and marine mammal stocks and populations to improve fisheries management and protect species at risk, prosecute poachers, improve aquaculture practices, assess and manage aquatic animal health, detect aquatic invasive species for rapid management responses, understand responses and adaptation of aquatic species to stressors such as climate change, improve the effectiveness of salmon enhancement programs, characterize biodiversity, understand population structure and connectivity to help define marine protected areas, develop bioremediation tools for oil and gas spills, and remediate contaminated sites. The Department is also responsible for developing the knowledge that is required for the regulation and risk assessment of fish products of biotechnology.

Source: the department's Program Inventory, via GC InfoBase.

History and lineage

First appears in GC InfoBase's actual spending by program in 2018-19. The data does not record when a program was created; it may be older than its first appearance here, which is limited by the sources (program spending starts in 2010-11, Departmental Plans in 2018-19).

No earlier or later program in the same department has a similar name.

Significant changes in scope and budget

Success criteria

The program's indicators from its department's Departmental Results Framework: the target set in each year's plan, and the result reported the following year. Source: GC InfoBase.

Spending and employees: planned against actual

Spending

Employees (FTEs)

Planned spending, plan by plan

Each row is one year's Departmental Plan and its forecast for the next three fiscal years; read a column down to see how the forecast for one year changed. The last row is what was actually spent. Click an amount for its source. Biggest changes in federal spending plans

Actual spending is from Departmental Results Reports and the Public Accounts, as published in GC InfoBase. FTEs are full-time equivalents.