habitat fishery officer [ habitat fishery officers ]

Key actions include: optimising the use of available measures under the reformed CAP, notably to prevent intensification or abandonment of high–nature–value farmland, woodland and forest and supporting their restoration; implementing the forthcoming Forest Action Plan including measures to prevent and combat forest fires; optimising the use of available measures under the reformed CFP, notably to restore fish stocks, reduce impacts on non–target species and reduce damages to marine habitats; and advancing implementation of key environmental framework directives and thematic strategies which reduce pressures on biodiversity, notably by ...[+++] improving the quality of freshwater, of the marine environment and of soils, and by reducing diffuse pollutant pressures (e.g. airborne acidifying and eutrophicating substances, nitrates from farm sources, pesticides).

(45) It is vital for the Union that a sustainable balance be achieved between fresh water resources and their exploitation, in view of the fact that river basins, estuaries and coastal lagoons are privileged breeding habitats and act as hatcheries for many species of juvenile fish, having due regard to environmental impact while ensuring that these sectors retain economic viability, appropriate provisions should support inland fishing.

[Translation] In the Prairies, in Ontario and in British Columbia, there will be a reduction of up to 80 positions, in the number of fisheries officers assigned to protecting fish habitat.

C. whereas low water levels in river reservoirs and streams may also affect the fishing industry,