Fisheries and Oceans Canada

Public Administration & Local Government · Fisheries

Overview

Fisheries and Oceans Canada is the federal department responsible for managing fisheries, protecting fish habitat and ensuring safe waterways. It employs stock assessment scientists and technicians, conservation and protection officers, and field supervisors across the country. The department was created in 1979 and is headquartered in Ottawa, Canada.

Salary insights

Compensation ranges based on this company's open jobs
Median
$53k
Typical range
$48k – $59k
Open positions
3
2 Jobs
Middle 100%
Level Jobs Median Typical range
Middle 2 $56k $53k – $59k
Highest paying role Stock Assessment Technician III - Inventory $59k
Normalized to USD per year

Growth

Hiring Momentum
34/100
Slowing
Open positions
3
0 opened / 0 closed in 30 days
Median time-to-fill
3 days
faster than 93% of the market
Hiring Focus
The percentage next to each role is its share of the company's job openings over the last 90 days; the arrow shows the shift versus the previous period.
Administrative
40% ▲
Industrial Engineering
40% ▲
Field & Service
20% ▲

Tech stack

Technologies named in job postings at Fisheries and Oceans Canada over the last 12 months, by layer, with the share of postings for each.
Technologies in use
2
Postings analysed
4
Stack modernity
43/100
Languages
PHP
Developer tools
Microsoft Excel
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News

News YahooFinance 2 years ago
Fisheries and Oceans Canada: Recover Capelin and Northern Cod by Pausing the Commercial Capelin Fishery
HALIFAX, Nova Scotia, April 04, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Mi'kma'ki, traditional, unceded territory of the Mi'kmaq People -- Today, Fisheries and Oceans Canada (DFO) met with representatives from the fishing industry, Indigenous rights holders, scientists
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Offices

Where the company hires and what each office is for
Cities
3
Hiring now
2
Countries
1
Busiest office
Yellowknife
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Ottawa Canada
HQ
Yellowknife Canada
1 open roles 1 posted in 90 days $74k Avg Salary
hires for Industrial Engineering
seen since Nov 2026 job postings
Inuvik Canada
1 open roles 1 posted in 90 days $68k Avg Salary
hires for Industrial Engineering
seen since Nov 2026 job postings