BAPAP
Who are we?
The mission of the Bureau is to develop and implement a regime for the recognition of the professional competence of fishermen and fishermen’s helpers in tidal waters. As such, it:
The mission of the Bureau is to develop and implement a regime for the recognition of the professional competence of fishermen and fishermen’s helpers in tidal waters. As such, it:
The mission of the Bureau is to develop and implement a regime for the recognition of the professional competence of fishermen and fishermen’s helpers in tidal waters. As such, it:
- 1
it issues certificates attesting to the ability of applicants to work as fishermen or fishermen’s helpers according to the requirements of the commercial fishery.
- 2
advising the Minister on any matter relating to the occupational competence of fishers and fisher’s helpers.
- The BAPAP Act was passed on June 19, 1999, and amended by the National Assembly on June 15, 2006. This law established BAPAP as a legal entity. It also specified its mission and powers and defined the composition and operation of its Board of Directors.
- BAPAP’s administrative offices are located in Grande-Rivière, in the Gaspé Peninsula, in premises rented from the École des pêches et de l’aquaculture du Québec.
- Under the supervision of the Board of Directors, a permanent employee (Olivier Nolleau) is in charge of the general management and sees to the follow-up of the administrative and financial files. A permanent employee (Marie-Pier Vallée) is in charge of the data entry.
BAPAP Team
Marie-Pier Collin
Data Entry Assistant
Tiffany Hutt
Data Entry Assistant English sector
Board of Directors
Under the Constituent Act as amended in 2006, the Board of Directors of BAPAP is composed of up to 7 members as follows
Five members appointed by the most representative associations, throughout the territory, of the following groups and distributed as follows:
Under the Constituent Act as amended in 2006, the Board of Directors of BAPAP is composed of up to 7 members as follows
Five members appointed by the most representative associations, throughout the territory, of the following groups and distributed as follows:
Two mid-shore fishermen:
Marcel Cormier
Îles-De-La-Madeleine
Line Arseneault
Haute et Moyenne Côte-Nord
Two inshore fishers:
O’Neil Cloutier
Gaspésie (Président)
Mario Deraspe
Îles-De-La-Madeleine
A fisherman’s helper:
Jean-Sébastien Dufresne
Gaspésie
One member appointed by the Minister from among the employees of the government or its agencies, or from among persons appointed by a Minister or the government to a department of the government, or any of its agencies.
Vacant
One member nominated by all regional fishermen’s associations who are not members of the associations referred to in the previous paragraph.
