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
![oliviernolleau](https://bapap.qc.ca/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/oliviernolleau.jpg)
Olivier Nolleau
Director General
![mariepier-2](https://bapap.qc.ca/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/mariepier-2.jpg)
Marie-Pier Collin
Data Entry Assistant
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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:
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Marcel Cormier
Îles-De-La-Madeleine
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Line Arseneault
Haute et Moyenne Côte-Nord
Two inshore fishers:
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O’Neil Cloutier
Gaspésie (Président)
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Mario Deraspe
Îles-De-La-Madeleine
A fisherman’s helper:
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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.
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Vacant
One member nominated by all regional fishermen’s associations who are not members of the associations referred to in the previous paragraph.
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