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Nova Scotia Sportfish Habitat Fund
The Nova Scotia Sportfish Habitat Fund was established in 2005 in response to a request by organized angling groups to provide financial support to volunteers working on the protection of fish habitat and improvement of public access to the sportfishing resource. The $5.91 Habitat Fund fee added to General and Salmon licenses provides funding to community groups involved in habitat restoration projects.
Offered by Department of Fisheries and Aquaculture
Amount
Cost-shared: funding is not normally to exceed 50% of total project cost.
Quick eligibility check
Years in business
No minimum stated
Employees
No limit stated
Revenue
No limit stated
Legal structure
No requirement stated
Location
Nova Scotia
Who can apply
- Community groups involved in habitat restoration projects
- Volunteers working on the protection of fish habitat and improvement of public access to the sportfishing resource
About the funding
The Fund will finance eligible projects on a cost shared basis, not normally to exceed 50% of total
project cost.
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