Fisheries Department Name Changes | Memorial University Libraries

Department of Fisheries and Oceans Name Changes

1867 - 1884	Marine and Fisheries - Fisheries Branch
1884 - 1892	Department of Fisheries
1892 - 1914	Marine and Fisheries - Fisheries Branch
1914 - 1920	Naval Services - Fisheries Branch
1920 - 1930	Marine and Fisheries - Fisheries Branch
1930 - 1969	Department of Fisheries
1969 - 1971	Department of Fisheries and Forestry
1971 - 1976	Environment - Fisheries and Marine Service
1976 - 1979	Fisheries and the Environment - Fisheries and Marine Service
1979 -	Fisheries and Oceans

May 24, 1893	Department of Fisheries
July 1, 1898	Department of Marine and Fisheries
Apr. 30, 1932	Department of Lands and Fisheries
July 7, 1933	Department of Marine and Fisheries
Nov. 29, 1934	Department of Natural Resources
July 28, 1949	Department of Fisheries and Co- operatives
May 28, 1957	Department of Fisheries
Aug. 26, 1994	Department of Fisheries, Food and Agriculture
March 1996	Department of Fisheries and Aquaculture
August 2016	Department of Fisheries, Forestry and Agrifoods
February 2017	Department of Fisheries and Land Resources
August 2020	Department of Fisheries, Forestry and Agriculture