(a) the supervision, control and direction of all matters within the legislative authority of the province relating to the promotion, development, encouragement, protection, direction, conservation and regulation of the fisheries of the province and of aquaculture as defined in the Aquaculture Act, including all matters relating
(i) to the conduct, direction or assistance of, or other participation in, research, investigation, exploration, experimentation or demonstration with respect to matters concerning the fisheries or the products of the fisheries, where the minister is satisfied that the results of the research, investigation, exploration, experimentation or demonstration will be of a value to the province so as to justify the undertaking of it,
(ii) to the investigation of existing and potential markets and marketing methods for products of the fisheries and, where necessary, the undertaking of research and promotion to enlarge, improve and increase the markets available to those products,
(iii) to the implementation of all programs and projects approved by the government for the purposes of the utilization of the fisheries of the province, or assistance to fishers and processors, and for the recommendation of those programs and projects,
(iv) to the processing of fishery products from the source of them to their final consumer form,
(v) to assistance, with
(A) financial aid, subject to the approval of the Lieutenant-Governor in Council and to those terms and conditions that the Lieutenant-Governor in Council may approve, and
(B) other aid,
in the
(C) provision of education and training in the fisheries or an undertaking arising out of the fishery or connected with the fisheries, or
(D) establishment of processing plants and in the acquisition of vessels, equipment and installations that will contribute to the development of the fisheries, and
(vi) the administration, subject to the Public Service Rearrangements and Transfers of Duties Act, of the Acts set out in the Schedule and of all orders and regulations passed or made under those Acts and of those other Acts, orders and regulations that are designated by the Lieutenant-Governor in Council,
which are not by law or by order of the Lieutenant-Governor in Council assigned to another minister or department of the government;
(b) liaison and co-operation with
(i) the Government of Canada or a department, agency or body under the jurisdiction of that government,
(ii) the government of a province or a department, agency or body under the jurisdiction of the government of a province, or under the jurisdiction of the government of this province, or
(iii) a corporation or other body or person
that may be necessary or desirable for carrying out the purpose of this Act;
(c) the undertaking, promotion or recommendation of measures for the control and direction of matters referred to in this section;
(d) the collection, compilation, analyzing and recording of statistical and other information relating to the fishing industry including the catching, buying, selling, producing, processing, exporting, marketing, operational costs, labour costs and pricing of fish and fish products and other information relating to the fishing industry;
(e) the institution and direction of research in relation to matters referred to in this section that may be useful;
(f) the analysis and evaluation of agreements and contracts connected with the fishing industry, markets and marketing methods for fish and fish products and federal, provincial, or joint federal-provincial policies or programs for the fishing industry;
(g) the making available by publication or otherwise information, statistics, reports, records, pamphlets, bulletins and circulars on matters relating to the fishing industry and the exchange of information with a department or body representing the fishing industry of Canada or of another province or of another state or country of matters referred to in this section;
(h) the study of, reporting on and advising upon the administration of matters referred to in this section;
(i) the consideration of and reporting upon a recommendation for a change in the laws of the province relating to matters referred to in this section that is presented or made by an organization or person;
(j) the making of inquiries into and reports upon legislation respecting matters referred to in this section in force in Canada and throughout the world and, on the basis of those inquiries and reports, making those recommendations that may be considered advisable with regard to the laws of the province;
(k) the doing of other things or the exercise of other powers that are necessary or desirable for carrying out the purpose of this Act; and
(l) the exercise and discharge of other powers, functions and duties that the Lieutenant-Governor in Council assigns to the minister.