Fisheries and Oceans Canada, Canadian Coast Guard | Pêches et Océans Canada, Garde Côtière Canadienne
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Cadet Officers Duties

Duties include:

  • providing ice breaking services
  • monitoring boater distress signals
  • coordinating and delivering Search and Rescue services
  • assisting the thousands of vessels involved in commercial shipping, fishing and recreational boating
  • conducting research and science work
  • attending to marine environmental concerns
  • maintaining Navigation Aids (buoys, beacons, channel markers)