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Competition # : 49442
Department: Fisheries and Aquaculture
Location:
HALIFAX
Type of Employment: Permanent
Union Status: NSGEU - NSPG
Closing Date: 03-Aug-26 (Applications are accepted until 11:59 PM Atlantic Time)
About Us
The Nova Scotia Department of Fisheries and Aquaculture has a legislated mandate to manage, promote, support, and develop the fishing, aquaculture, and seafood buying and processing industries that contribute to the economic, environmental and social prosperity of Nova Scotia’s coastal and rural communities. We work to promote Nova Scotia as Canada’s premier fish and seafood province.
About Our Opportunity
As a Fisheries Inspector (Intelligence), you will play a key role in the Province's intelligence-led compliance and enforcement program. Reporting to the Fisheries Compliance and Enforcement Supervisor, you will collect, analyze, and disseminate intelligence to support investigations, inspections, audits, and enforcement initiatives across Nova Scotia's fisheries sector.
This position combines intelligence analysis, regulatory compliance, investigations, records auditing, and enforcement activities. You will work closely with Fisheries Inspectors and a wide range of provincial, federal, and law enforcement partners to identify emerging risks, uncover organized illegal activity, and support strategic enforcement priorities.
The Fisheries Inspector (Intelligence) holds the necessary appointments (e.g., Inspector, Special Constable).
Primary Accountabilities
As the Fisheries Inspector (Intelligence), you will:
Collect, evaluate, analyze, and disseminate tactical, operational, and strategic intelligence related to fisheries, aquaculture, marine plants, seafood processing, fish buying and selling, and associated supply chains.
Develop intelligence products, risk assessments, compliance profiles, trend analyses, offender profiles, and investigative reports.
Identify emerging compliance risks, organized illegal activity, repeat offenders, and vulnerabilities within the fisheries sector.
Conduct inspections and investigations involving fish buyers and processors, marine plant harvesters, aquaculture operations, and recreational fisheries.
Conduct surveillance activities, target profiling, intelligence gathering, and evidence collection.
Perform records audits and compliance examinations involving harvesting, purchasing, processing, inventory, transportation, licensing, financial, and taxation records.
Identify indicators of illegal commercialization, under-reporting, fraudulent records, product laundering, and other regulatory violations.
Prepare occurrence reports, court documents, Crown briefs, legal information packages, and other enforcement-related documentation.
Assist Crown Counsel and provide testimony during court and administrative proceedings.
Develop and maintain intelligence-sharing relationships with federal, provincial, municipal, and international enforcement partners.
Contribute to the development of operational procedures, enforcement strategies, intelligence products, and risk-based compliance programs.
Qualifications and Experience
High school plus formal technical training in law enforcement and intelligence gathering and analysis plus 7 years of commercial fisheries-related compliance and enforcement experience such as conducting inspections, investigations, analyzing evidence, laying charges and supporting legal proceedings.
Collecting, synthesizing, analyzing, and producing evidence including statements and testimonies.
Demonstrated analytical and self-directed ability in fisheries related areas such as intelligence gathering, regulatory compliance, and enforcement principles.
Adept in case management including evaluating complex records and producing actionable intelligence as it pertains to commercial fisheries enforcement.
You must be able to demonstrate you can work both independently and as a member of a compliance and enforcement team, exhibiting collaborative behaviors.
Ability to exercise professional discretion and manage competing interests.
Strong communication skills are essential for building and sustaining a diverse…
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