The Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food (French: Ministre de l'Agriculture, des Pêcheries et de l'Alimentation) is a government department in the

Canadian province Within the geographical areas of Canada, the ten provinces and three territories are sub-national administrative divisions under the jurisdiction of the Canadian Constitution. In the 1867 Canadian Confederation, three provinces of British North ...

Quebec Quebec ( ; )According to the Canadian government, ''Québec'' (with the acute accent) is the official name in Canadian French and ''Quebec'' (without the accent) is the province's official name in Canadian English is one of the thirtee ...

. The ministry operates several programs in animal and vegetable production, fishing and commercial

aquaculture Aquaculture (less commonly spelled aquiculture), also known as aquafarming, is the controlled cultivation ("farming") of aquatic organisms such as fish, crustaceans, mollusks, algae and other organisms of value such as aquatic plants (e.g. lot ...

, food processing and distribution, and storage and retail. The ministry is overseen by the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food. The current Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food is

André Lamontagne André Lamontagne is a Canadian politician in Quebec, who was elected to the National Assembly of Quebec in the 2014 election. He represents the electoral district of Johnson as a member of the Coalition Avenir Québec. He is the current Minist ...

, in his second term holding this position.

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Ministre de l'Agriculture, des Pêcheries et de l'Alimentation
(in French) Quebec government departments and agencies

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