In accordance with the Access to Information Act, the Department's libraries been designated as public reading rooms.They are the main repositories for publications, reports and studies pertinent to the management of the fisheries and oceans of Canada. They are information resource centres where access forms are available and assistance can be obtained to ascertain if the information requested is already available in the public domain and does not require formal access procedures. The addresses of departmental regional libraries are:

Central and Arctic Region
The Eric Marshall Aquatic Research Library
Freshwater Institute
501 University Crescent
Winnipeg, Manitoba

Telephone: 204-983-5170
Facsimile: 204-984-4668

Headquarters Region
Library Policy and Services
200 Kent, 7^th Floor
Ottawa, Ontario

Telephone: 613-993-2950
Facsimile: 613-990-4901

Quebec Region
Maurice Lamontagne Institute Library
850 Route de la Mer
P. O. Box 1000
Mont‑Joli, Quebec

Telephone: 418-775-0551
Facsimile: 418-775-0538
Internet for CHS: www.qc.dfo-mpo.gc.ca/iml/en/sciences/hydrographique.htm

Maritimes Region
Maritimes Region Library
Bedford Institute of Oceanography
P. O. Box 1006
Dartmouth, Nova Scotia

Telephone: 902-426-3683
Facsimile: 902-496-1544 or 426-7827

Coast Guard College Library
P. O. Box 4500
Sydney, Nova Scotia

Telephone: 902-564-3660
Facsimile: 902-564-3672

Maritimes Region Biological Station Library
Brandy Cove Road
St. Andrews, New Brunswick

Telephone: 506-529-8854 ext. 5909
Facsimile: 506-529-5862

Gulf Region
Gulf Fisheries Centre Library
343 Université Avenue
P. O. Box 5030
Moncton, New Brunswick

Telephone: 506-851-6264
Facsimile: 506-851-2766

Newfoundland and Labrador Region
Regional Library
Northwest Atlantic Fisheries Centre
P. O. Box 5667
St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador

Telephone: 709-772-2022
Facsimile: 709-772-2575

Pacific Region
Pacific Biological Station Library
3190 Hammond Bay Road
Nanaimo, British Columbia

Telephone: 250-756-7071
Facsimile: 250-756-7053
E-mail: paclibrarypbs@pac.dfo-mpo.gc.ca

Institute of Ocean Sciences Library
9860 West Saanich Road
P. O. Box 6000
Sidney, British Columbia

Telephone: 250-363-6392
Facsimile: 250-363-6749
E-mail: paclibraryios@pac.dfo-mpo.gc.ca

Pacific Region Library
401 Burrard Street, 16th Floor
Vancouver, British Columbia

Telephone: 604-666-3851
Facsimile: 604-666-3145
E-mail:paclibrary@pac.dfo-mpo.gc.ca