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Fisheries and Oceans Canada advises that the Herring fishery in St. Mary's Bay, Herring Fishing Area 09 and Placentia Bay, Herring Fishing Area 10 for mobile gear vessels greater than and less than 55 feet in length, will close at 1800 hours on January 27, 2022. 

The Regional Director General, Fisheries and Oceans Canada, Newfoundland and Labrador Region gives notice that Variation Order 2022-002 has been revoked and Variation Order 2022-004 comes into effect at 1800 hours on January 27, 2022.

"Notices to Fish Harvesters" for all commercial fisheries are now available online at the Fishery Notices link on the DFO NL Region webpage at Newfoundland and Labrador Region

If you would like to have all "Notices to Fish Harvesters" for commercial fisheries sent directly to you by email please contact: beverly.piccott@dfo-mpo.gc.ca
 

DFO wishes to remind anglers of the importance of completing and returning their salmon fishing log for the 2021 season.  

For your convenience you can either mail in your completed log as you did in previous years or you can submit it electronically at Anglers' Guide 2023-2024 - Annexes - Annex 10 - Salmon Angling Log by filling out the Salmon Angling Return Form. For further information you can email michelle.fitzsimmons@dfo-mpo.gc.ca

The angler logbook information is an important tool in the salmon assessment process, and your support is vital. If you did not fish, it is important that you return your log indicating this in the box provided. If you fished and had no catch please record your daily angling activity.

DFO wishes to advise Crab Harvesters that Area Selection Applications are available for the following inshore Crab Fishing Areas 5A, 6A, and 6B. Harvesters can obtain an application by contacting the area licencing center or detachment office by phone or e-mail. Applications can also be requested from the National Online Licencing System (NOLS).

Please note Area Selection Applications only need to be completed if you are looking to move areas.

If you do not fill out the form you will remain in the area you were licensed for in 2021. Applications must be received by close of business day on February 18, 2022.

Applications can be returned to the following address:

Fisheries and Oceans Canada
Client Services Centre- Eastern, Central and Labrador
Attn: Terri Healey
PO Box 5667
St. John's, NL A1C 5X1
E-mail: Terri.Healey@dfo-mpo.gc.ca
FAX # 709-772-5634

"Notices to Fish Harvesters" for all commercial fisheries are now available online under the Fishery Notices link on the DFO NL Region webpage at Newfoundland and Labrador Region

If you would like to have all "Notices to Fish Harvesters" for commercial fisheries sent directly to you by email please contact: beverly.piccott@dfo-mpo.gc.ca

DFO advises that the commercial Scallop fishery in Area 9 (Inner St. Mary's Bay) in NAFO Division 3L will open at 0600 hours Tuesday, January 25, 2022 for harvesters in the following Vessel Class: C4701.

Harvesters are reminded that information returns (logbooks) are a requirement for this fishery.

The Regional Director General, Fisheries and Oceans Canada, Newfoundland and Labrador Region gives notice that Variation Order 2021-305 has been revoked and Variation Order 2022-003 comes into effect on January 25, 2022.

“Notices to Fish Harvesters” for all commercial fisheries are now available online under the Fishery Notices link on the DFO NL Region webpage at Newfoundland and Labrador Region

If you would like to have all “Notices to Fish Harvesters” for commercial fisheries sent directly to you by email please contact: beverly.piccott@dfo-mpo.gc.ca

DFO advises that the herring purse seine fishery, for the greater than and less than 65’ mobile gear fleets in Herring Fishing Area 13 and 14, will close at 1800 hours on January 22, 2022.

The Regional Director General, Fisheries and Oceans Canada, Newfoundland and Labrador Region gives notice that Variation Order 2022-01 has been revoked and Variation Order 2022-002 comes into effect at 2000 hours on January 21, 2022.

“Notices to Fish Harvesters” for all commercial fisheries are available online under the Fishery Notices link on the DFO NL Region webpage at Newfoundland and Labrador Region

If you would like to have all “Notices to Fish Harvesters” for commercial fisheries sent directly to you by email please contact: beverly.piccott@dfo-mpo.gc.ca
 

Fisheries and Oceans Canada advises that the Herring fishery in St. Mary's Bay, Herring Fishing Area 09 and Placentia Bay, Herring Fishing Area 10 for mobile gear vessels greater than and less than 55 feet in length, will open at 0600 hours on January 24, 2022.

2022 licence document available in the National Online Licencing System will be required for fishing activity.

The Regional Director General, Fisheries and Oceans Canada, Newfoundland and Labrador Region gives notice that Variation Order 2021-296 has been revoked and Variation Order 2022-01 comes into effect on January 21, 2022.

"Notices to Fish Harvesters" for all commercial fisheries are now available online at the Fishery Notices link on the DFO NL Region webpage at Newfoundland and Labrador Region

If you would like to have all "Notices to Fish Harvesters" for commercial fisheries sent directly to you by email please contact: beverly.piccott@dfo-mpo.gc.ca

The following notice does not apply to inshore licence holders subject to the inshore regulations outlined in the Atlantic Fishery Regulations, Part III, nor does it apply to communal-commercial licence holders that do not hold any other classification of commercial licence.

Beginning January 31, 2022, a short online survey will be open for licence holders and vessel owners to complete to help Fisheries and Oceans Canada (DFO) gather information about who is benefitting from having access to commercial fishing across Canada.

The Beneficial Ownership Survey is mandatory for all:

• party-based licence holders in Pacific Region
• contact vessel owners for vessels that have been issued vessel-based licences in Pacific Region
• offshore, mid-shore, exempted fleet, and inshore Elver licence holders in Atlantic Canada, Quebec and Arctic Region

In Pacific Region, if an individual or enterprise:

1. holds one or more party-based licences and
2. is a contact vessel owners for one or more vessels that have been issued a vessel-based licence, they must fill in both survey formats

Is the contact vessel owner for more than one vessel that has been issued a licence, they may need to fill out the vessel-based survey more than once is those vessels have different corporate structures.

Note that communal-commercial licence holders issued under the Aboriginal Communal Fishing Licences Regulations (ACFLR) are exempt from the Survey, unless they also hold on the West coast a party-based licence or own vessels that have been issued vessel-based licences or on the East coast a mid-shore, offshore or exempted fleet licence. Atlantic inshore licence holders subject to inshore regulation (Atlantic Fishery Regulations, Part III)  are also exempt from the Survey.

The Survey will be quite simple for most licence holders and contact vessel owners to complete because they will only have a few questions to answer. Larger, multi-tiered corporations may need more time to collect the information required to complete the section designed for complex organizations.

More information about the Survey, as well as visual fact sheets to show individuals how to complete it, may be found on our website at Beneficial Ownership Survey.  A link to the Survey itself will be published on the website at launch.

While the Survey will be available until March 31, 2022, we encourage you to complete it as soon as possible. You should also be aware that failure to provide required information through the Survey constitutes a prosecutable offence under section 78 of the Fisheries Act.

In consultation with industry representatives, the Department reviewed the small fish tolerance in the 4R Herring fishery. Please be advised that the tolerance of the number of small fish caught and retained will be increased from 20% to 30% of the number of longer fish caught for the less than 65' purse seine fleet.

This change is on a temporary basis in Herring Fishing Areas 13 and 14 and will be discussed and reviewed further at the 2022 4R Herring Advisory.

This measure is effective once your condition is manually amended. Harvesters must fax licence document and herring condition to 709-637-4476 for manual amendment.