MONCTON, NB – March 30, 2022 – The Minister of Fisheries, Oceans and the Canadian Coast Guard, the Honourable Joyce Murray, has announced there would be no directed commercial or bait fishing for spring herring in Herring Fishing Areas 16 and 17.
Approved March 22, 2021
Amended, May 6, 2021
Amended July 13, 2021
Amended March 30, 2022
This Conservation harvesting plan is applicable to all Whelk fishing licence holders in the Quebec region.
Areas 1 à 9: North Shore area.
Areas 11 à 14: Gaspé-Lower St. Lawrence area.
Areas 15: Magdalen Islands area.
Québec / Gaspé – March 25, 2022
GASPÉ–LOWER ST. LAWRENCE AREA
To assess lobster abundance and distribution in unexploited areas of the northern Gaspé, Fisheries and Oceans Canada (DFO) intends to issue four new experimental fishing licences in Area 19A-1 (see attached map).
Québec – October 21, 2021
Fisheries and Oceans Canada – Quebec Region announces that the Department will seek industry's advice in the development of the Upper and Middle North Shore lobster fishery.
Gaspé – August 26, 2021
Fisheries and Oceans Canada – Quebec Region announces the implementation of the Individual Transferable Quota (ITQ) Program for 4RST Atlantic halibut for the Gaspé Peninsula fixed gear fleet of less than 13.71 m – Others Group.
Conservation Harvesting Plan
Québec – July 29th, 2021
Approved July 13, 2021
This Conservation Harvesting Plan (CHP) applies to the Sea Cucumber (Curcumaria frondosa) dredge fishery in areas A, B and C for seasons 2021, 2022 and 2023.
Sea Cucumber dredge fishery in the Gaspé is an exploratory fishery (phase II – commercial and stock assessment stage according to the New Emerging Fisheries Policy, 2001), under a competitive regime.
