Entries

New inshore regulation (2021-03-17)

NEW INSHORE REGULATIONS EFFECTIVE APRIL 1, 2021

Quebec – March 17, 2021 

Crew Registry Requirement
Fisheries and Oceans Canada advises that on April 1, 2021, amended inshore regulations - the Atlantic Fishery Regulations, 1985 and the Maritimes Provinces Fishery Regulations, will come into effect. 

The  amended inshore regulations apply to inshore commercial licences across Atlantic Canada and Quebec, except:

Update – Eastern canada gear marking requirements for non tended fixed gear fisheries, crab trap fisheries and lobster trap fisheries (2020-01-31)

January 31, 2020

Fisheries and Oceans Canada (DFO) – In December 2019, Fisheries and Oceans Canada communicated the mandatory gear marking requirements for all non-tended fixed gear fisheries, as well as crab trap and lobster trap fisheries, in Eastern Canada starting in 2020. The Gulf, Maritimes, Newfoundland & Labrador, and Quebec Regions are hereby offering the following guidelines for fish harvesters to appropriately implement the gear marking requirements.

Gear marking Eastern Canada for non-tended fixed gear fisheries, crab trap fisheries and lobster trap fisheries mandatory colour scheme (2020-04-22)

Mandatory Colour Scheme (Region and Species Colours)

Gulf (GLF) – Blue

  • Toad Crab: Blue-Purple
  • Rock Crab: Blue-Blue (*)
  • Lobster: Blue-Yellow
  • Whelk: Blue-White
  • Snow Crab: Blue-Orange
  • Gillnet – Small Pelagic: Blue-Grey
  • Gillnet – Groundfish: Blue-Brown
  • Longline: Blue-Pink
  • Scientific Licences (*3): Blue-Black/White Pattern (*2)

Maritimes (MAR) – Black

  • Rock Crab: Black-Blue
  • Lobster: Black-yellow
  • Whelk: Black-White
  • Snow Crab: Black-Orange

Update to the mandatory colour scheme for gear marking in Eastern Canada (2020-04-22)

Fisheries and Oceans Canada (DFO) – The Department wishes to inform the fishing industry
that the colour scheme for gear marking of ropes has been updated to include a “Scientific licences”
category, as well as to address specific matters in the toad crab fishery for fishing area 24 (Gulf
Region) and in the snow crab fishery for management areas 2J North and 2J South (Newfoundland
& Labrador Region).
The updated detailed colour scheme can be viewed in the attached version 3.0 of the document

Banc-des-Américains Marine Protected Area: regulatory measures concerning fishing and navigation activities (2019-05-13)

Quebec City – May 13, 2019

The purpose of this notice is to inform you of regulatory measures concerning fishing and navigation activities in the Banc-des-Américains Marine Protected Area. This is the federal portion of the joint marine protected area project created under the Canada-Quebec Collaborative Agreement for the Establishment of a Network of Marine Protected Areas in Quebec.

Subscribe to Entries