Avis aux pêcheurs

Quebec – March 12,  2024

Fisheries and Oceans Canada (DFO) – Quebec Region would like to inform fishing licence holders of various information regarding Electronic logbooks (ELOGs) and paper logbook/combined forms for the upcoming fishing season.

1. Electronic logbook

The following table presents all the Quebec fleets concerned and their respective status related to the use of the ELOG for the 2024 season, subject to availability of the various modules. Pay attention to the fleets displayed in bold as they are at their first year for onboarding.

Please pay attention to your data prior to submit them to DFO. Especially, make sure that your FIN, VRN and licence number do correspond to the ones printed on the active licence. Furthermore, make sure that the effort section of your logbook is present and that the quantities expressed represent an accurate declaration.

All the information you need to use ELOGs can be found on the Department's web page at http://www.dfo-mpo.gc.ca/elogs.

2. Paper logbooks/Combined forms

With the progressive implementation of ELOGs, the paper logbook supplier manages a tighter stock. For instance, DFO would like to remind Quebec fishing licence holders who will carry out fisheries for which the paper logbook/combined form will still be required in 2024 to send their order to the pre-qualified supplier for the Quebec Region as soon as possible, at least several weeks in advance, to avoid any delay in delivery.

You will find all the information concerning paper logbooks and combined forms on the Department's Web page at the following address: https://www.dfo-mpo.gc.ca/fisheries-peches/sdc-cps/index-eng.html.

3. Instructions for providing the ELOG-UID and Form's number

In order to ensure the linkage of fishing data with your purchase data, it is essential that you communicate your ELOG-UID of form number to the dockside monitoring company and to the buyer. Data linkage is mainly done through the unique identifier of the electronic logbook (ELOG-UID) or the form’s number. When providing the Electronic Logbook Unique Identifier (ELOG-UID) or paper logbook/combined form’s number corresponding to your fishing trip, we suggest that you use the phonetic alphabet in the Appendix to reduce telephone transmission errors.