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Month: August 2026

RESULTS OF EXECUTIVE BOARD NOMINATION PERIOD; GLYNN ACCLAIMED AS NEW SEC-TREAS

August 10, 2026 The nomination period for the two Executive Board vacancies (by-elections) closed last Friday, August 7 at 4:00PM, and the FFAW’s Elections Committee met this morning to review
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REMINDER: MEMBER INPUT REQUESTED EFFECTS OF SEISMIC ON COMMERCIAL FISHING QUESTIONNAIRE

FFAW is asking members to complete the attached questionnaire as part of ongoing collaborative Environmental Studies Research Fund (ESRF) examining the effects of seismic surveying noise on Newfoundland and Labrador
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Notice to Fish Harvesters – Opening of the Squid Fishery in 2GHJ, 3KL, 3Ps, 4R3Pn – nf.26.202

FISHERIES AND OCEANS CANADA NOTICE TO FISH HARVESTERS nf.26.202B 2026-139 Aug. 7, 2026 Opening of the Squid Fishery in 2GHJ, 3KL, 3Ps, 4R3Pn DFO advises that the commercial squid fishery
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Notice to Fish Harvesters – Greenland Halibut (Turbot) Fishery Closing in NAFO Divisions 2+3K for < 65 ft Fixed Gear Fleet - nf.26.201

FISHERIES AND OCEANS CANADA NOTICE TO FISH HARVESTERS nf.26.201B 2026-138 Aug. 7, 2026 Greenland Halibut (Turbot) Fishery Closing in NAFO Divisions 2+3K for < 65 ft Fixed Gear Fleet DFO
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Notice to Fish Harvesters – Capelin Fisheries Closed – nf.26.200

FISHERIES AND OCEANS CANADA NOTICE TO FISH HARVESTERS nf.26.200B 2026-131 Aug. 7, 2026 Capelin Fisheries Closed Fisheries and Oceans Canada (DFO) advises harvesters that all capelin fisheries in the Newfoundland
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Notice to Fish Harvesters – 3Ps – Scallop Fishery Opening in a portion of SFA 11 (Long Harbour Fortune Bay) – nf.26.199

FISHERIES AND OCEANS CANADA NOTICE TO FISH HARVESTERS nf.26.199B 2026-130 Aug. 5, 2026 3Ps – Scallop Fishery Opening in a portion of SFA 11 (Long Harbour Fortune Bay) DFO advises
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Notice to Fish Harvesters – 3Ps – Iceland Scallop Fishery Opening in a portion of SFA 11 (McCallum to Burgeo) – nf.26.198

FISHERIES AND OCEANS CANADA NOTICE TO FISH HARVESTERS nf.26.198B 2026-130 Aug. 5, 2026 3Ps – Iceland Scallop Fishery Opening in a portion of SFA 11 (McCallum to Burgeo) DFO advises
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Notice to Fish Harvesters – Area 9 (Inner St. Mary’s Bay) Scallop Fishery Opening – nf.26.197

FISHERIES AND OCEANS CANADA NOTICE TO FISH HARVESTERS nf.26.197B 2026-130 Aug. 5, 2026 Area 9 (Inner St. Mary’s Bay) Scallop Fishery Opening DFO advises that the commercial Scallop fishery in
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Notice to Anglers – Salmon Rivers Restricted to Morning Angling Only in Salmon Fishing Area 14A – na.26.015

FISHERIES AND OCEANS CANADA NOTICE TO ANGLERS na.26.015B 2026-129 Aug. 4, 2026 Salmon Rivers Restricted to Morning Angling Only in Salmon Fishing Area 14A DFO advises anglers that due to
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