Notice to Fish Harvesters - AMENDMENT: Groundfish Fisheries closed for the 2023 Season - nf.23.324
December 20, 2023
FISHERIES AND OCEANS CANADA
NOTICE TO FISH HARVESTERS
nf.23.324B
2023-307
Dec. 19, 2023
AMENDMENT: Groundfish Fisheries closed for the 2023 Season
DFO reminds fish harvesters that the following inshore Groundfish fisheries are closed for the Newfoundland and Labrador-based fleets:
NAFO Area 2 + Divisions 3KLMNO and 4RST Greenland halibut (turbot) fisheries
NAFO Divisions 3NO, 3Ps, 4RST, Sub-Division 3Pn inshore fixed gear Atlantic halibut commercial fisheries
NAFO 3NO White hake, Skate and Monkfish inshore fleet fisheries
The Stewardship cod fishery in NAFO Divisions 2J3KL.
Lumpfish fishery in all NAFO areas in Newfoundland and Labrador Region
NAFO Divisions 3KL Winter flounder (Blackback) fishery
NAFO Division 4R Witch flounder fishery
Unit 1 Redfish index fishery for the inshore mobile gear fleet
3Pn portion of the Unit 2 Redfish fishery for mobile-gear fleets
Unit 2 Redfish fishery for the mobile-gear fleet based in NAFO Division 4R and Sub-Division 3Pn
NAFO Sub-Division 3Ps Skate mobile gear fishery.
The Regional Director General, Fisheries and Oceans Canada, Newfoundland and Labrador Region gives notice that Variation Orders 2023-099, 2023-260, 2023-262, 2023-269, 2023-278, 2023-279, 2023-281 and 2023-291 have been revoked and Variation Orders 2023-300, 2023-301, 2023-302, 2023-303, 2023-304, 2023-305, 2023-306 and 2023-307 will come into effect at 2359 hours on December 31, 2023.
“Notices to Fish Harvesters” for all commercial fisheries are now available online under the Fishery Notices link on the DFO NL Region webpage at https://www.nfl.dfo-mpo.gc.ca/en
If you would like to have all “Notices to Fish Harvesters” for commercial fisheries sent directly to you by email please contact: miranda.pryor@dfo-mpo.gc.ca
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For information, contact:
Robyn Morris
Senior Resource Manager
(709) 690-5021
Robyn.Morris@dfo-mpo.gc.ca