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Notice to Fish Harvesters - 2J3KLPs Herring Management Plan 2025-26 and 2026-27 - nf.25.032

March 28, 2025

FISHERIES AND OCEANS CANADA

NOTICE TO FISH HARVESTERS

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Mar. 28, 2025

2J3KLPs Herring Management Plan 2025-26 and 2026-27

DFO advises that the details of the 2025-26 and 2026-27 management measures for the 2J3KLPs Herring fishery in Newfoundland and Labrador are now available at:

https://www.dfo-mpo.gc.ca/fisheries-peches/decisions/fm-2025-gp/atl-05-eng.html

https://www.dfo-mpo.gc.ca/fisheries-peches/decisions/fm-2025-gp/atl-05-fra.html

“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:
Erin Dunne
Resource Manager – Pelagic Fisheries
Tel.(709) 725-4582
E-mail: erin.dunne@dfo-mpo.gc.ca

Dr. Erin Carruthers

Dr. Erin Carruthers is the Science Director and Senior Fisheries Scientist with the Fish, Food and Allied Workers Union (FFAW-Unifor), which is the labour union that represents the owner-operator fleet in Newfoundland and Labrador. The FFAW is committed to research and management that supports healthy oceans, fisheries, and coastal communities. Dr. Carruthers received her Ph. D. in Biology from Memorial University in 2011 followed by a postdoctoral fellowship with the Centre for Fisheries Ecosystems Research. Before coming to Newfoundland, Erin worked as a Research Biologist with Fisheries and Oceans Canada at the St. Andrews Biological Station. Her current research program is co-constructed with fish harvesters and includes research on coastal fishing communities, collaborative longline and trap surveys, and best practices for the avoidance, handling and release of unwanted catch.