General Membership Meeting in Benoit’s Cove

FFAW is holding a meeting for all fish harvesters in Benoit’s Cove on Monday, January 13 at 2:00 pm at the Town Hall – (Downstairs).

2020 2J3KL Northern Cod Stewardship Fishery Management Approach
- DFO advises that the management approach for the 2020 2J3KL Northern cod stewardship fishery has been announced. Further details can be found online at the Departmental website:
CAPELIN FIXED GEAR FISHERY OPENING IN PORTION OF AREA 14
- DFO advises that the Capelin fixed gear fishery using traps and bar seine (including modified bar seine known as “tuck seine”), for vessels less than 65 feet, in a portion of Western NL will open at 0700 hours on July 8, 2020.
MEDIA RELEASE: Inadequate Assessment by DFO Leaves Harvesters with Rollover for 2020 Cod Catch Limits
- The rollover is a result of an inadequate assessment that failed to take into account important data as well as harvester observations – the result of which will have dire impacts on an already suffering inshore fishery.

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