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Notice to Fish Harvesters - Additional Landing Ports for the greater than 65' Herring Purse Seine Fleet in NAFO Division 4R - nf.23.293

October 30, 2023

FISHERIES AND OCEANS CANADA

 

NOTICE TO FISH HARVESTERS

 

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Oct. 27, 2023

 

Additional Landing Ports for the greater than 65′ Herring Purse Seine Fleet in NAFO Division 4R

 

DFO advises harvesters in the greater than 65′ herring purse seine fleet that the following additional landing ports have been approved:

 

  1. Port aux Choix

 

  1. Flowers Cove

 

  1. Cooks Harbour

 

  1. Benoit’s Cove

 

New licence conditions are required and will be available through NOLS.

 

Fish harvesters are now required to contact the Area Chief, Conservation and Protection, Fisheries and Oceans Canada via email 12 hours prior to any fishing activities taking place. Additional information is outlined in licence conditions.

 

“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:

Nicole Rowsell

Resource Manager – Pelagic Fisheries

Tel:709-853-4078

email:nicole.rowsell@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.