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Notice to Fish Harvesters – Electronic Logbook (ELOG) Virtual Meetings – nf.26.008
January 26, 2026

FISHERIES AND OCEANS CANADA

NOTICE TO FISH HARVESTERS

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Jan. 26, 2026

Electronic Logbook (ELOG) Virtual Meetings

As announced in Notice to Fishers nf.26.006, beginning in the 2026 season, electronic logbooks (ELOGs) will be mandatory for the following Snow crab fleets in the Newfoundland and Labrador Region: 

– Large supplementary 

– Small supplementary 

– Supplementary  

– 4R Commercial  

DFO will hold virtual onboarding sessions for harvesters in the above noted fleets to provide details on the 2026 mandatory ELOG requirement. Sessions will be held by NAFO area on the following dates:  

– 2J3K: Wednesday, February 4 at 10:00 am 

– 3L: Wednesday, February 4 at 2:00 pm 

– 4R3P: Thursday, February 5 at 10:00 am  

Harvesters are asked to confirm attendance by emailing  Kailey.Noonan@dfo-mpo.gc.ca . Please include your fleet/fishery and specify the date and time of the session you wish to attend. Upon confirmation, a link to the virtual meeting will be provided. 

Electronic logbooks will remain voluntary for all inshore snow crab harvesters in 2026, with mandatory use planned for 2027. DFO will hold information sessions for inshore Snow crab harvesters in the fall of 2026 and will share details at a later date.

“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: NLPRI@dfo-mpo.gc.ca.

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For information, contact:
Kailey Noonan
Resource Manager
Tel. (343)571-7596
E-mail: kailey.noonan@dfo-mpo.gc.ca

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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.