Skip to content

Notice to Fish Harvesters - Fixed Gear (Bar/Tuck Seine) Herring Fishery Closing in Trinity Bay (HFA 6) - nf.26.074

Home
DFO Fisheries Announcements
Notice to Fish Harvesters – Fixed Gear (Bar/Tuck Seine) Herring Fishery Closing in Trinity Bay (HFA 6) – nf.26.074
April 17, 2026

FISHERIES AND OCEANS CANADA

NOTICE TO FISH HARVESTERS

nf.26.074B

Apr. 17, 2026

Fixed Gear (Bar/Tuck Seine) Herring Fishery Closing in Trinity Bay (HFA 6)

DFO advises that the Fixed Gear (Bar/Tuck Seine) Herring fishery will close on April 17, 2026 at 2300 hours in Trinity Bay (Herring Fishing Area 6).

“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

-30-

For information, contact:
Kelly Firmage-O’Brien
Area Fisheries Manager
Tel.: (709) 685-0344
Email: Kelly.Firmage-OBrien@dfo-mpo.gc.ca

David Small
Senior Area Fisheries Manager
Tel.: (709) 292-5167
Email: david.small@dfo-mpo.gc.ca

Latest News

FFAW Calls on Minister Thompson to Ensure Fair Northern Cod Management Plan for Inshore Harvesters

Snow Crab Pricing Update

Snow Crab Update April 13 9pm

Member Update – April 13

RESTORING THE RIGHT TO STRIKE: MYTH VS FACT

News Categories

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.