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Notice to Fish Harvesters – Mobile Gear Herring Fishery Closing For Parts of NAFO Division 3K (Herring Fishing Area 4) – nf.23.304

November 28, 2023

FISHERIES AND OCEANS CANADA

NOTICE TO FISH HARVESTERS

nf.23.304B

2023-282

Nov. 18, 2023

Mobile Gear Herring Fishery Closing For Parts of NAFO Division 3K (Herring Fishing Area 4)

DFO advises that the mobile gear herring (purse seine) fishery for Notre Dame Bay (Herring Fishing Area 4) will close at 1300 hours on Saturday, November 18, 2023.

The Regional Director General, Fisheries and Oceans Canada, Newfoundland and Labrador Region gives notice that Variation Order 2023-268 has been revoked and Variation Order 2023-282 comes into effect at 1300 hours on November 18, 2023.

“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:

Kelly Firmage-O’Brien

Area Fisheries Manager

(709) 772-5845

Kelly.Firmage-OBrien@dfo-mpo.gc.ca

David Small

Senior Area Fisheries Manager

(709) 292-5167

david.small@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.