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Notice to Fish Harvesters – Notice to Fish Harvesters – 2025 Inshore Snow Crab Buddy-Up Application Available for NAFO Divisions 3K and 3L – nf.25.013
February 20, 2025

FISHERIES AND OCEANS CANADA

NOTICE TO FISH HARVESTERS

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Feb. 20, 2025

Notice to Fish Harvesters – 2025 Inshore Snow Crab Buddy-Up Application Available for NAFO Divisions 3K and 3L

DFO wishes to advise inshore snow crab harvesters that the 2025 Buddy-up Application is available through the National Online Licensing System (NOLS) https://fishing-peche.dfo-mpo.gc.ca/

The inshore snow crab buddy-up application can be downloaded and submitted by following Step-By-Step Instructions through NOLS https://www.dfo-mpo.gc.ca/fisheries-peches/sdc-cps/products-produits/request-demande-eng.html

-Select Submit Request

-Select Request Type – Partnership/Pooling/Buddy Up

-Select Request Subtype – Snow Crab

-Select the Instructions link to open and save or print the application

-Complete and sign the application (Fish Harvester A and Fish Harvester B must sign the same application.

-Save a Scanned copy or picture of the signed application

-Select Browse to attach the signed application to your request

-Select Submit

Any harvesters experiencing issues with accessing their online NOLS account, should contact the NOLS Support Line 1-877-535-7307 to have the issue resolved.

“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) 685-0344
Kelly.Firmage-OBrien@dfo-mpo.gc.ca

David Small
Senior Area Fisheries Manager
(709) 292-5167
David.Small@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.