Skip to content

Notice to Fish Harvesters - Snow Crab Season Extension for Select Crab Fishing Areas in NAFO Sub-Division 3Ps - nf.25.178

Home
DFO Fisheries Announcements
Notice to Fish Harvesters – Snow Crab Season Extension for Select Crab Fishing Areas in NAFO Sub-Division 3Ps – nf.25.178
July 11, 2025

FISHERIES AND OCEANS CANADA

NOTICE TO FISH HARVESTERS

nf.25.178B

2025-128

Jul. 11, 2025

Snow Crab Season Extension for Select Crab Fishing Areas in NAFO Sub-Division 3Ps

DFO advises that the Snow crab fishery will now close at 2000 hours on Monday, July 21, 2025 in select Crab Management Areas in NAFO Sub-Divisions 3Ps. These season extensions apply exclusively to the following Crab Management Areas:

Areas 10A, 10B, 11S

The Regional Director General, Fisheries and Oceans Canada, Newfoundland and Labrador Region, gives notice that Variation Order 2025-103 has been revoked and Variation Order 2025-128 will come into force on July 12, 2025.

“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

-30-

For information, contact:
Jodi Riggs-Power
Resource Management
Tel: 709-279-7626
Email: jodi.riggs-power@dfo-mpo.gc.ca

Latest News

FFAW Condemns Federal Budget's Short-Sighted Neglect of Fisheries Sector

NEW SEAL STUDY CONFIRMS WHAT HARVESTERS HAVE KNOWN FOR YEARS

FFAW CALLS FOR REOPENING OF COMMERCIAL MACKEREL FISHERY AHEAD OF REBUILDING PLAN WORKING GROUP MEETING

Big Processors Turn Their Backs on Harvesters: Ocean Choice International and Royal Greenland Refuse to Buy Sea Cucumber at Panel-Set Price

FFAW Calls on Federal Government to Provide Immediate Support for Sea Cucumber Harvesters Devastated by Chinese Tariffs

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.