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Public Notice - REMINDER: Application for LAKE MELVILLE SUBSISTANCE FISHERY LICENCE - pn.23.006

May 11, 2023

FISHERIES AND OCEANS CANADA

 

PUBLIC NOTICE

 

pn.23.006NFB

 

 

 

May. 11, 2023

 

REMINDER: Application for LAKE MELVILLE SUBSISTANCE FISHERY LICENCE

 

DFO reminds the Public that the LAKE MELVILLE SUBSISTENCE FISHERY LICENCE applications deadline is May 24, 2023. Applications accepted after this date will be for next season.

 

“Notices to Public” for all recreational fisheries are 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 Public” for recreational fisheries sent directly to you by email please contact: danielle.nichols@dfo-mpo.gc.ca

 

 

 

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For information, contact:

Murray Perrett

Area Fisheries Manager

Tel: 709-899-2938

E-Mail: Murray.Perrett@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.