Notices to Fish Harvesters
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Last updated: 2020-04-29
Fisheries and Oceans Canada produces and makes accessible various publications to inform fishers and the Canadian public about management decisions. You can find in the species list all the publication on fisheries that affect Quebec's fish harvesters.
These publications include the following element:
- Integrated Fisheries Management Plans (IFMPs) are the recognized planning tools that guide the execution of DFO's mandate to manage fisheries in Canada. These plans identify conservation objectives and provide information that is useful for decision making related to management, production of scientific advice, and identification of the protection and conservation measures required to ensure the sustainability of resources. IFMPs also set out performance monitoring measures for fishing activities.
- Conservation Harvesting Plans (CHPs) stipulate management measures and certain terms and conditions for regulating fishing activities.
- Notices to Fishers disseminate essential information that fishers need to know following specific decisions.
These plans and Notices are considered to be active. For the consultations of publications from previous years, consult the Archive section of the specific fishing area.
Orders can be viewed on the Orders Registry
The publications are available for the following species and fishing areas:
Crustacean
Snow Crab
- Snow Crab - 12 (12,18, 25, 26) - [19 Notices]
- Snow Crab - 12A - [13 Notices]
- Snow Crab - 12B - [12 Notices]
- Snow Crab - 12C - [12 Notices]
- Snow Crab - 12E - [17 Notices]
- Snow Crab - 12F - [17 Notices]
- Snow Crab - 13 - [12 Notices]
- Snow Crab - 14 - [12 Notices]
- Snow Crab - 15 - [13 Notices]
- Snow Crab - 16 - [14 Notices]
- Snow Crab - 16A - [12 Notices]
- Snow Crab - 17 - [14 Notices]
Echinodermes
Groundfish
American Plaice
Cod
- Cod - 3Pn4RS - Gaspe-Lower St. Lawrence – Fixed Gear less than 13,71m - Competitive - [7 Notices]
- Cod - 3Pn4RS – CN – Competitive - [7 Notices]
- Cod - 3Pn4RS – Lower North Shore – Fixed Gear less than 15.24m – IQ (prior to August 2019) - [7 Notices]
- Cod - 3Pn4RS – Upper and Middle North Shore – Fixed Gear less than 15.24m – Competitive - [7 Notices]
- Cod - 3Pn4RST - Gaspe-Lower St. Lawrence - Fixed Gear 13.71m and over - ITQ - Longliners - [8 Notices]
- Cod - 3Pn4RST - Gaspe-Lower St. Lawrence - Fixed Gear 13.71m and over - ITQ - Others Group - [8 Notices]
- Cod – 3Pn4RS – Lower North shore – fixed gear less than 15.24 m - ITQ - [6 Notices]
Greenland Halibut (turbot)
- Greenland Halibut (turbot) - 4RST - Gaspe-Lower St. Lawrence - Fixed Gear 13.71m and over - ITQ - Longliners - [9 Notices]
- Greenland Halibut (turbot) - 4RST - Gaspe-Lower St. Lawrence - Fixed Gear 13.71m and over - ITQ - Others Group - [9 Notices]
- Greenland Halibut (turbot) - 4RST - Gaspe-Lower St. Lawrence - Fixed Gear less than 13,71m - Competitive - [11 Notices]
- Greenland Halibut (turbot) - 4RST - Lower North Shore - Zones 4RST (ITQ and outside the program) - [10 Notices]
- Greenland Halibut (turbot) - 4RST - Quebec - Fixed Gear less than 19,81m QIT (General) - [12 Notices]
- Greenland Halibut (turbot) - 4RST - Upper and Middle North Shore - Fixed Gear less than 19,81m - Competitive - [12 Notices]
Halibut
- Halibut - 4RST - Gaspe-Lower St. Lawrence - Fixed Gear 13.71m and over - ITQ - Longliners - [11 Notices]
- Halibut - 4RST - Gaspe-Lower St. Lawrence - Fixed Gear 13.71m and over - ITQ - Others Group - [12 Notices]
- Halibut - 4RST - Gaspe-Lower St. Lawrence - Fixed Gear less than 13,71m - Competitive - Lobster Fishers Group A125 - [12 Notices]
- Halibut - 4RST - Gaspe-Lower St. Lawrence - Fixed Gear less than 13,71m - Competitive - Others Group A127 - [13 Notices]
- Halibut - 4RST - Gaspe-Lower St. Lawrence - Fixed Gear less than 13,71m - I(t)Q - Association des morutiers traditionnels de la Gaspésie - [11 Notices]
- Halibut - 4RST - Gaspe-Lower St. Lawrence - Fixed Gear less than 13,71m - ITQ - Turbot Fishers Group - [11 Notices]
- Halibut - 4RST - Lower North Shore East – Competitive (prior to August 2019) - [9 Notices]
- Halibut - 4RST - Lower North Shore West – Competitive (prior to August 2019) - [9 Notices]
- Halibut - 4RST - Magdalen Islands - [11 Notices]
- Halibut - 4RST - Upper and Middle North Shore - Competitive - [12 Notices]
- Halibut – 4RST- Lower North Shore - ITQ - [7 Notices]
Lumpfish
Witch Flounder
Yellowtail Flounder
Marine mammals
North Atlantic Right Whale
Mollusk
Atlantic Surf Clam
Scallop
- Scallop - 15 - North Shore - [6 Notices]
- Scallop - 16A, 16B, 16C, 16D, 16G, 16H, 18D - North Shore - [5 Notices]
- Scallop - 16E, 16F, 18A - North Shore - [5 Notices]
- Scallop - 17A - Gaspe-Lower St. Lawrence - [7 Notices]
- Scallop - 18B, 18C - Gaspe-Lower St. Lawrence - [7 Notices]
- Scallop - 19A - Gaspe-Lower St. Lawrence - [7 Notices]
- Scallop - 20 - Magdalen Islands - [8 Notices]
Pelagic
Bluefin Tuna
Capelin
General
No fishing area
- Notice to fish harvesters (Experimental lobster fishing)
- Conservation harvesting plan_ Atlantic halibut
- DFO/Coast Guard Effort to Retrieve ‘Ghost Gear’ in the Gulf of St. Lawrence- 2019-07-17
- Notice to Fish Harvesters - Fisheries management order - 2020-04-03
- Notice to Fish Harvesters - Fisheries management order - 2020-05-15
- Notice to fish harvesters - 2020-05-21
- Notice to fish harvesters - 2020-07-03
- Notice to fish harvesters - 2020-07-13
- Notice to fish harvesters - 2020-08-18
- Letter of interest for supplying gear tags
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