Annexes I to VII

Annex I (Section 16) - Key Licences

1. Newfoundland Region
   Key licences are groundfish (active), capelin, lobster, snow crab, scallop, shrimp, all species using purse seine, and, on the Labrador coast, salmon and char.
2. Maritimes Region - Scotia-Fundy Sector
   Key licences are herring purse seine, groundfish other than handline, scallop, category A lobster, bluefin tuna, snow crab, swordfish longline, shrimp trawl.
3. Maritimes Region - Gulf Sector
   For Bonafide fishers (as defined under pre-1996 Policy)
   Key licences are snow crab, category A lobster, groundfish other than handline, scallop, bluefin tuna and herring.
   For non-Bonafide fishers
   Key licences are shrimp, snow crab, category A lobster, groundfish ITQ only.
4. Laurentian Region
   Key licences are shrimp, snow crab, lobster, groundfish other than handline, scallop, herring and, on the Lower North Shore, capelin.

Annex II - Fisheries Deemed Either Vessel-Based or Non-Vessel Based

Any species not listed above are deemed non vessel-based fisheries.

Annex III - Limited Entry Fisheries

REGIONS

Annex IV - Footnotes

LAURENTIAN

1. Clams: No licence required for soft-shell clam except for mechanical and hydraulic harvesters where each application is ruled on separately. Limited entry for other clam species.
2. Squid: Open access under 19.8m (65') LOA , except for trap licences, providing applicant is head of a core enterprise and is licensed for same gear type e.g. groundfish otter trawl may be licensed for squid otter trawl. Licences available for all groundfish licence holders operating vessels 19.7m (65') LOA or greater.
3. Mackerel: Limited entry except for fixed gear licences which may be issued to any head of core enterprises who holds a herring fixed gear licence for a vessel less than 15.2m (50') LOA and handline licences which may be issued to any head of a core enterprise.
4. Mussels: No licence required except for mechanical and hydraulic harvesters where each application is ruled on separately.
5. Seals: Licences issued as per chapter 6 of this document.

NEWFOUNDLAND

1. Clams: No licence required for soft-shell clam except for mechanical and hydraulic harvesters where each application is ruled on separately. Limited entry for other clam species.
2. Mackerel: Purse seine is limited entry; fixed gear licences are available to any head of a core enterprise.
3. Squid: Limited entry for inshore mobile gear licences. Trap or jigger licences available to heads of a core enterprise who have a vessel less than 19.8m (65') LOA registered. Licences available for all groundfish licence holders operating vessels 19.7m (65') LOA or greater.
4. Seals: Licences issued as per chapter 6 of this document.

MARITIMES - Scotia-Fundy Sector

1. Clams: Open access for soft-shell clam except for mechanical and hydraulic harvesters where each application is ruled on separately. Limited entry for other clam species.
2. Marine Plants: Drag rakes are Limited entry; hand raking is open access.
3. Squid: Open access under 19.8m (65') LOA , except for trap licences, providing applicant is head of a core enterprise and is licensed for same gear type e.g. groundfish otter trawl may be licensed for squid otter trawl. Licences available for all groundfish licence holders operating vessels 19.7m (65') LOA or greater.
4. Mackerel: Limited entry except for fixed gear licences which can be issued to any head of a core enterprise.
5. Seal: Licences issued as per chapter 6 of this document.
6. Mussels: Open access for hand harvesting only. Limited entry for other gear.

MARITIMES - Gulf Sector

1. Mussels: Limited entry except licences to fish by hand or with hand held tools which are available to residents of the Nova Scotia, New Brunswick and PEI Administrative Areas of the Gulf Sector who do not have full-time employment.
2. Gaspereau: New licences may be issued to heads of core enterprises using vessels less than 15.2 m (50") LOA who are resident of the Nova Scotia Administrative Area of the Gulf Sector. New dip net licences may be issued to residents of this Administrative Area. However, new licences may not be issued for:
   1. Pictou Harbour or coastal waters from Broad Cove March to Cape North;
   2. Margaree Harbour or Margaree River.
3. Oyster: Limited entry except in the Nova Scotia Administrative Area of the Gulf sector, where commercial oyster licences are available to persons who are resident of this Administrative Area and who hold a commercial licence for another species valid for the Gulf Nova Scotia waters, or for 1996 only, to persons who held an oyster licence for this Administrative Area in either 1993 or 1994.
4. Squid: Open access under 19.8m (65') LOA , except for trap licences, providing applicant is head of a core enterprise and is licensed for same gear type e.g. groundfish otter trawl may be licensed for squid otter trawl. Licences available for all groundfish licence holders operating vessels 19.7m (65') LOA or greater.
5. Mackerel: Limited entry except for fixed gear licences which may be issued to any head of core enterprises who holds a herring fixed gear licence for a vessel less than 15.2m (50') LOA and handline licences which may be issued to any head of a core enterprise.
6. Silverside: New licences may be issued to head of core enterprise.
7. Seal: Licences issued as per chapter 6 of this document.

Annex V - Appeal Committee Structure

FIRST LEVEL

REGION

(1) Committee Composition

Senior DFO Staff

(2) Reports to:

Regional Director General

SECOND LEVEL

ATLANTIC FISHERIES LICENCE APPEAL BOARD

(1) Committee Composition

1 Chairperson and up to six persons from each of the 3 Regions appointed by the Minister

1 Departmental Officer

(non-voting)

(2) Reports to:

Minister of Fisheries and Oceans

Annex VI - (Section 24) - Equivalent Cubic Number

Annex VII - List of Inshore Licences Held by Corporations since 1978

REVISION: February 1996

I. NEWFOUNDLAND REGION

II. MARITIMES REGION - SCOTIA-FUNDY SECTOR

III. MARITIMES REGION - GULF SECTOR

IV. LAURENTIAN REGION