Decisions for Atlantic Canada, Quebec and the Arctic - 2024

Fisheries decisions in Atlantic Canada, Quebec and the Arctic include fisheries off the coast of New Brunswick, Newfoundland and Labrador, Nova Scotia, Nunavut, Prince Edward Island and Quebec, within Canada's 200-mile limit.

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2024 Decisions

Atlantic Salmon

• Atlantic Salmon Recreational Fishery Newfoundland and Labrador (2024)

Capelin

• NAFO Divisions 4RST - Fisheries management decision 2024

Crab (Jonah)

• 2024 Offshore Jonah crab (Maritimes Region) – Lobster Fishing Area 41

Crab (Snow)

• 2024-25 snow crab (4X) – crab fishing area 24W
• 2024 – Snow Crab fishery opening date : Crab Fishing Areas 12 (12, 18, 25, 26) and 12E
• Total Allowable Catch and allocation for the scientific survey for snow crab in the southern Gulf of St. Lawrence for 2024 (areas 12, 12E, 12F and 19)
• 2024 Snow Crab - Southeastern Nova Scotia (Crab Fishing Areas 23 and 24E)
• 2024 Snow Crab - Northeastern Nova Scotia (Crab Fishing Areas 20-22)
• 2024 Snow Crab fishery, Newfoundland and Labrador

Groundfish

• 2024 Canadian Total Allowable Catch (TAC) for Greenland halibut in NAFO Subarea 0
• 2024-25 Conservation Harvesting Plan - NAFO Division 4R and Sub-Division 3Pn: Groundfish Fixed and Mobile Gear - Vessels less than 27.4 metres (90ft.)
• 2024 Conservation harvesting plan (CHP) - 2J3KL Northern Cod Fishery: Inshore Fleet
• 2024 Conservation harvesting plan (CHP) - NAFO Divisions 3NO: Groundfish fixed gear fleet
• 2024 Conservation Harvesting Plan (CHP) NAFO divisions 2GHJ3K Greenland halibut (Turbot) fishery fixed gear fleet
• 2024 Conservation harvesting Plan (CHP) NAFO Divisions 3LMNO Greenland halibut (Turbot) fishery fixed gear fleet
• 2024 Conservation Harvesting Plan (CHP) - NAFO Divisions 2J3KLP4R: lumpfish fishery
• 2024 2J3KL Northern cod fishery management approach
• 2024 Newfoundland and Labrador Recreational Groundfish Fishery
• Redfish Unit 1 (2024)
• 2024 Conservation Harvesting Plan (CHP) NAFO Area 2 + Divisions 3KLMNO groundfish fishery mobile gear fleet
• 2024-25 Conservation Harvesting Plan - NAFO Sub-Division 3Ps Groundfish Mobile Gear Vessels less than 27.4 metres (90ft.)
• 2024-25 Conservation Harvesting Plan - NAFO Sub-Division 3Ps Groundfish Fixed Gear Vessels less than 27.4 metres (90ft.)
• 3Ps Thorny skate, White hake Management Plan (2024-2026)
• 2024-25 groundfish 4VWX5 (Maritimes Region)
• Groundfish and Iceland Scallop (Core Area) Newfoundland and Labrador (2024-25)
• 2024 Groundfish (Maritimes Region) – 5Z

Hagfish

• 2024 -2026 Atlantic hagfish (Maritimes Region)

Herring

• 2024-2025 Herring (Western Newfoundland and Southern Labrador) – 4R Herring Fishing Areas 13 and 14
• 2024 herring fishery (Maritimes Region) – Offshore Scotian Shelf (Outer Banks) spawning component
• 2024 herring fishery (Maritimes Region) – Georges Bank (5Z) spawning component
• 2024 herring fishery (Maritimes Region) – Eastern Shore herring gillnet fishery
• 2024 herring fishery (Maritimes Region) – Little Hope herring gillnet fishery
• 2024-2027 herring fishery (Maritimes Region) - 4WX Southwest Nova Scotia / Bay of Fundy spawning component

Lobster

• 2024 Lobster Fishing Areas 27-32 (Maritimes Region)
• 2024 Offshore lobster (Maritimes Region) – Lobster Fishing Area 41
• 2024 Inshore lobster (Maritimes Region) – Lobster Fishing Areas 33-38

Mackerel

• Final notice to stop fishing Atlantic mackerel bait
• 2024 Atlantic mackerel bait fishery (second portion)
• Notice to stop fishing Atlantic mackerel bait
• 2024 Atlantic Mackerel bait fishery

Sea cucumber

• 2024/25 – 2026/27 Scotian Shelf Sea Cucumber (4Vs, 4W, and 4X)

Sea urchin

• 2024-25 Southwest New Brunswick Sea Urchin Fishery in Lobster Fishing Area (LFA) 36

Scallop

• 2023/24 inshore scallop fishery in the Bay of Fundy – Scallop Production Areas 1-6
• 2024 offshore scallop fishery in the Maritimes Region – Scallop Fishing Areas 10-12, 25-27
• 2024 Scallop fishery, NAFO sub-division 3Ps (Inshore)
• 3Ps Groundfish and Iceland Scallop (Core Area) Newfoundland and Labrador (2024-25)
• 2024 Scallop Fishing Area 29 West

Shrimp

• 2024 Scotian Shelf shrimp (Shrimp Fishing Areas 13, 14, 15 and 16) - Maritimes Region
• Northern Shrimp – Shrimp Fishing Areas 0, 1 and 7
• Management decision for 2024/25 Northern Shrimp Fishing Areas (SFAs) 4, 5 and 6
• Eastern and Western assessment zones: Northern Shrimp Management Units Davis Strait East, Davis Strait West, Nunavut East, Nunavik East, Nunavut West and Nunavik West – 2024-25

Surf Clam

• 2024 offshore Arctic surf clam fishery (Maritimes Region) – Banquereau and Grand Bank

Whelk

• 2024 - 2026 Offshore North Atlantic Fisheries Organization (NAFO) 4Vs Whelk (Maritimes Region)