Decisions for Atlantic Canada, Quebec and the Arctic - 2025
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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2025 Decisions
Capelin
- Fisheries management decision 2025: Capelin in NAFO Divisions 2J3KLPs
- Fisheries management decision 2025: Capelin in NAFO Divisions 4RST
Atlantic Salmon
Crab (Jonah)
Crab (Snow)
- 2025-26 Snow Crab (4X) – Crab Fishing Area 24W
- 2025 Snow Crab - Southeastern Nova Scotia (Crab Fishing Areas 23 and 24E)
- 2025 Snow Crab - Southeastern Nova Scotia (Crab Fishing Areas 23 and 24E)
- 2025 Snow Crab Fishery, Newfoundland and Labrador
Groundfish
- 2025-26 Conservation Harvesting Plan NAFO Division 4R and Sub-Division 3Pn: Groundfish Fixed and Mobile Gear Vessels less than 27.4 metres (90ft.)
- 2025 Conservation Harvesting Plan (CHP) 2J3KL Northern Cod Fishery Inshore Mobile-Gear Fleet
- 2025 Conservation Harvesting Plan (CHP) 2J3KL Northern Cod Fishery Inshore Fixed-Gear Fleet
- 2025 Conservation harvesting plan (CHP) - NAFO Divisions 3NO: Groundfish fixed gear fleet
- 2025 Conservation harvesting plan (CHP) NAFO Divisions 3LMNO Greenland halibut (Turbot) fishery fixed gear fleet
- 2025 Conservation Harvesting Plan (CHP) NAFO divisions 2GHJ3K Greenland halibut (Turbot) fishery fixed gear fleet
- 2025-26 Conservation Harvesting Plan NAFO Sub-Division 3Ps
- Unit 2 Redfish Newfoundland and Labrador (2025-26)
- 2025 Newfoundland and Labrador Recreational Groundfish Fishery
- 2025 2J3KL Northern cod fishery management approach
- Unit 1 Redfish Management Plan 2025-26
- 2025 Conservation Harvesting Plan (CHP) NAFO Area 2 + Divisions 3KLMNO groundfish fishery mobile gear fleet
- 3Ps Groundfish and Iceland Scallop (Core Area) Newfoundland and Labrador (2025-26)
- 2025-26 groundfish 4VWX5 (Maritimes Region)
- 2025 Canadian Total Allowable Catch (TAC) for Greenland halibut in NAFO Subarea 0
- 2025 Groundfish (Maritimes Region) – 5Z
Hagfish
Herring
- 2025-2026 herring fishery (Maritimes Region) - 4WX Southwest Nova Scotia / Bay of Fundy spawning component
- 2025 herring fishery (Maritimes Region) – Eastern Shore herring gillnet fishery
- 2025 herring fishery (Maritimes Region) – Little Hope herring gillnet fishery
- 2025 herring fishery (Maritimes Region) – Georges Bank (5Z) spawning component
- 2025 herring fishery (Maritimes Region) – Offshore Scotian Shelf (Outer Banks) spawning component
- 2J3KLPs Herring Management Plan 2025-26 and 2026-27
Lobster
- 2025 Lobster Fishing Areas 27-32 (Maritimes Region)
- 2024-2025 Lobster Fishing Areas 33-38 (Maritimes Region)
- 2025 Offshore lobster (Maritimes Region) – Lobster Fishing Area 41
Mackerel
Sea cucumber
- 2024/25 – 2026/27 Scotian Shelf Sea Cucumber (4Vs, 4W, and 4X)
- 2025 Southwest New Brunswick Sea Cucumber
Sea urchin
Scallop
- 2025 offshore scallop fishery in the Maritimes Region – Scallop Fishing Areas 10-12, 25-27
- 2025 Scallop Fishing Area 29 West
- 2024/25 inshore scallop fishery in the Bay of Fundy – Scallop Production Areas 1-6
- 2025 Scallop fishery, NAFO Sub-Division 3Ps (Inshore >50’ Fleet)
Shrimp
- Eastern and Western Assessment Zones: Northern Shrimp Management Units Davis Strait East, Davis Strait West, Nunavut East, Nunavik East, Nunavut West and Nunavik West – 2025-26
- Management decision for 2025/26 Northern Shrimp Fishing Areas (SFAs) 4, 5 and 6
Surf Clam
Whelk
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