Decisions for Atlantic Canada, Quebec and the Arctic - 2023
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.
Visit the Fishery openings and closures page for ongoing fisheries management updates including variation orders and prohibition orders. The Commercial fisheries section of the site also contains important information about fisheries management, including access and allocation to resources within Canada’s fisheries.
2023 Decisions
Atlantic Salmon
Capelin
Crab
Crab (Snow)
- 2023-24 snow crab (4X) – crab fishing area 24W
- 2023 Snow Crab - Northeastern Nova Scotia (Crab Fishing Areas 20-22)
- 2023 Snow Crab - Southeastern Nova Scotia (Crab Fishing Areas 23 and 24E)
- 2023 Snow crab fishery, Newfoundland and Labrador
- 2023 - Total allowable catch and allocation for the scientific survey for snow crab in the southern Gulf of St. Lawrence for 2023 (areas 12, 12E, 12F and 19)
- 2023 - Southern Gulf of St. Lawrence Snow Crab Conservation Harvesting Plan for Crab Fishing Area 12 (12, 18, 25, 26)
- 2023 - Southern Gulf of St. Lawrence snow crab Conservation Harvesting Plan for Crab Fishing Area 12E
- 2023 - Snow crab fishery opening date: Crab Fishing Areas 12 (12, 18, 25 and 26) and 12E
Groundfish
- 2023 Conservation harvesting plan (CHP) - NAFO Divisions 3NO: Groundfish fixed gear fleet
- 2023 Conservation harvesting plan (CHP): 2J3KL Stewardship Cod Fishery
- Conservation Harvesting Plan 2023-24: NAFO Sub-Division 3Ps Groundfish Mobile Gear: Vessels less than 27.4 metres (90 ft.)
- Conservation Harvesting Plan 2023-24 - NAFO Sub-Division 3Ps Groundfish fixed gear: vessels less than 27.4 metres (90ft.)
- 2023 Conservation Harvesting Plan (CHP) NAFO divisions 2GHJ3K Greenland Halibut (Turbot) fishery fixed gear fleet
- 2023 2J3KL Northern Cod Stewardship fishery management approach
- 2023 Newfoundland and Labrador Recreational Groundfish Fishery
- 2023 Conservation Harvesting Plan (CHP) NAFO Divisions 3LMNO Greenland Halibut (Turbot) fishery fixed gear fleet
- 2023 Conservation Harvesting Plan (CHP) NAFO Area 2 + Divisions 3KLMNO groundfish fishery mobile gear fleet
- Greenland Halibut in NAFO Subarea 0 (Divisions 0A and 0B)
- 2023 Groundfish (Maritimes Region) – 5Z
- 2023-24 Groundfish 4VWX5 (Maritimes Region)
- 3Ps Groundfish and Iceland Scallop (Core Area) Newfoundland and Labrador (2023-24)
Hagfish
Herring
- 2023 herring fishery (Maritimes Region) – Offshore Scotian Shelf (Outer Banks) spawning component
- 2023 herring fishery (Maritimes Region) – Georges Bank (5Z) spawning component
- 2J3KLPs Herring Management Plan 2023-2024
- 2023 herring fishery (Maritimes Region) - 4WX Southwest Nova Scotia / Bay of Fundy spawning component
- 2023 herring fishery (Maritimes Region) – Little Hope herring gillnet fishery
- 2023 herring fishery (Maritimes Region) – Eastern Shore herring gillnet fishery
Lobster
- 2022-2023 Lobster Fishing Area 36 (Maritimes Region)
- Lobster Fishing Area 3 – 14C: Newfoundland and Labrador Region 2023-2025
- 2023 Inshore lobster (Maritimes Region) – Lobster Fishing Areas 33-38
- 2023 Inshore lobster (Maritimes Region) - Lobster Fishing Area 27-32
- 2023 Offshore lobster (Maritimes Region) – Lobster Fishing Area 41
Lumpfish
Redfish
Sea cucumber
- 2023/24 Scotian Shelf Sea Cucumber (4Vs, 4W, and 4X)
- 2023-27 Sea Cucumber 3Ps - Newfoundland & Labrador
- 2023 Southwest New Brunswick Sea Cucumber
Sea Urchin
- 2023-24 Southwest New Brunswick Sea Urchin Fishery in Lobster Fishing Area (LFA) 38
- 2023-24 Southwest New Brunswick Sea Urchin Fishery in Lobster Fishing Area (LFA) 36
Scallop
- 2023 inshore scallop fishery in the Bay of Fundy – Scallop Production Areas 1-6
- 2023 offshore scallop fishery in the Maritimes Region – Scallop Fishing Areas 10-12, 25-27
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 – 2023-24
- 2023/24 Northern Shrimp Fishing Areas (SFAs) 4, 5 and 6
- Northern Shrimp – Shrimp Fishing Areas 0, 1 and 7
- 2023 Scotian Shelf shrimp (Shrimp Fishing Areas 13, 14, 15 and 16) - Maritimes Region
Surf Clam
Trout
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