Fisheries Licensing Policy for Newfoundland and Labrador Region

Overview

The fisheries licensing policy provides details on the various licensing policies that govern the commercial fishing industry in the Newfoundland and Labrador Region.

Who this guide is for

This guide is intended for:

• the general public
• Indigenous organizations
• recreational fish harvesters
• recognized financial institutions
• commercial licence holders and fish harvesters

In this guide

Introduction

Terminology

Part 1 – General Licensing Policy

1. 1.0 Registration of fish harvester
2. 2.0 Core enterprise concept
3. 3.0 Fleet Separation Policy
4. 4.0 Owner/Operator Policy
5. 5.0 Licence eligibility
6. 6.0 Change of homeport or residence
7. 7.0 Relocating to region
8. 8.0 Licence issuance
9. 9.0 Licence renewal
10. 10.0 Freezing at sea

Part Two – Changing licence/enterprise details

1. 11.0 Use of substitute operator (designation)
2. 12.0 Reissuance
3. 13.0 Death of a licence holder
4. 14.0 Commercial fishing vessel registration
5. 15.0 Vessel leasing
6. 16.0 Buddy up

Part Three – Licence eligibility

1. 17.0 Species specific
2. 18.0 Enterprise combining
3. 19.0 Licence combining

Part Four – Aboriginal

1. 20.0 Introduction
2. 21.0 Food, social and ceremonial fisheries and commercial access
3. 22.0 Aboriginal licences

Part Five – National fisheries policies

1. 23.0 Issuing licences to companies
2. 24.0 Bankruptcy and saulnier
3. 25.0 Emerging fisheries policy

Part Six - Annexes

1. 26.0 Sector Management Policy for Canada’s Atlantic inshore Groundfish fishery
2. 27.0 Policy respecting requests by Aboriginal organizations for the issuance of “replacement” licences for “Communal Commercial Licences”

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Details and history

Published: April 1, 2021

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