RECREATIONAL GROUNDFISH FISHERY OPEN FOR THE SUMMER SEASON
HALIFAX - Recreational fishermen in Nova Scotia, New Brunswick
and Prince Edward Island are now able to head out to catch themselves
a feed of groundfish.
The last of the areas in the Maritimes that were closed to recreational
groundfish (cod, haddock, pollock, flatfish and other species)
fishing opened June 22, and will be closed again on September
16, 1996, according to the federal Department of Fisheries and
Oceans (DFO).
The daily catch limit is 10 groundfish per individual, of which
only one can be Atlantic halibut.
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DEPARTMENTAL CONTACT:
Communications Branch
Fisheries and Oceans
Halifax, N.S.
(902) 426-3550
or Moncton, N.B.
(506) 851-7757
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