Fisheries Management

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Orders Varying Close/Open Times
for Fishing Areas

For fishers in the Quebec Region, following is a list of the regions responsible for issuing and disseminating orders varying the close/open times for fishing. These orders may affect you. Click on the name of the region to access and view the orders issued in that region.

Species	Region Responsible for Issuing and Disseminating Orders
Species	Quebec	Gulf	Maritimes	Newfoundland
Groundfish
Recreational fishing	Area 4S	Area 4T		Area 4R 3Pn
Commercial fishing (all species)	Area 4ST – fixed gear (except redfish)	Area 4ST – mobile gear (except redfish)		Area 4R 3Pn
Commercial fishing (redfish)	Area 4S (Unit 1)	Area 4T (Unit 1)		Area 4R-3P (Unit 1)
Commercial fishing (redfish)				Unit 2
Crustaceans
Crab	Area 13	Area 12
Exploratory crab	Areas A, B and C	Area E and F		Area D
Shrimp	Gulf			Labrador
Pelagics
Herring	Areas 16 A and 16 D	Areas 16 B, 16 C, 16 E, 16 F,16 G
Bluefine tuna	Quebec fishers	Gulf fishers	Fishers outside the Gulf


Last Updated: 2003-06-11		Important Notices

Orders Varying Close/Open Times for Fishing Areas

Orders Varying Close/Open Times
for Fishing Areas