Commercial Fishing Licenses

Act: Fisheries Act, R.S.C. 1985, c. F-14

To Whom Does This Apply?

Anyone with a commercial fishing license is eligible.

Eligible Activities

Renewing or transferring of a commercial fishing license.

Summary

This is the process whereby fishers renew or transfer their licenses.

This program helps fishers renew or transfer their licenses. Staff issue licenses on a regional basis, and each region has a defined set of requirements. The three regions are:

• Atlantic;
• Pacific;
• Central and Arctic.

Staff process registrations for vessels and fishers, and issue licenses to fishers. Individual quotas are sometimes attached to these licenses.

For more information on commercial fishing licenses, you may visit the Fisheries and Oceans Canada Web site.

DISCLAIMER
Information contained in this section is of a general nature only and is not intended to constitute advice for any specific fact situation. For particular questions, the users are invited to contact their lawyer. For additional information, see contact(s) listed below.

New Brunswick Contact(s):
Gulf Regional Office
Fisheries and Oceans Canada
343 University Street
P.O. Box 5030
Moncton, New Brunswick  E1C 9B6
Telephone: 506-851-6227
Fax: 506-851-2435
Web site: http://www.dfo-mpo.gc.ca/home-accueil_e.htm

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National Contact(s):
Headquarters
Communications Branch
Fisheries and Oceans Canada
13th Floor, Station 13228
Centennial Towers
200 Kent Street
Ottawa, Ontario  K1A 0E6
Telephone: 613-993-0999
Fax: 613-990-1866
TTY (hearing impaired): 1-800-465-7735
E-mail: info@dfo-mpo.gc.ca
Web site: http://www.dfo-mpo.gc.ca/home-accueil_e.htm
Hours of operation: 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. Monday to Friday (Eastern time).