Integrated Fisheries Management Plans

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Eastern New-Brunswick Area

• 2009 - 2012: American Oyster
• 2007 - 2012: Gaspereau (Alewife) Fishery
• 2007 - 2011: Smelt Fishery
• 2007 - 2010: Eel Fishery

• Archives 2001-2006

Prince Edward Island Area

• Archives 2000-2004

Gulf Nova Scotia Area

• 2005 - 2013: Snow Crab Area 19
• 2001 - 2010: Snow Crab Area 19

Other Management Plans - Atlantic

• 2013: Conservation Harvesting Plan Striped Bass Southern Gulf of St. Lawrence - Gulf Region
• 2008 - 2012: Atlantic Salmon Integrated Management Plan Gulf Region
• 2005 - 2007: LFA 25 Rock Crab Management Plan
• 2002 - 2007: Canadian Atlantic Pelagic Shark
• 2004 - 2006: The Canadian Atlantic Swordfish And Other Tunas
• 2006 - 2010: Atlantic Seal Hunt
• Atlantic Mackerel - Effective 2007
• Northern Shrimp - Effective 2003
• Bluefin Tuna - Effective 2008

Integrated Fisheries Management Plans (IFMPs) are the DFO's fisheries management tools. These plans identify goals relating to conservation, management and science, as well as resource management protection and conservation measures. IFMPs also determine resource distribution between various users and fleet areas.

In order to establish an IFMP, the DFO consults various experts, including representatives from the DFO Resource Management, Science, Oceans, Conservation and Protection, Aboriginal Fisheries, Policy and Economics and Communications branches, as well as industry representatives such as fishers' associations, provincial governments, the Fisheries Resource Conservation Council (FRCC), stakeholders and joint project committees. This consultation process fosters DFO's openness and transparency, as well as fisheries conservation and viability.