Herring Fishery Information Website - Home

Welcome to the Herring Fishery Information website. This website has been developed to promote better and effective communications between the southern Gulf herring fishery stakeholders and DFO.

Fisheries Management Information

• Small Fish Protocol - Mobile Gear - PDF Format (252 kb)
• Notice to Fish Harvesters
• Gulf Quota Report
• Gulf Orders Registry
• Herring Report - by Allister Surrette - Southern Gulf of St-Lawrence Herring Conflict
• More Fisheries Management Information...

Gulf (4T) Small Pelagic Advisory Committee

• Analysis of the Mandate and Operation of the Small Pelagics Advisory Committee in the Southern Gulf of St. Lawrence - PDF Format (227 kb)
  
  
• March 8-9, 2012
• December 8-9, 2005
• December 1-2, 2004

Scientific Information

• Science Advisory Reports
• Research documents
• Proceedings
• Science Responses
• Canadian Science Advisory Secretariat
• DFO Science Advisory Schedule
• DFO Science Advisory Process

Long-Term Vision

Herring / Mackerel: Reports on Long-Term Vision

• Ad Hoc Group Report on Options for Process and Structure to Bring the Initiative Forward
  HTML Format - PDF Format (207 kb)
• Letter from the Regional Director General Jim Jones
  HTML Format - PDF Format (732 kb)
  • Review and Recommdations Regarding the Research Program for Atlantic Herring (Clupea Harengus Harengus) and Atlantic Mackerel (Scomber Scombrus) of the Southern Gulf of St Lawrence (By: Michael Healey)
    - PDF Format (278 kb)
  • Long Term Vision for the Herring and Mackerel Fisheries in the Southern Gulf of St. Lawrence: Socio-Economic Aspects of the Herring and Mackerel Fisheries (by: Pierre-Marcel Desjardins)
    - PDF Format (348 kb)
  • Long Term Vision for the Herring and Mackerel Fisheries in the Southern Gulf of Saint Lawrence (by: Bob Johnston)
    - PDF Format (129 kb)

See more Long-Term Vision...

News Releases and Backgrounders

• Gulf Region Only
• All DFO Regions – 2010 News Releases and latest Backgrounders
• All DFO regions – 2003 to 2009 Archives

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