Tracadie, New Brunswick – June 20, 2025 - Pursuant to Subsection 9.5 of the Fisheries Act, the Minister of Fisheries and Oceans Canada (DFO) gives notice that a Fisheries Management Order (FMO) has been issued pursuant to Subsection 9.1 of the Fisheries Act due to an existing threat to the proper management and control of fisheries and the requirement of prompt measures to address that threat.
FMO # 2025-01, available at: Fishery openings and Notice of fishing prohibitions, comes into effect on June 20, 2025 and the following requirements with respect to fishing are being imposed:
- Subject to section 2 below, any person fishing for gaspereau in Eastern New Brunswick within the defined areas and seasons identified in the table below, who catches striped bass incidentally is required to retain the incidentally caught striped bass that measure between 50 and 65 centimeters.
- The maximum quantity of incidentally caught striped bass in a day that must be retained is 500. Striped bass incidentally caught in a day in excess of 500 must be released in the waters in which they were caught and where they are alive, in a manner that causes them the least harm.
- Holders of a licence to fish for gaspereau must report to DFO, within 24 hours of cessation of any daily fishing activity, the quantity of striped bass caught and retained during that daily activity, by number and in pounds, via e-mail to: DFO.GLFENB.MPO@dfo-mpo.gc.ca.
This Order prevails over any regulations made under the Fisheries Act, any orders issued under those regulations, and over any conditions of any lease or licence issued under that Act.
This Fisheries Management Order takes effect on the day on which it is signed and will remain in effect for a period of 45 days or when the season ends.
2025 gaspereau commercial fishery in Eastern New Brunswick defined areas and season dates
- Tidal waters of that portion of New Brunswick that borders on the Gulf of St. Lawrence and Northumberland Strait not referred to in the waters set out below
- Open season: Open from 6:00 p.m. on May 31 to 6:00 p.m. on June 28
- Closure: No closure
- Tidal waters of the Caraquet Bay, Gloucester County
- Open season: Open from 12:00 p.m. on May 28 to 12:00 p.m. on June 25
- Closure: No closure
- Tidal waters of Lamèque Island and Miscou Island, Gloucester County
- Open season: Open from 12:00 p.m. on May 24 to 12:00 p.m. on June 28
- Closure: Closed from 12:00 p.m. on Saturday to 6:00 p.m. on the following Sunday during the weekends of May 24-25 and May 31-June 1
- Tidal waters of the Pokemouche River, Gloucester County
- Open season: Open from 12:00 p.m. on May 18 to 12:00 p.m. on June 28
- Closure: Closed every weekend from 12:00 pm each Saturday to 6:00 pm on the following Sunday.
- Tidal waters of the Big Tracadie River and Portage River, (tributary of the Big Tracadie River), Gloucester County
- Open season: Open from 12:00 p.m. on May 27 to 12:00 p.m. on July 1
- Closure: Closed from 12:00 p.m. on Saturday to 6:00 p.m. on the following Sunday during the weekends of May 31-June 1 and June 7-8
- Tidal waters of the Little Tracadie River, Gloucester County
- Open season: Open from 6:00 p.m. on May 31 to 6:00 p.m. on June 28
- Closure: No closure
- Tidal waters of the Tabusintac River, Northumberland County
- Open season: Open from 6:00 p.m. on May 31 to 6:00 p.m. on July 5
- Closure: Closed from 12:00 p.m. on Saturday to 6:00 p.m. on the following Sunday during the weekends of May 31-June 1 and June 7-8
- Tidal waters of Miramichi Bay, French River and Napan River, Northumberland County
- Open season: Open from 6:00 p.m. on May 28 to 6:00 p.m. on June 25
- Closure: No closure
- Tidal waters of Bay du Vin River, Northumberland County
- Open season: Open from 6:00 p.m. on May 24 to 6:00 p.m. on June 21
- Closure: No closure
- Tidal waters of Black River, Northumberland County
- Open season: Open from 6:00 p.m. on May 21 to 6:00 p.m. on June 18
- Closure: No closure
- Tidal waters of Miramichi River, Northumberland County
- Open season: Open from 4:00 p.m. on May 28 to 4:00 p.m. on June 25
- Closure: No closure
- Tidal waters of the Eel River and Portage River (tributary of the Eel River), Northumberland County
- Open season: Open from 6:00 p.m. on May 21 to 6:00 p.m. on June 18
- Closure: No closure
- Tidal waters of the Northwest Miramichi and Southwest Miramichi Rivers, Northumberland County
- Open season: Open from 6:00 p.m. on June 1 to 6:00 p.m. on June 29
- Closure: No closure
- Tidal waters of Saint-Charles (Aldouane) River, Kent County
- Open season: Open from 12:00 p.m. on May 19 to 12:00 p.m. on June 16
- Closure: No closure
- Tidal waters of Kouchibouguacis River, Kent County
- Open season: Open from 12:00 p.m. on May 26 to 12:00 p.m. on June 30
- Closure: Closed from 12:00 p.m. on Saturday to 6:00 p.m. on the following Sunday during the weekends of May 31-June 1 and June 7-8
- Tidal waters of, Kouchibouguac River, Kent County
- Open season: Open from 6:00 p.m. on June 1 to 6:00 p.m. on June 29
- Closure: No closure
- Tidal waters of Richibucto Harbour and Richibucto River, Kent County
- Open season: Open from 12:00 p.m. on May 19 to 12:00 p.m. on June 16
- Closure: No closure
- Tidal waters of the Bouctouche River, Kent County
- Open season: Open from 12:00 p.m. on June 2 to 12:00 p.m. on June 30
- Closure: No closure
- Tidal waters of Cocagne Bay and Cocagne River, Kent County
- Open season: Open from 12:00 p.m. on June 1 to 12:00 p.m. on June 29
- Closure: No closure
- Tidal waters of the Scoudouc River, Westmorland County
- Open season: Open from 12:00 p.m. on June 5 to 12:00 p.m. on July 3
- Closure: No closure
- Tidal waters of the Little Bouctouche River, Kent County
- Open season: Open from 12:00 p.m. on June 1 to 12:00 p.m. on June 29
- Closure: No closure
- Tidal waters of the Shediac River, Westmorland County
- Open season: Open from 12:00 p.m. on May 30 to 12:00 p.m. on June 27
- Closure: No closure
- Tidal waters of Aboujagane and Kouchibouguac Rivers, Westmorland County
- Open season: Open from 12:00 p.m. on May 28 to 12:00 p.m. on June 25
- Closure: No closure
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