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Friday, August 11, 2006

Did I Hear Right?

Loyola H is casually looking at who holds commercial fishing quota's in our region.
Let me share with you email correspondence from me to the DFO and Ministers Office.

June 03-06


Please provide a list of commercial fishing licenses for the East Coast of Canada.
More specifically, I am looking for the name of the individual or company which holds a license
for any species of sea fish and the allocation for each.
I trust as this is a common resource this information is readily available.
If it is available electronically please advise as to how one gets this information.
Thank you,

Sue Kelland-Dyer

Response

Dear Ms. Kelland-Dyer ,

Thank you for your email, dated 03 June 2006, requesting information on commercial fishing quotas.

Fisheries and Oceans Canada - Commercial Fishing - Newfoundland and Labrador Region.

The Commercial Fishing - Newfoundland and Labrador Region program manages commercial fisheries in the Newfoundland and Labrador region by carrying out the following activities:

- issuing and renewing commercial fishing licences and vessel registration numbers
- establishing licence conditions
- setting quotas for certain licences
- issuing seal hunting licences to the fishing industry in the Atlantic region
- establishing management plans for commercial fisheries

The program also provides information on the following topics for the Newfoundland and Labrador region:

- commercial fisheries management plans
- selective fishery
- test fishery
- fishing seasons
- fishery notices, such as those announcing the openings or closures of fishing zones

Fishermen may appeal a decision related to licensing. Appeals must first be registered with the area office that issued the licence.

You may contact the regional office as follows:

Commercial Fishing - Newfoundland and Labrador Region
1144 Topsail Road
St. John's
, NL A1N 5E8

Tel.:(709) 772-5045 9am - 4pm closed 12pm-1pm
Fax:(709) 772-2659

Please do not hesitate to contact us should you require additional information.

OK

I asked again

I repeat my request as it did not isolate those licences in the Newfoundland and Labrador Region.

Response

Dear Ms. Kelland-Dyer,

Thank you for your email, dated 05 June 2006, requesting information on commercial fishing licenses issued in the Maritimes, Gulf and Québec regions.

Commercial Fishing - Gulf Region.

The Commercial Fishing - Gulf Region program carries out the following activities:

- issues, renews and transfers commercial fishing licences and vessel registration numbers
- sets quotas for certain fishing licences
- administers licence retirement programs
- develops and implements commercial fisheries management plans
- implements management, evaluation and protection programs for commercial fisheries habitats
- conducts scientific research on fish species and the effects of commercial fisheries
- produces statistics related to commercial fisheries

The program also provides information on the following topics:

- commercial fisheries management plans
- selective fishing
- test fishing
- fishing seasons
- fishery notices, such as the openings and closures of fishing zones

Fishers may appeal a decision related to licensing. Appeals must first be registered with the area office that issued the licence.

You may contact them as follows:

Commercial Fishing - Gulf Region
9603 Route 134
Aldouane, NB E4W 5J2

Tel.: (506) 523-8237 8:30a.m. - 4:30p.m. Atlantic Time
Fax: (506) 523-8257

Commercial Fishing - Maritimes Region.

The Commercial Fishing - Maritimes Region program carries out the following activities:

- issues and renews commercial fishing licences and vessel registration numbers
- sets quotas for fisheries
- develops and implements commercial fisheries management plans
- enforces commercial fisheries regulations

The program also provides information on the following topics:

- emerging fisheries policies
- selective fishing
- sentinel fisheries
- fishing seasons
- fishery notices, such as the openings and closures of commercial fishing zones, including shellfish zone management

Fishers may appeal a decision related to licensing. Appeals must first be registered with the area office that issued the licence.

You may contact their offices as follows:

Commercial Fishing - Maritimes Region
Marine House
176 Portland Street
PO Box 1035

Dartmouth, NS B2Y 4T3

Tel.: (902) 426- 9966 8a.m. - 4p.m. Atlantic Time Licensing information only.
Tel.: (902) 426-0999 8:30a.m. - 4:30p.m. Information on quotas only.
Tel.: (902) 426-2473 8:30a.m. - 4:30p.m. Fishing regulations, seasons and zones.
Fax: (902) 426-5010

Commercial Fishing - Québec Region.

The Commercial Fishing - Quebec Region program manages commercial fishery activities in the Quebec Region that affect marine fish by carrying out the following activities:

- establishing management plans for commercial fisheries

- issuing commercial fishing licences
- developing and implementing licence policies
- enforcing commercial fisheries regulations
- monitoring commercial fishery activities
- ensuring statistic follow-up of fishery activities
- carrying out scientific research to support fishery management decisions

The program also provides information on commercial fishing seasons and issues fishery notices, such as the openings and closures of fishing zones, in the Quebec Region.

You may contact their offices as follows:

Commercial Fishing - Québec Region
104 Dalhousie Street, 3rd Floor
Québec, QC G1K 7Y7

Tel.: (418) 648-5890 8:30a.m. - 4:30p.m. Eastern Time.
Fax: (418) 649-8002

Please do not hesitate to contact us should you require additional information.

Here we go again:

Does the Government of Canada have a central data-base or registry for commercial fishing licenses?

Response

Dear Ms. Kelland-Dyer,

Thank you for your email, dated 05 June 2006, requesting information on the existence of a central registry for commercial fishing licenses.

Fisheries and Oceans Canada - Statistical Services.

The Statistical Services program collects data from federal departments and agencies as well as from provincial and territorial governments in order to report on Canada's fisheries.

The program carries out the following activities:

- conducts surveys on recreational fishing and on the fishing and fish-processing industries
- publishes statistics and reports on subjects related to fisheries
- produces customized reports.

The link below will lead you to their national website:
http://www.dfo-mpo.gc.ca/communic/statistics/main_e.htm

You may contact them directly as follows:

Statistical Services
Centennial Towers
200 Kent Street
Ottawa, ON K1A 0R6

Tel.: (800) 298-9935 9a.m.- 5p.m. Eastern Time
Fax: (613) 991-3254
You know I did that and the response was a joke…

Try it yourself


2 comments:

NL-ExPatriate said...

I'll take your word for it.

Oh the humanity. Oh the humility of being a Canadian specifically an Atlantic Canadian.

It's is beyond belief the two faced responses, Ducking, propaganda you name it that goes on within DFO.

I would have thought the response would have been very straight forward with a list of quotas and who holds them. Obviously that info would be very revealing and damning for OntarioAwa.

Sue Kelland-Dyer said...

Oh yeah the emails say it all. We are not allowed to know - nor are we allowed to see the deal the DFO signed with the seal protest groups, without ever going to the Supreme Court of Canada.