16 F Summer Herring Fishery – 2024 Quota: 

25 t of the Fall quota available for the Summer Fishery. 

Season: 

18:00 hours July 1 to 12:00 hours August 16. 

Weekend Closures: 

12:00 hours Friday to 18:00 hours Sunday 

July 5-7, 12-14, 19-21, 26-28 

August 2-4, 9-11 

Catch Limitations: 

It is permitted to have a maximum of one fishing trip per 24 hour period, from 18:00 h to 18:00 h on the following day. All fishing activities during this fishing trip must commence and terminate in the same 24 hours period. Herring shall only be off-loaded once per fishing trip. 

Trip Limit: 

There will be no trip limit (kg) on the Conditions of Licence in accordance with the Overage project. Fish harvesters have agreed to limit their landings to 4,536 kg. Fish harvesters will not directly benefit from any amount in excess of this limit per trip as the funds will go to the Gulf Nova Scotia Herring Federation to conduct programs for the betterment of the fishery. 

Monitoring: 

100 % DMP 

Mandatory logbooks 

Hail Out: 

Fish harvesters must hail out to a dockside monitoring company by 19:00 hours prior to each commercial herring fishing trip. 

All harvesters from the Gulf and Quebec Regions are required to dial the telephone number 1-833-699-2013 or 1-506-431-3223 (satellite phone only) for new hails, modified hails and cancelled hails for commercial and bait herring fishing trips. 

Harvesters must refer to the conditions of licence for compliance requirements. 

Net (size/mesh deep/ length): 

66.7 mm min / 125 mesh / 100 fathoms. A maximum of 100 fathoms of nets are permitted to be fished with or have on board the vessel.