Fishery Notice

Licence issuance of category ZM - Food & Bait Herring is now available online 
in your National Online Licensing System account. Licence Holders are reminded 
that both designation of an eligible vessel and payment of the $30 licence fee 
are required to complete the request for licence issuance.

Eligible HS Licence Holders who have not done so already may designate the 
catcher vessel(s) by logging into their NOLS account and navigating to and 
selecting:

- Submit Request;
- Select the Party Account that holds the HS licence eligibilities;
- Select the request type: Vessel Transactions
- Select the sub-request type: Attach/detach Vessel to/from Vessel;
- Under the banner of Requestor Info: you will find an equal number of ZM 
licence(s) as HS or FHS licence eligibilities held. Select one or more ZM 
licence(s) by clicking in the check-box for that licence;
- Scroll down to the Comments box and type in:
------- a) Designated Vessel: MV Vessel Name, VRN 123456
------- b) ZM Licence Number
- Scroll down towards the bottom of the page and select 'Submit';
- Fisheries and Oceans Canada will receive your selection submission, enter the 
information provided and mark the status of your request as 'DFO Approved - 
Pending Payment';
- You may review the status of your request at any time by navigating to and 
selecting 'Request Status'. 

Please note all requests submitted via the NOLS will be processed by the 
Department based on the date and time stamp of the submission of the request. 
Client support will be available via e-mail (fishing-peche@dfo-mpo.gc.ca) or 
toll-free telephone (1-877-535-7307).  

Reminders - Designated vessels:  

May be designated with multiple ZM licences; 
Must be a Canadian (Department of Transport) registered vessel; 
Is required by Transport Canada to have a valid Stability booklet; and, 
May be re-designated (changed) by submitting a NOLS request with the new vessel 
information.  

Once DFO has received the request showing the designated vessel, as well as 
received the licence fee via NOLS, the licence will be processed and documents 
sent to the applicant's NOLS account.  These may be printed from the Print 
Documents section. Licences are not valid without the licence conditions 
attached and present on the vessel, or available on hand as an electronic copy.

Licence holders and vessel masters are advised to review the licence conditions 
that are issued with respect to the ZM licence. At-sea observer coverage is 
mandatory for this fishery. Contact JO Thomas and Associates Ltd., the industry 
selected service provider, at 1-866-930-4000 in order to make arrangements for 
this coverage.

For further information on the National Online Licensing System and step by 
step instructions: 
http://www.dfo-mpo.gc.ca/FM-GP/SDC-CPS/licence-permis-eng.htm

Please be sure to visit the Pacific Region Licensing website and subscribe to 
fishery notices for updates on the National Online Licensing System and 
licensing services: 
http://www.pac.dfo-mpo.gc.ca/fm-gp/licence-permis/index-eng.html


FOR MORE INFORMATION:

PACIFIC FISHERY LICENCE UNIT
Telephone: 1-877-535-7307 - ask for the PACIFIC REGION
E-mail: fishing-peche@dfo-mpo.gc.ca - Place PACIFIC REGION in the Subject Line

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Sent November 6, 2018 at 1403

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