Fishery Notice

Applications for Re-allocation of trap limits for the 2017 Prawn and Shrimp by 
Trap Fishery will be accepted through the National Online Licensing System from 
Tuesday, April 11, 2017 - Friday, April 28, 2017 inclusive.  
Applications submitted after April 28, 2017 will NOT be accepted.

Prior to submitting a request for trap re-allocation, please ensure for both 
the vessel allocating the traps and the vessel receiving the re-allocated traps 
that:
1)	Any Ministerial conditions placed on the licence eligibility are met.
2)	Any conditions of the previous year's licence, such as submission and 
approval of logbooks, have been met. Shellfish Data Unit:  Leslie Barton (250) 
756-7306 or Sandra Bassett (250) 756-7022
Request for Re-Allocation of Trap Limits Prawn & Shrimp by Trap Fishery 2017 
Application forms have been sent by email to all licence eligibility holders or 
may be requested by email from fishing-peche@dfo-mpo.gc.ca

Requests to re-allocate traps must be made using the National Online Licensing 
System (NOLS) https://fishing-peche.dfo-mpo.gc.ca/. Application must be 
received from the NOLS account of the Licence Holder re-allocating Traps - No 
Exceptions.    Please note that completed application forms must be digitally 
attached by scanning and uploading an Adobe pdf, or photo extensions jpg, jpeg, 
bmp, tiff. 

Attention Communal Commercial Licence (FW) Holders that are re-allocating or 
receiving traps:  You will be required to designate the eligible vessel on the 
application form. Vessel must be registered as a Canadian commercial fishing 
vessel, and may not exceed the Maximum Vessel Length (MVL) of the licence 
eligibility.

Once your request has been processed you will see a 'DFO approved' response 
under the 'Request Status' of your request by logging into your NOLS account.  

Note:  When traps are re-allocated, 100 are relinquished and the receiving 
vessel may fish a maximum of 500 traps.  Trap allocations revert to original 
licence eligibilities at the end of the season.  Traps may be re-allocated to 
but not from owner/operator "grandfathered" restricted licence eligibilities.

Prawn & Shrimp by Trap 2017 licence renewal is scheduled to begin through the 
National Online Licensing System https://fishing-peche.dfo-mpo.gc.ca/ on May 2, 
2017.

At that time, the licence renewal fee will be uploaded to the Licence 
Holders/vessels National Online Licensing System (NOLS) account. Notification 
will be sent via email to advise that a change has been made to the licence 
holders/vessels NOLS account at which time the renewal fee will be accessible. 
Harvesters will use the NOLS to go online to view, pay for and print their 
commercial fishing licences, licence conditions, and/or receipts.

To ensure that you receive email notifications, be sure to update your email 
address under your profile in the NOLS. Instructions on updating email 
addresses may be found at: www.dfo-mpo.gc.ca/fm-gp/sdc-cps/products-
produits/user-manual-utilisateurs-eng.htm. Please refer to Section 2.3.1: 
Profile, Personal Information and click on 'Modify'.
  

Fisheries & Oceans Operations Center - FN0343
Sent April 7, 2017 at 0927

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