Fishery Notice

Applications for reallocation of trap limits for the 2019 Prawn and Shrimp by 
Trap Fishery will be accepted through the National Online Licensing System 
from: 
Tuesday, April 9 to Tuesday, April 30, 2019 inclusive.  
Applications submitted after April 30, 2019 will NOT be accepted.

Prior to submitting a request for trap reallocation, please ensure for both the 
vessel allocating the traps and the vessel receiving the reallocated traps that:
-Any Ministerial conditions placed on the licence eligibility are met.
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 
leslie.barton@dfo-mpo.gc.ca or Kayleigh Gillespie (250) 756-7022  
kayleigh.gillespie@dfo-mpo.gc.ca

-'Request for Reallocation of Trap Limits Prawn and Shrimp by Trap Fishery 
2019' 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 reallocate 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 reallocating 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 reallocating 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 reallocated, 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 reallocated to but not 
from owner/operator "grandfathered" restricted licence eligibilities.

Prawn and Shrimp by Trap 2019 licence renewal is scheduled to begin through the 
National Online Licensing System https://fishing-peche.dfo-mpo.gc.ca/ on 
Thursday, May 2, 2019.

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 - FN0336
Sent April 9, 2019 at 1517

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