FundyNorthFishermen

On behalf of everyone at Fundy North Fishermen's Association we want to extend our deepest condolences to the family and friends of Laurence. His passion for the fishery was as strong as we have ever seen and he will be missed by many. facebook.com/FundyNorth/pos…

Happy Earth Day from FNFA! We collected two large Ikea bags from Pagan Point in St. Andrews in less than 2 hrs today. The main items of debris we found were rope, styrofoam and plastic bottles. We can all make a... facebook.com/66264859047634…

For information about training courses be offered by Holland College in NB, see this link: hollandcollege.com/about/Campuses… hollandcollege.com/about/Campuses…

For those interested, there will be a ROCMC (radio) course on April 29th at the civic centre in St. Stephen. A minimum of 10 participants is needed. To register, or for more info, contact Holland College.

There is roughly 10 t remaining for the Mid Bay in SPA 1B. This amount is insufficient for a subsequent opening. Therefore, scallop season will not reopen again for 2019.

Hi All, Just a reminder that when you're out on the water, if you see any 'weird' behaviour or condition of lobster, scallop, crab (or anything else!) around aquaculture sites, please email or call us at the office... facebook.com/FundyNorth/pos…

Scallop update: Scalloping will reopen for 1B Tuesday to Friday of next week (April 9-12). The weather still doesn't look favourable yet but with the possibility that the long range forecast may improve, we wanted to... facebook.com/FundyNorth/pos…

Given the weather forecast for this week, scallop season will reopen either Monday or Wednesday of next week, dependent on the weather forecast. We will have a call on Friday at which point I will post to FB and send an email about when the opening will be.

There is still roughly 60mt of 1B quota remaining. We will not be reopening on Monday because DFO cannot arrange a variation order over the weekend but we will be having a call with DFO on Monday to determine when... facebook.com/FundyNorth/pos…

Please Note: Beginning Monday, April 1 our office will be open Monday to Friday for your convenience

ATTENTION: Please be informed that Seefish is no longer a DFO certified dockside monitoring company. As of today, Seefish is not approved to perform dockside monitoring for ANY species, including lobster. If you were... facebook.com/FundyNorth/pos…

1B will remain open for the rest of this week. It will then close for the weekend and reopen next Monday March 25. We will decide this Friday how long it will be open next week- this will really depend on the weather... facebook.com/FundyNorth/pos…

Scallop season will be open an additional 5 days (March 18-22).

Happy International Women's Day to all our wonderful women in fisheries!

There will be an initial 5 day opening starting Monday March 11 to Friday March 15 There will be another ISAC call next week to determine if we need an additional opening to catch the rest. A total of 160t is... facebook.com/FundyNorth/pos…

Please be advised that DFO has made a decision to continue the Mid Bay SPA 1B fishery this winter, instead of saving the quota for summer fishery in 2019. I know there has been a lot of heat about this topic in the... facebook.com/FundyNorth/pos…

Hello All, This week we had a call with DFO. The outcome is as follows: SPA 6- Ninety-two percent of the quota has been caught with logs left to come in. That will take care of the remaining quota. SPA 6 therefore... facebook.com/FundyNorth/pos…

Hi All, There is a call this afternoon regarding mid-bay scallop fishing and we will give a complete update then but i a quick look at the quota yesterday was showing 91% had been caught in area 6... inter.dfo-mpo.gc.ca/Maritimes/Orde…

SPA 6 will remain open until Friday 👍