March 23, 2020
Due to COVID-19, the Department of Fisheries and Land Resources is suspending walk-in counter service at all department offices. Staff will continue to be available to answer questions from the public via telephone or email only. Phone lines will be answered…
March 19, 2020
The Honourable Gerry Byrne, Minister of Fisheries and Land Resources, participated in a conference yesterday of the four Atlantic ministers and deputy ministers responsible for fisheries and aquaculture to discuss the impact that COVID-19 is having on the fishing and…
March 19, 2020
The Department of Fisheries and Land Resources has received a report of a polar bear sighting in the Horse Chops area near the Town of Roddickton. Conservation Officers are responding to the area to investigate. This polar bear is not…
March 19, 2020
The Marine Institute of Memorial University of Newfoundland has completed and released its report on the 2019 salmon mortality event at Northern Harvest Sea Farm’s aquaculture sites on the south coast. The Marine Institute facilitated ‘A Review of the 2019…
March 17, 2020
The Department of Fisheries and Land Resources has been made aware of reports of several polar bears in and around the Town of St. Anthony over the past few days. Tracks have been observed in the community including the Cremaillere…
March 12, 2020
The Honourable Gerry Byrne, Minister of Fisheries and Land Resources, announced today the merger of Conservation Officers within the Department of Fisheries and Land Resources to establish a new division for Resource Enforcement. This change in staffing model will increase…
March 9, 2020
The Honourable Gerry Byrne, Minister of Fisheries and Land Resources, will address the Egg Farmers of Newfoundland and Labrador during their Annual General Meeting tomorrow (Tuesday, March 10). The event will take place at the Delta Hotels St. John’s Conference…
March 4, 2020
The remaining dates have been set for public consultations being conducted in Clarenville and St. John’s as part of a Department of Fisheries and Land Resources policy review about whether farmers should be permitted to shoot moose at night and…
March 4, 2020
The following statement was given today in the House of Assembly by the Honourable Gerry Byrne, Minister of Fisheries and Land Resources: Mr. Speaker, I am pleased to provide details of a Bi-Lateral Boreal Caribou Conservation Agreement recently reached between…
February 28, 2020
The Honourable Gerry Byrne, Minister of Fisheries and Land Resources, today announced details of the 2020-21 hunting and trapping season and the posting of the 2020-21 online Hunting and Trapping Guide. Minister Byrne also announced the launch of an online…
