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…
February 28, 2020
The Honourable Gerry Byrne, Minister of Fisheries and Land Resources, will join students at Macdonald Drive Elementary School on Monday, March 2 to launch Canadian Agriculture Literacy Month. The event begins at 9:30 a.m. Agriculture in the Classroom Newfoundland and…
February 21, 2020
The Honourable Gerry Byrne, Minister of Fisheries and Land Resources, today announced the Provincial Government is hosting public consultations as part of a review of the department’s Agriculture Depredation Policy as it relates to the shooting of moose causing crop damage…
February 20, 2020
The Honourable Gerry Byrne, Minister of Fisheries and Land Resources, today announced details of a bi-lateral Caribou Conservation Agreement between the Province of Newfoundland and Labrador and the Government of Canada. Through this agreement the Provincial Government was successful in leveraging…
February 19, 2020
The Provincial Government is seeking Expressions of Interest to establish up to four regional, cooperative vegetable cold storage and packing facilities throughout the province to be located in western, central and eastern Newfoundland, and in Labrador. The Honourable Gerry Byrne,…
February 10, 2020
The Honourable Gerry Byrne, Minister of Fisheries and Land Resources, will celebrate Canada’s Agriculture Day with educators and Agriculture Technician Co-op Program students tomorrow (Tuesday, February 11). The event will take place in the main atrium of the College of…
February 7, 2020
An investigation conducted by Fish and Wildlife Enforcement Officers with the Department of Fisheries and Land Resources has resulted in fines and prohibitions related to illegal fishing activity. On January 21, 2020 at Provincial Court in Gander, an individual was…
