May 1, 2019
The Department of Fisheries and Land Resources has completed the Big Game Licence Draw for the 2019-20 hunting season. Applicants can view the results online by logging into the Wildlife Information Management System at www.wildlife.gov.nl.ca/Applicants will also be notified by mail…
May 1, 2019
The 2019 forest fire season is in effect beginning today, May 1, until September 30 on the island portion of the province, and from May 15 to September 30 in Labrador. Under the Forestry Act, a permit to burn is…
April 25, 2019
The Departments of Fisheries and Land Resources and Transportation and Works remind drivers to watch out for moose and caribou on the highways, particularly in the St. Anthony and Howley areas where increased caribou activity can be anticipated as they…
April 17, 2019
The Department of Fisheries and Land Resources is accepting applications under the Provincial Agrifoods Assistance Program (PAAP) and Canadian Agricultural Partnership (CAP) for community pastures, which provide grazing land and enable livestock farmers to produce winter forage and increase herd…
April 15, 2019
Residents are cautioned that reports of a polar bear have been confirmed in the New-Wes-Valley area of Bonavista North. Conservation officers are monitoring the situation. All residents are advised to take appropriate steps to avoid an encounter with polar bears….
April 15, 2019
The following statement was given today in the House of Assembly by the Honourable Gerry Byrne, Minister of Fisheries and Land Resources: Mr. Speaker, more than 80 per cent of the forest fires that occur in Newfoundland and Labrador are…
April 12, 2019
The Honourable Gerry Byrne, Minister of Fisheries and Land Resources, reminds individuals using fire during spring cleanup activities near forested land to exercise extreme caution to prevent early-season forest fires. Although fine materials such as dead vegetation in fields and…
April 11, 2019
The Honourable Gerry Byrne, Minister of Fisheries and Land Resources, will tour the College of the North Atlantic’s Centre for Energy and Thermal Systems in Corner Brook, tomorrow (Friday, April 12). The tour will take place at 10:30 a.m. Minister…
April 11, 2019
The Honourable Gerry Byrne, Minister of Fisheries and Land Resources, is announcing an innovative, value-added opportunity for the shrimp processing sector, which could see several thousand additional tonnes of shrimp processed onshore with a potential value of millions of dollars…
April 10, 2019
The Honourable Gerry Byrne, Minister of Fisheries and Land Resources, will announce measures to support the shrimp processing sector tomorrow (Thursday, April 11). The event will take place at the Petten Building, 30 Strawberry Marsh Road in St. John’s at…
