Quota fisheries

Reporting requirements, quota symbols, trawl exceptions, and management of quota fisheries.

Certain fisheries have controls on the maximum amount or weight of fish that can be caught in a single year.

Monitor your quota use, check quota balance, and transfer quota.

Forms, fees and processes to permanently or temporarily transfer quota.

If you are a commercial fisher working in a ITQ or a PCC quota fishery, you must report your catch.

List of all quota fisheries and associated symbols.

A trawl exception allows you to carry out certain activities without effort units being deducted from your quota.

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