Commercial fishing forms

Getting your Fisher Registration Card (FRC)

Are you:

• New to commercial fishing and never held an FRC before?
  HẠNG MỤC 1: Người Mới Tham Gia – Thẻ Ghi Danh Ngư Dân (Vietnamese)
• A returning commercial fisher who last held a FRC in 2007 and earlier?
  HẠNG MỤC 2: Ngư Dân Quay Lại không có Trương Mục Hệ Thống Cấp Phép Trực Tuyến Quốc Gia (Vietnamese)
• A returning Commercial fisher who last held a FRC after 2007?
  HẠNG MỤC 3: Ngư Dân Quay Lại có Trương Mục Hệ Thống Cấp Phép Trực Tuyến Quốc Gia (Vietnamese)

Licensing services forms

• Application to replace a commercial vessel
• Nomination for roe herring licence eligibility
• Nomination for category Z licence eligibility
• Application for commercial vessel registration
• Application for special use bait herring licence category ZX and ZY
• Application for licence designation/authorization (Yukon/Transboundary)
• Application for notice of change of ownership of a commercial fishing vessel
• Licence application and authorization for Port Activity and Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ) entry by a foreign vessel
• WCPFC/IATTC Vessel Registration Form (required by all tuna harvesters)

Transporting licence

• Salmon transfer log
  • Salmon transfer log instructions
• Application for transporting licence category D

Commercial geoduck

• Request for temporary geoduck ITQ reallocation
• Request for permanent geoduck quota reallocation

Commercial groundfish

• Pacific groundfish forms

Commercial salmon

• Salmon nil catch report
• Salmon statutory declaration form

Salmon ITQ/ITE forms – Area B, Area H and Area E

• Authorization of signature(s) for Area B, Area H or Area E temporary salmon ITQ/ITE reallocation request, use of digital signature and/or designation form
• Request for temporary reallocation of chum holdings
• Request for temporary reallocation of pink ITQ holdings
• Request for temporary reallocation of sockeye ITQ holdings

Salmon ITQ forms - Area F

• ATF designation
• Request for temporary reallocation of Chinook ITQ holdings

Quota information

Groundfish

For Initial Quota Allocation and general inquiries, please contact:

Groundfish quota officers
Telephone: 604-666-5865 or 604-666-0010

Related materials

• Commercial fishing areas
• Fisher Identification Number (FIN)
• Commercial fisheries licensing rules and policies
• Licence prefix categories (Commercial licence types)
• Pacific Region Licence Appeal Board (PRLAB) information
  • Terms of reference

Contact us

All licensing requests must be submitted through the National Online Licensing System (NOLS).

For further licensing inquiries, please contact us:

Telephone: 1-877-535-7307
Email: fishing-peche@dfo-mpo.gc.ca