Aboriginal communal fishing licences

To provide for the harvest of fish for food, social or ceremonial (FSC) purposes and related activities, the Minister of Fisheries and Oceans issues communal fishing licences under the Aboriginal Communal Fishing Licences Regulations to Aboriginal groups. Communal fishing licences may specify fishing area, times, species, allocations, methods or other restrictions.

Only an individual who has been designated by an Aboriginal group may harvest fish for FSC purposes under the terms of the Aboriginal group's communal fishing licence.

Aboriginal fisheries Strategy (AFS) agreements contain other information related to the management of FSC fisheries and the issuance of communal fishing licences.

Related links

• National Online Licensing System (NOLS)
• Food, social and ceremonial fisheries
• Pacific Salmon Indigenous Communal Commercial Licence Alternation Program