Commercial fishing licence information
National Online Licensing System (NOLS)
Note: Licence renewal and payment of fees is mandatory on a yearly basis in order to retain the privilege to be issued the licence. Failure to renew annually will result in the licence eligibility to cease and the Department of Fisheries and Oceans (DFO) being unable to consider an application for licence issuance in future.
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 a licence to fish for shellfish in a contaminated area
- 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
Transporting licence
Commercial geoduck
Commercial salmon
Salmon ITQ/ITE forms – Areas B and H
- Salmon Area B seine and Area H troll designation
- Request for temporary reallocation of pink ITQ holdings
- 2023 Request for temporary reallocation of chum holdings
Salmon ITQ forms - Area F
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
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
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