Designated Dockside Monitoring Ports

This list is provided for informational purposes and replaces all previously published lists. It came into effect on March 10, 2021. Additions or withdrawals of designated ports can be made at any time following agreements between the industry and the dockside monitoring companies.

When landing in a region other than the Quebec region, you must contact the nearest local Fisheries and Oceans Canada office of that other region to obtain a list of designated ports.

Gaspe Area

Snow Crab

  • Anse-à-Valleau (until the opening of the snow crab zone 12)
  • Cap-Chat
  • Cloridorme
  • Gascons (Ruisseau Chapados)
  • Grande-Rivière
  • Les Méchins
  • Matane
  • Mont-Louis
  • Newport
  • Paspébiac
  • Rimouski (BSL)
  • Rivière-au-Renard (major whard only)
  • Sainte-Thérèse-de-Gaspé
  • Tourelle

Shrimp

  • Matane
  • Mont-Louis
  • Rivière-au-Renard
  • Sainte-Anne-des-Monts

Herring - Fall

  • Gascons (Ruisseau Chapados)
  • Grande-Rivière
  • Newport
  • Port-Daniel (2 weeks after the start of the roe fishery)
  • Saint-Godefroi (2 weeks after the start of the roe fishery)
  • Sainte-Thérèse-de-Gaspé

Herring - Spring

  • Bonaventure
  • Carleton
  • Gascons (Ruisseau Chapados)
  • Grande-Rivière
  • Newport
  • Paspébiac
  • Port-Daniel
  • Saint-Godefroi
  • Sainte-Thérèse-de-Gaspé

Groundfish – Fixed Gear

  • Cap-Chat
  • Carleton sur Mer (Project 2021 Atlantic Halibut)
  • Cloridorme
  • Gascons (Ruisseau Chapados)
  • Grande-Rivière
  • Les Méchins
  • Matane 
  • Mont-Louis
  • Newport
  • Paspébiac
  • Rimouski (BSL)
  • Rivière-au-Renard
  • Saint-Godefroi
  • Sainte-Thérèse-de-Gaspé
  • Tourelle

Groundfish – Mobile Gear

  • Cloridorme
  • Grande-Rivière
  • Newport
  • Rivière-au-Renard
  • Sainte-Thérèse-de-Gaspé
  • Mont Louis

Bluefin Tuna

  • Gascons (Ruisseau Chapados)
  • Grande-Rivière
  • Newport
  • Paspébiac
  • Port-Daniel
  • Sainte-Thérèse-de-Gaspé
  

Magdalen Islands

Snow Crab

  • Cap-aux-Meules
  • Étang-du-Nord
  • Grande-Entrée
  • Havre-Aubert
  • Millerand

Atlantic Surf Clam

  • Cap-aux-Meules
  • Étang-du-Nord
  • Grande-Entrée
  • Grosse-Île
  • Pointe-Basse

Witch Flounder and Redfish –
Mobile Gear

  • Cap-aux-Meules
  • Grande-Entrée
  • Havre-Aubert

Other Species: Atlantic halibut, Atlantic razor clam, herring, rock crab, Stimpson’s surf clam, toad crab, whelk, winter flounder (mobile gear and fixed gear), Yellowtail flounder (mobile gear) and Bluefin Tuna

 
  • Cap-aux-Meules
  • Étang-du-Nord
  • Grande-Entrée
  • Grosse-Île
  • Havre-Aubert
  • Millerand
  • Pointe aux Loups : American Plaice, Fixed gear
  • Pointe-Basse
    

North Shore

Snow Crab

  • Baie-Comeau
  • Baie-Trinité
  • Blanc-Sablon
  • Forestvikke
  • Harrington Harbour
  • Havre-Saint-Pierre
  • Kegaska
  • Les Escoumins
  • Mingan
  • Natashquan
  • Portneuf-sur-mer
  • Rivère-au-Tonnerre
  • Rivière-Saint-Paul
  • Sept-Îles
  • Tête-à-la-Baleine
  • Vieux-Fort

Shrimp

  • Godbout
  • Sept-Îles

Sea Urchin

  • Baie-Sainte-Catherine
  • Tadoussac

Scallops

  • Sept-Îles

Groundfish – Mobile Gear

  • Sept-Îles

Groundfish – Fixed Gear

  • Baie-Comeau
  • Baie-Trinité
  • Blanc-Sablon
  • Bradore Bay
  • Harrington Harbour
  • Havre-Saint-Pierre
  • Kegaska
  • Les Escoumins
  • Middle Bay (only for cod / for license holders of Middle Bay)
  • Mingan
  • Natashquan
  • Rivière-au-Tonnerre
  • Rivière-Portneuf
  • Rivière-Saint-Paul
  • Sept-Îles
  • Tête-à-la-Baleine
  • Vieux-Fort
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