April 25, 2025
The Honourable Gerry Byrne, Minister of Fisheries, Forestry and Agriculture, is announcing a record number of recipients for the 2025 Wildfire Community Preparedness Day Award. The initiative empowers Canadians to proactively increase the resilience of their homes, neighborhoods and communities…
April 23, 2025
The 2025 forest fire season will be in effect on the Island of Newfoundland beginning Thursday, April 24, and in Labrador on Thursday, May 15. The season will start earlier than usual on the island portion of the province due…
April 15, 2025
Resource Enforcement Officers from the Gander Detachment responded to a report of an illegally harvested/poached moose on the Gander Bay Road (Route 330) near Muddy Gullies Access Road on the morning of April 13. Officers found the entrails and head…
April 8, 2025
Conservation officers with the Department of Fisheries, Forestry and Agriculture are responding to reports of a polar bear approximately two kilometres outside of Coachman’s Cove on the Baie Verte Peninsula, north of the Town of Baie Verte. Polar bear sightings…
April 8, 2025
The Provincial Government is investing in new technology, processes and innovation to support the growth and sustainability of the Newfoundland and Labrador lobster fishery. The Department of Fisheries, Forestry and Agriculture is now requesting applications through a Newfoundland and Labrador…
April 4, 2025
The Honourable Gerry Byrne, Minister of Fisheries, Forestry and Agriculture, is launching the Seafood Marketing Support Program, to support global market diversification. The program will help proponents identify, assess, target and develop new market opportunities in response to tariff threats…
April 2, 2025
The Honourable Gerry Byrne, Minister of Fisheries, Forestry and Agriculture, today announced approvals though the Harvester Enterprise Loan Program, which was launched in July 2024. It expands support for independent fish harvesters and positions the sector for future success. To…
March 28, 2025
Applications are now open for the 2025-26 Provincial Agrifoods Assistance Program to support established farmers and new entrants who are growing Newfoundland and Labrador’s agriculture and agrifoods sectors. The deadline to apply is April 25, 2025. Funding priority is given…
March 26, 2025
Registration for the spring 2025 Becoming an Outdoors Woman (BOW) workshop will open on April 2. To give first-time participants an opportunity to register for this extremely popular program, priority will be given to new applicants who apply to register…
March 24, 2025
The following statement is being issued by the Honourable Gerry Byrne, Minister of Fisheries, Forestry and Agriculture: “A man who is among the greatest of Newfoundlanders and Labradorians has passed. Graham Flight was this province’s Minister of Forestry and Agriculture…
