February 22, 2024
The Provincial Government is marking an improvement in American Marten (Island of Newfoundland Population) numbers by downlisting its status from Threatened to Vulnerable under the provincial Endangered Species Act. Newfoundland Marten is one of only 14 mammal species native to…
February 2, 2024
The Honourable Elvis Loveless, Minister of Fisheries, Forestry and Agriculture, is calling on the Federal Government to ensure Newfoundland and Labrador receives its fair share of the newly announced Unit 1 redfish quota allocations. The Provincial Government has requested a…
January 25, 2024
Applications for the 2024 Vegetable Transplant Program are open to commercial vegetable producers until February 8. The Department of Fisheries, Forestry and Agriculture offers high-quality, low-cost vegetable transplants to eligible commercial farmers to help increase the production and variety of produce grown…
January 25, 2024
The Honourable Elvis Loveless, Minister of Fisheries, Forestry and Agriculture, gratefully acknowledges the Newfoundland and Labrador agriculture industry’s recognition of the Honourable Derrick Bragg’s contributions to agriculture. The Dairy Farmers of Newfoundland and Labrador nominated Minister Bragg for the Newfoundland…
January 24, 2024
The Department of Fisheries, Forestry and Agriculture will accept applications for the Resilient Agricultural Landscape Program from February 1 until March 15, 2024. The program aims to help farmers and producers increase the environmental resiliency of farms by adopting beneficial…
January 23, 2024
Work to strengthen Newfoundland and Labrador’s agriculture sector continues with over $7 million in approved funding to support more than 110 projects in Newfoundland and Labrador since the launch of the Sustainable Canadian Agricultural Partnership (Sustainable CAP) in April 2023….
January 9, 2024
The Department of Fisheries, Forestry and Agriculture’s Resource Enforcement Division is seeking public assistance to support an ongoing investigation into a recent caribou poaching incident near the community of Loon Bay. An investigation was initiated after Resource Enforcement Officers discovered…
December 27, 2023
Effective immediately, a bridge located at the 2.7 kilometre mark on the Squid Cove Resource Road is closed to all vehicle, ATV, snowmobile and pedestrian traffic until further notice. Forestry officials have identified structural damage to the bridge making it…
December 21, 2023
A recent investigation by officers with the Department of Fisheries, Forestry and Agriculture’s Resource Enforcement Division has resulted in charges against an individual for several violations of the Wild Life Act. On October 30, 2023, resource enforcement officers from the…
December 20, 2023
The Rocky Brook Road Bridge, which is located on a forest access road approximately 13 kilometres north of the Town of Badger, was closed to all vehicle, ATV, snowmobile and pedestrian traffic on December 13, 2023, until further notice. Structural…
