DFO advises that the fall herring fishery will open 6:00 a.m., Thursday, October 1, 2009 for fixed gear vessels using gillnets, traps and bar seines in the following areas:

• St. Mary’s Bay
• Placentia Bay
• area from Pass Island to Cinq Cerf Bay

The fishery will also open 6:00 a.m., Thursday, October 1, 2009 for gillnets and traps only in Conception Bay and the Southern Shore.