Northwest Atlantic Fisheries Organization NAFO is an intergovernmental fisheries science and management body, based in Dartmouth, Nova Scotia.
05/29/2026
🌊 New JNAFS publication: Exploring the impacts of climate change on fisheries resources within the NAFO Convention Area by Daniel G. Boyce, Frédéric Cyr, Susanna Fuller, Kathryn E. Schleit, and Rick M. Rideout
📖 Read the article here:https://journal.nafo.int/Portals/0/vol57-regular-2026/J57-Boyce-751/J57-Boyce-751.pdf
05/11/2026
02/25/2026
📣 JNAFS News: Volume 56 of the Journal of the Northwest Atlantic Fishery Science (JNAFS) is now live!
Take a look at the latest articles published in this new volume here:https://journal.nafo.int/Portals/0/vol56-2025/J56-2025.pdf
12/05/2025
📖 New publication in the Journal of Northwest Atlantic Fishery Science (JNAFS): Collapse, recovery and collapse of an important fishery.
Read it here:https://journal.nafo.int/Portals/0/vol56-2025/J56-Hansell-752/J56-Hansell-752.pdf
10/30/2025
📖 New publication in the Journal of Northwest Atlantic Fishery Science (JNAFS): Movement and behaviour of Atlantic Halibut (Hippoglossus hippoglossus) in a juvenile hotspot detected by a passive moored acoustic receiver grid and active wave gliders.
https://journal.nafo.int/Portals/0/vol56-2025/J56-Bateman-753/J56-Bateman-753.pdf
10/30/2025
Check out the latest article in the Journal of Northwest Atlantic Fishery Science (JNAFS): Dynamics of indigenous rock crab (Cancer irroratus) and invasive Green Crab (Carcinus maenas) populations during invasion of a southern Newfoundland estuary.
https://journal.nafo.int/Portals/0/vol56-2025/J56-Mullowney-754/J56-Mullowney-754.pdf
09/19/2025
The 47th Annual Meeting of NAFO, 15-19 September 2025, has concluded. Highlights from the meeting and annual quota table can be found here:https://www.nafo.int/Portals/0/PDFs/press/pressrelease_AM2025_final.pdf
03/17/2025
The Symposium on Applying the Ecosystem Approach to Fisheries Management in the ABNJ, organized by NAFO/ICES/FAO, took place last week in Rome, Italy. Participants from across the world met for the three-day event that looked at both the science and management aspects of EAFM.
Missed out or want to review? View the livestream recordings here: https://www.fao.org/webcast/home/en/item/6951/icode/