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Welcome to Access Q™

Step 1: Obtain an Experimental Licence from DFO

Step 2: Contact Access Q™ to obtain your quota

By Fax 1.866.849.IQMI (4764)		On the Web Access Q™		By Phone 1.855.751.FISH (3474)
Download Fax Request form		Access Q™ Online Service
Available 24/7 Requests and credit card payments processed within 24 hours Quota transferred when payment confirmed Download Fax Request form		Available 24/7 beginning June 3 Requests and credit card payments processed immediately Quota transferred when payment confirmed Click here for Access Q™ online service		Available weekdays 8am-4pm, except statutory holidays Requests and credit card payments processed immediately Quota transferred when payment confirmed

Step 3: When your transaction is completed

You should also know...

• Our ability to fulfill each quota request depends on how much quota remains in the 'quota pool' at any given time. We start the season with a significant amount of quota in hand, and work continuously with commercial halibut fishers to replenish the 'pool' as quickly as demand requires. If we run out, we will post a notice telling our customers whether and when we expect to have more quota available.


• There is an upper limit of 5,000 pounds per transaction, but there is no limit to the number of transactions you can request. We have put this poundage limit in place to help ensure that we can make quota available for as long as possible to recreational customers, large and small.


• We set a lease price each week and show it to you up front. We work continuously with participants in the halibut sector in order to estimate a likely quota price range for each week. We use that information to establish a fair lease price that remains fixed for seven days. We provide that price to you up front, along with the date on which it will expire. We use the number of pounds you request and calculate your total lease cost for you, at which point you can choose whether to proceed. If you come back to us again before the date that price expires, your lease cost per pound will be the same. Everyone who uses Access Q™ during the same period will pay the same lease price per pound of quota.


• Access Q™ is a completely confidential service. We do not share your identity or personal details with other recreational stakeholders, commercial fishers or their representatives. We must send details of each transaction to DFO for validation and recording, but that's it. And we do not retain any of your credit card information. Credit card payments are all managed within the secure PayPal™ system, which is separate from the Access Q™ platform.


• Each transaction requires payment before quota can be transferred onto a recreational licence. The Access Q™ service is set up to get you the quota you need, when you need it, as quickly and conveniently as possible. The convenience of real-time credit card payments is obviously an important part of this. We will also accept payments by cheque or bank transfer, but must remind customers that we cannot transfer quota or provide a Provisional Record of Quota Lease until those payments are received and funds cleared.


• We make every effort to ensure that the transaction details you provide are correct. We also provide detailed Terms of Use for you to review as part of each transaction, so that you will know what happens if errors should occur.

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