Fishery Notice

Opening 00:01 Hours October 17, 2015 in the following Geoduck Management Areas 
(GMAs).  An asterisk indicates a change in area description since the last 
rotation:  

SUMMARY:

QCB01 Collison Bay

Variation Order 2015-516 in effect.

See also Fishery Notice No. FN1155 Bivalve Shellfish Marine Biotoxin Update, as 
recommended by the Canadian Food Inspection Agency and issued by DFO.

The North Coast fishery continues in the following GMAs:

QCB02a Carpenter Bay West (Rankin)
QCB02b Carpenter Bay West (Iron)
QCB03 Carpenter Bay South
QCB04 Carpenter Bay East
Variation Order No. 2015-482

DETAILS:

GMA QCB01, Collison Bay: That portion of Subarea 2-14 south of a line running 
from Ikeda Point at 52 degrees 18.89 minutes north latitude, 131 degrees 08.26 
minutes west longitude true east to the surfline.

NOTES:
South Coast areas are identified on separate Fishery Notices.

See the 2015 Geoduck and Horse Clam Integrated Fisheries Management Plan (IFMP) 
for a more detailed description of the Fishing Protocol.

The On-Grounds Monitor and/or Archipelago Marine Research will direct the fleet 
through geoduck beds and GMAs.

Horse clams are permitted as an incidental catch only except where a quota has 
been established.  

FOR MORE INFORMATION:
Pauline Ridings (250) 756-7118

Fisheries & Oceans Operations Center - FN1159
Sent October 15, 2015 at 1437

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