Fishery Notice

In 2017, Area H troll Johnstone Strait chum harvest opportunities are being 
managed as an Individual Transferable Effort demonstration fishery. Fishing 
Period Two (2) commenced Saturday, October 14, 2017 and ends Monday, October 
30, 2017.  Each licence was assigned an initial allocation of two boat days in 
Fishing Period Two. 

Boat-days may be fished or transferred at any time within Fishing Period Two.  
Boat-days will be transferable only among Area H licence holders, and transfers 
to other gear types or licence holders are not permitted. Note that unused boat-
days from Fishing Period One (1) may not be fished in Fishing Period Two.

The Area H troll fishery will be open during the times and areas described 
below.

Area 12: 
Troll will open from 00:01 hours Tuesday, October 17, 2017 to 23:59 hours 
Monday, October 30, 2017, in Subareas 12-1 to 12-5. 

Area 13: 
Subarea 13-3:
Troll remains open until 23:59 hours Monday, October 30, 2017 in that portion 
of Subarea 13-3 northerly of a line from a boundary sign at Orange Point to a 
day beacon on Steep Island and westerly of a line from a day beacon on Steep 
Island to an unnamed point on Quadra Island located at 50 degrees 05.565 
minutes north and 125 degrees 15.769 minutes west. 

Remainder of Area 13:
Troll will open from 00:01 hours Tuesday, October 17, 2017 to 23:59 hours 
Monday, October 30, 2017, in Subareas 13-6, 13-7 (excluding Deepwater Bay, from 
the boundary sign at 50 degrees 11.434 minutes north by 125 degrees 20.268 
minutes west to the boundary sign at 50 degrees 10.861 minutes north and 125 
degrees 20.885 minutes west), 13-8 to 13-10, a portion of 13-11 lying west of a 
line from Bodega Point on Quadra Island, to a boundary sign on Quadra Island at 
50 degrees 16.390 minutes north and 125 degrees 22.620 minutes west, 13-27 to 
13-29, 13-30 (excluding the Amor de Cosmos Creek mouth boundary, closed in 
those waters surrounding the mouth of the Amor de Cosmos Creek inside the 
radius of a circle 337 metres in diameter intersecting the shoreline at 50 
degrees 21.862 minutes north and 125 degrees 41.164 minutes west [east of the 
creek mouth] and 50 degrees 21.658 minutes north and 125 degrees 41.630 minutes 
west [west of the creek mouth]), 13-31, 13-32, 13-35, and a portion of 13-40 
lying west of a line running from the boundary sign on West Thurlow Island 
located at 50 degrees 24.622 minutes north and 125 degrees 45.312 minutes west 
(approximately 1.5 miles east of Eden Point) to the boundary sign on the 
opposite shoreline on Hardwicke Island located at 50 degrees 25.072 minutes 
north and 125 degrees 46.000 minutes west.

The target species in this fishery is chum salmon, the incidental catch of pink 
salmon may be retained in the areas open to fishing.  There is non-retention 
and non-possession of sockeye, coho, chinook and steelhead.

Variation Order # 2017-JS-TR-007
Variation Order # 2017-JS-TR-008


The Area H troll fishery will close for the season in Johnstone Strait at 23:59 
hours on Monday, October 30, 2017. 


Notes

Barbless hooks and operating revival tanks are requirements in this fishery.

Licence eligibility holders are strongly encouraged to designate a signing 
authority prior to the start of the fishery.  The designation permits someone 
else to authorize a boat day transfer if you are out fishing and are unable to 
complete the required transfer application.  The designation and reallocation 
forms are available from Rachel Saraga at 250-286-5807 or Rachel.Saraga@dfo-
mpo.gc.ca or they can be downloaded from the DFO Pacific Region website at:
http://www.pac.dfo-mpo.gc.ca/fm-gp/licence-permis/licence-commercial-eng.html  

Vessel masters must phone AMR at 1-888-387-0007 and provide start and end 
fishing reports. These reports will be used to monitor fishing activity. 
Vessels will be monitored on the grounds to ensure that start fishing reports 
have been filed prior to commencement of fishing. Once a start fishing report 
is made and fishing has commenced, that fishing day is considered to be used.  
At the end of each fishing day prior to 08:00 hours of the next day, the vessel 
master must, as a condition of licence, record their catch information in their 
Salmon Log Book and report their catch by calling AMR at 1-888-387-0007. 
Fishers are encouraged to register their FIN and logbook number by calling 1-
877-280-3474 to facilitate the daily reporting process.  Vessel masters using E-
logs must digitally transmit this information using a properly encoded 
electronic mail message.

Fishing will not be permitted in the areas closed for rockfish conservation.  
These closures are listed on the DFO website at: 
http://www.pac.dfo-mpo.gc.ca/fm-gp/maps-cartes/rca-acs/index-eng.html
or can be accessed at DFO district offices.

In Area 12, mooring in Robson Bight (Michael Bigg) Ecological Reserve will only 
be permitted 24 hours prior to a commercial opening. The west and east 
boundaries are identified by a 4x8 foot white sign with 3x3 foot orange sign in 
the centre. The location of the west boundary is 50 degrees 29.759 minutes 
north and 126 degrees 37.592 minutes west and the location of the east boundary 
is 50 degrees 29.107 minutes north and 126 degrees 30.365 minutes west. In 
addition vessels will not be permitted to moor in Robson Bight proper during 
commercial fishery openings. 

Please note changes to transporting of salmon.  Please see FN0157 and Part III 
of your Conditions of Licence for additional details.  Instructions for the 
Salmon Transfer Log, and the Salmon Transfer Log may be found on our web page 
in section 'Additional Licensing Services Forms' at:
http://www.pac.dfo-mpo.gc.ca/fm-gp/licence-permis/licence-commercial-eng.html.

Environment and Climate Change Canada (ECCC) is monitoring seabird by-catch to 
determine potential impact on bird populations under current fishing effort and 
bird numbers. Fishers are requested to submit all dead birds entangled in nets 
to ECCC for species confirmation and DNA analysis to determine the colony of 
origin.

Please call your local charter patrol to organize pick-up, drop carcasses off 
at a local DFO office, or contact ECCC directly by calling the Wild Bird 
Mortality Reporting Line 1-866-431-2473 (BIRD). Handle birds with gloves, 
double bag dead birds. Label bag with date, time, location, fishery opening and 
vessel name (Skipper name isn't needed). Alternatively, please send photographs 
of birds with a reference object such as a coin, and the date, time, location, 
fishery opening and vessel name to laurie.wilson@canada.ca. Questions: contact 
Laurie Wilson (laurie.wilson@canada.ca, 604-862-8817).

Fisheries and Oceans Canada is interested in reports of sea turtles in BC 
waters.  By documenting sightings we are able to learn more about how, when, 
and where these turtles are using our waters.  If you see a sea turtle, please 
call this toll-free phone number: 1-866-I SAW ONE (1-866-472-9663).  Please 
include information such as the type of sea turtle seen (i.e. leatherback), the 
location, and time of sighting. 
         
Fishers should be advised that whales can be encountered in the fishing area. 
Fishers should take precautionary measures to avoid fishing near whales to 
avoid potential contact with fishing gear. If a whale becomes entangled in 
fishing gear, fishers should immediately call the Observe, Record, Report (ORR) 
line at 1-800-465-4336. Fishers are advised not to attempt to free the whale of 
the fishing gear as this can pose a serious threat to the safety of the fisher 
and the animal. 

Fishers are advised to notify local DFO managers or patrol vessels to report 
abandoned, lost, or entangled gear.

The 24 hour toll-free phone-in line for fisheries notices is 1-866-431-3474.


FOR MORE INFORMATION:

Matt Mortimer, Resource Manager, 250-286-5814

Fisheries & Oceans Operations Center - FN1066
Sent October 13, 2017 at 1113

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