Fishery Notice

UPDATE:

The 2017/2018 Food and Bait Commercial Plan was approved on November 7, 2017 
with an initial quota for the Strait of Georgia licensed ZM vessels (252 
licences) of 4,000 short tons (0.3968 percent per licence).  The Department of 
Fisheries and Oceans has received advice from the Herring Industry Advisory 
Board and approved an increase to the Strait of Georgia Food and Bait quota to 
6,000 short tons (0.3968 percent per licence; 23.809 short tons).
 

OPEN AREAS:

As per Variation Order 2017-587, the 2017/2018 Food and Bait Fishery opened to 
fishing by seine 18:00 hours on November 7, 2017 and will continue until 23:59 
hours February 12, 2018 in the following areas:

Strait of Georgia Licensed ZM Vessels: 

Area 13 - Subareas 13-7 to 13-10, excluding that portion of Subarea 13-7 inside 
a line from a fishing boundary sign at Separation Head to a fishing boundary 
sign at the northwesterly entrance to Deepwater Bay; 

Area 14 - Subareas 14-1 to 14-13, and 14-15;

Area 17 - Subareas 17-1, 17-2, 17-3 excluding that portion northeasterly of a 
line from Cayetano Point on Valdes Island to Alcala Point on Galiano Island, 17-
4, 17-5 excluding that portion westerly of a line from Coffin Point on 
Vancouver Island to Yellow Point on Vancouver Island,17-6, 17-8,17-9,17-10 and 
17-17 excluding those portions of the Subareas bounded by a line from Dibuxante 
Point on Valdez Island, thence following the northerly shore of Valdez Island 
to Cordero Point on Valdez Island, thence to the most southerly tip of 
Breakwater Island, thence following the westerly shore of Breakwater Island to 
the most northerly point on Breakwater Island, thence due west to Gabriola 
Island, thence following the southerly shore of Gabriola Island to the point of 
land located at 49 degrees 07.777 N  123 degrees 43.045 W, thence in a straight 
line southerly to the point of commencement at Dibuxante Point, 17-13, 17-15, 
17-16, 17-18, 17-19 and 17-21;

Area 18 - Subareas 18-1, 18-2 excluding that portion northeasterly of a line 
from Collinson Point on Galiano Island to Enterprise Reef Buoy to Crane Point 
on Mayne Island, 18-3, 18-4, 18-5, 18-6, 18-9, 18-11; and,

Area 29 - Subarea 29-5 only.


IN SEASON QUOTA MANAGEMENT - South of Nanaimo

For the 2017/2018 season the in-season quota management will continue. As 
provided in FN1191, there was a reduction in the catch cap from the 2,000 short 
ton level in the 2016/2017 season to 1,000 short tons for the 2017/2018 season, 
in the area described as the waters south of Dodd Narrows near Nanaimo and 
westerly of the Gulf Islands. The catch cap area includes Subareas 17-1 to 17-
9; that portion of Subarea 17-16 southerly of a line at Dodd Narrows from Joan 
Point on Vancouver Island easterly to Purvis Point on Mudge Island; Subarea 17-
17; and Pacific Fishery Management Area 18 (all subareas). If the catch cap 
from these areas is achieved prior to the scheduled closure date of February 
12, 2017 the Subareas will be closed for the balance of the season. Notice of a 
closure in would be provided by way of fishery notice. 

For the 2017/2018 season there is be an additional fishery catch cap of 4,000 
short tons in Subarea 29-5.


FOR MORE INFORMATION:

Christine Bukta 250 286-5888 or christine.bukta@dfo-mpo.gc.ca 

Fisheries & Oceans Operations Center - FN1264
Sent December 5, 2017 at 1403

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