Fishery Notice

Category(s):
COMMERCIAL - Groundfish Trawl
Subject:
FN0227-Changes to 2019/20 and 2020/21 Trawl Harvest Plan regarding Arrowtooth Flounder Management and Extension of Trawl Reallocation Requests for the 2019/20 Season effective immediately.


Groundfish Trawl licence holders and harvesters are advised of the following 
changes to the management of Arrowtooth Flounder. These changes were 
recommended by the Groundfish Trawl Advisory Committee on January 30, 2020.

- A reduction of the 2020/2021 Arrowtooth TAC from 14,000 tonnes to 5,000 
tonnes;
- A reduction to the 2019/2020 quota carryover allowance from 30 per cent to 10 
per cent;
- A reduction Reducing the amount of temporary quota a licence can hold from 17 
per cent to 8 per cent of the TAC;

Consultation on further management measures, including spatial closures 
prohibiting fishing with bottom trawl gear, are planned to occur during the 
spring of 2020.  

In order to accommodate these changes GMU will accept quota reallocation 
requests for the 2019/20 trawl fishery until Noon on Friday, March 13, 2020. 
 
For more information please call Rob Tadey at 604-666-3991, Anna Khan at 604-
666-5865 or Awet Gebrehiwot at 604-666-0010.

Fisheries & Oceans Operations Center - FN0227
Sent March 10, 2020 at 1229