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Fishery Notice

Category(s):

COMMERCIAL - Invertebrates: Geoduck and Horseclam

Subject:

FN0103-COMMERCIAL-Invertebrates - Geoduck and Horse Clam - North Coast - Area 2 - Opening

Opening 00:01 hours February 16, 2012 in the following Geoduck Management Areas 
(GMAs).  The North Coast fishery is guided by the On-Grounds Monitor.  An 
asterisk indicates a change in area description since the last rotation.

SUMMARY:

QCF06 Poole Inlet
QCF07 North Skincuttle Inlet
QCF08 South Skincuttle Inlet
QCB01 Collison Bay
QCB02a Carpenter Bay West (Rankin)
QCB02b Carpenter Bay West (Iron)
QCB03 Carpenter Bay South

Variation Order No. 2012-064 is in effect.

The North Coast fishery is continuing in:

QCA02 Cumshewa Inlet East
QCA03a Hans Islet
QCA03b McLellan Island
QCA04 Cumshewa Inlet West-Louise Island
QCA05 Cumshewa Inlet West-Davies Shoal
QCA06 Skedans Island
QCA07a Limestone Islands
QCA07b Reef Island
QCA08 Selwyn Inlet East
QCA09 Selwyn Inlet West

Variation Order No. 2012-021.

QCA10 Dana Inlet
QCF01 Upper Juan Perez
QCF03a De La Beche Island
QCF03b* Hoskins Islets

Variation Order No. 2012-038.

QCA11a Tanu Island Northwest
QCA11b Tanu Island Northeast
QCA12* Atli Inlet
QCA13 Tanu Island Southwest

Variation Order No. 2012-058.

QCF02 Ramsay and Bischof Islands

Variation Order No. 2012-060.


See also Fishery Notice No. FN0102 Bivalve Shellfish Marine Biotoxin Update, as 
recommended by the Canadian Food Inspection Agency and issued by DFO.


DETAILS:

QCF06 Poole Inlet
That portion of Subarea 2-14 north of a line running from Poole Point at 52 
degrees 22.34 minutes north latitude, 131 degrees 14.68 minutes west longitude 
true east to the surfline.

QCF07 North Skincuttle Inlet
1. That portion of Subarea 2-14 south of a line running from Poole Point at 52 
degrees 22.34 minutes north latitude, 131 degrees 14.68 minutes west longitude 
true east to the surfline, and north of a line from Ikeda Point at 52 degrees 
18.89 minutes north latitude, 131 degrees 08.26 minutes west longitude true 
east to the surfline;  

2. That portion of Subarea 2-15 north of a line running from Huston Point at 52 
degrees 18.15 minutes north latitude, 131 degrees 18.40 minutes west longitude 
to Deluge Point at 52 degrees 19.55 minutes north latitude, 131 degrees 10.42 
minutes west longitude.

QCF08 South Skincuttle Inlet
That portion of Subarea 2-15 south of a line running from Huston Point at 52 
degrees 18.15 minutes north latitude, 131 degrees 18.40 minutes west longitude 
to Deluge Point at 52 degrees 19.55 minutes north latitude, 131 degrees 10.42 
minutes west longitude.

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.

QCB02a Carpenter Bay West (Rankin)
That portion of Subarea 2-17 north of a line running from a point at 52 degrees 
14.80 minutes north latitude, 131 degrees 05.16 minutes west longitude true 
east to the surfline.

QCB02b Carpenter Bay West (Iron)
That portion of Subarea 2-17 south of a line running from a point at 52 degrees 
14.80 minutes north latitude, 131 degrees 05.16 minutes west longitude true 
east to the surfline, and northwest of a line running from 52 degrees 14.80 
minutes north latitude, 131 degrees 02.51 minutes west longitude southwest to a 
point at 52 degrees 13.98 minutes north latitude, 131 degrees 08.40 minutes 
west longitude.

QCB03 Carpenter Bay South
That portion of Subarea 2-17 south and west of a line running from Ingraham 
Point to 52 degrees 14.80 minutes north latitude, 131 degrees 02.51 minutes 
west longitude, then to a point at 52 degrees 13.98 minutes north latitude, 131 
degrees 08.40 minutes west longitude.
NOTES:

See the 2012 Geoduck and Horse Clam Integrated Fisheries Management Plan (IFMP) 
for a more detailed description of the Fishing Protocol (Appendix 6).

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.


FOR MORE INFORMATION: 

Sandra Davies (250) 627-3007

Fisheries & Oceans Operations Center - FN0103
Sent February 15, 2012 at 1535

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