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Fishery Notice
Category(s):
COMMERCIAL - Invertebrates: Geoduck and Horseclam
Subject:
FN1145-COMMERCIAL - Geoduck and Horse Clam - North Coast - Areas 2 and 6 - Opening
Opening 00:01 Hours November 30, 2012 in the following Geoduck Management Areas (GMAs). An asterisk indicates a change in area description since the last rotation: SUMMARY: QCF04 Werner Bay QCF05a Huxley Island QCF05b Alder Island Variation Order No. 2012-473 is in effect. PRB03a Langley Pass West PRB03b Langley Pass East Variation Order No. 2012-474 is in effect. The North Coast fishery is continuing in: QCD01 South Englefield Bay QCD02 Recovery Point QCD03 North Englefield Bay Variation Order No. 2012-265 QCD05 Buck Channel QCD06 West Skidegate Channel QCD07a Kano Inlet West QCD07b Kano Inlet East Variation Order No. 2012-390. See also Fishery Notice No. FN01143 Bivalve Shellfish Marine Biotoxin Update, as recommended by the Canadian Food Inspection Agency and issued by DFO. Details: QCF04 Werner Bay That portion of Subarea 2-12 west of a line from Werner Point at 52 degrees 30.02 minutes north latitude, 131 degrees 28.07 minutes west longitude to Newberry Point at 52 degrees 28.13 minutes north latitude, 131 degrees 25.85 minutes west longitude. QCF05a Huxley Island 1. That portion of Subarea 2-12 south of a line running from Werner Point on Moresby Island at 52 degrees 30.02 minutes north latitude, 131 degrees 28.07 minutes west longitude to Crombie Point on Ramsay Island at 52 degrees 32.44 minutes north latitude, 131 degrees 23.55 minutes west longitude, east of a line running from Werner Point on Moresby Island to Newberry Point on Moresby Island at 52 degrees 28.13 minutes north latitude, 131 degrees 25.85 minutes west longitude, and west of the meridian at 131 degrees 20 minutes west longitude; 2. That portion of Subarea 2-13 east of a line running 328 degrees true through the northwest tip of Section Island, and west of the meridian at 131 degrees 20 minutes west longitude. QCF05b Alder Island Those portions of Subarea 2-12 and 2-13 east of the meridian at 131 degrees 20 minutes west longitude. PRB03a Langley Pass West That portion of Subarea 6-9 south of 53 degrees 05.2 minutes north latitude, and north of 52 degrees 59.96 minutes north latitude, and west of a line from position 53 degrees 05.2 minutes north latitude, 129 degrees 38.62 minutes west longitude on Trutch Island to a position on Dewdney Island at 52 degrees 59.960 minutes north latitude, 129 degrees 37.700 minutes west longitude. PRB03b Langley Pass East That portion of Subarea 6-9: 1. south of 53 06.933 minutes north latitude, and 2. east of a line running from position 53 degrees 05.20 minutes north latitude, 129 degrees 38.62 minutes west longitude on Trutch Island to a position on Dewdney Island at 52 degrees 59.96 minutes north latitude, 129 degrees 37.7 minutes west longitude thence in a north-easterly direction to Humphreys Point. NOTES: South Coast areas are identified on separate Fishery Notices. See the 2012 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: Sandra Davies (250) 627-3007
Fisheries & Oceans Operations Center - FN1145
Sent November 29, 2012 at 1515
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