Fishery Notice

Opening 00:01 Hours November 21, 2015 in the following Geoduck Management Areas 
(GMAs).  An asterisk indicates a change in area description since the last 
rotation:  

SUMMARY:

PRE06 SW Dundas Island
PRG02a Baron Island South
PRG03 West Chatham Sound
PRG04 Melville/Dunira Islands

Variation Order No. 2015-564 in effect.

See also Fishery Notice No. FN1284 Bivalve Shellfish Marine Biotoxin Update, as 
recommended by the Canadian Food Inspection Agency and issued by DFO.

The North Coast fishery is also open in the following GMAs:

PRE03a North Dundas Island
PRE03b NE Dundas Island
PRE04 North Dundas Island
PRE05 NW Dundas Island
Variation Order No. 2015-554

DETAILS:

GMA PRE06, South West Dundas Island:  1) That portion of Subarea 3-1 south of 
54 degrees 33.2 minutes north latitude  2) That portion of Subarea 4-1 north of 
a line running approximately 225 degrees True from 54 degrees 32.42 minutes 
north latitude, 130 degrees 47.6 minutes west longitude (through Hudsons Bay 
Passage), and westerly of the line running from a point on Baron Island at 
position 54 degrees 27.12 minutes north latitude, 130 degrees 51.38 minutes 
west longitude northwest to a point at 54 degrees 28.87 minutes north latitude, 
130 degrees 54.97 minutes west longitude.

GMA PRG02a, Baron Island South: That portion of Subarea 4-1 west of a line from 
a point on Baron Island at position 54 degrees 27.12 minutes north latitude, 
130 degrees 51.38 minutes west longitude northwest to a point at 54 degrees 
28.87 minutes north latitude, 130 degrees 54.97 minutes west longitude and 
south of a line running approximately 225 degrees true from position 54 degrees 
32.42 minutes north latitude, 130 degrees 47.6 minutes west longitude (through 
Hudsons Bay Passage).

GMA PRG03, West Chatham Sound: 1) Those portions of Subareas 3-2 and 4-5 west 
of 130 degrees 35 minutes west longitude.  2) That portion of 4-1 east of a 
line from a point on Meville Island at position 54 degrees 24.35 minutes north 
latitude, 130 degrees 45.58 minutes west longitude, thence to a point on Dunira 
Island at position 54 degrees 24.77 minutes north latitude, 130 degrees 45.91 
minutes west longitude.

GMA PRG04, Melville/Dunira Islands:  That portion of Subarea 4-1 south of a 
line running 222 degrees true from a position on Dunira Island at 54 degrees 
26.59 minutes north latitude, 130 degrees 49.32 minutes west longitude, and 
west of a line from a point on Melville Island at position 54 degrees 24.35 
minutes north latitude, 130 degrees 45.58 minutes west longitude, thence to a 
point on Dunira Island at position 54 degrees 24.77 minutes north latitude, 130 
degrees 45.91 minutes west longitude.

NOTES:
South Coast areas are identified on separate Fishery Notices.

See the 2015 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:
Pauline Ridings (250) 756-7118

Fisheries & Oceans Operations Center - FN1285
Sent November 20, 2015 at 1406

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