Fishery Notice

Category(s):
COMMERCIAL - Groundfish Trawl
Subject:
FN1327-Inseason Changes to the 2015/2016 Groundfish Trawl Harvest Plan re - Adjustments to Some Temporary Groundfish Trawl Quota Vessel Species Caps effective December 9th, 2015.


Groundfish Trawl licence holders and harvesters are advised of the following 
harvest plan changes that have been adopted for the 2015/2016 Commercial 
Groundfish Trawl Fishery effective immediately. These changes were discussed 
and recommended to DFO by the Groundfish Trawl Advisory Committee at its 
December 3rd, 2015 meeting.

The following Individual Groundfish Trawl Temporary Quota Species Caps changes 
are in effect for Groundfish Trawl fishery for the remainder of the 2015/2016 
fishing season:

Yellowtail Rockfish-------from-------8%-----to----10%
Widow Rockfish------------from------12%-----to---25%
Silvergray Rockfish-------from-------8%-----to---11%
Pacific Ocean Perch-------from------11%-----to----14%
Yellowmouth Rockfish------from------10%-----to---12%
Rougheye Rockfish---------from------15%-----to----20%
Redstripe Rockfish--------from------10%-----to----15%
Pacific Cod---------------from-------8%-----to----10%
English/Lemon Sole--------from------15%-----to----20%
Petrale Sole--------------from------10%-----to----15%
Lingcod-------------------from-------8%-----to----12%
Sablefish-----------------from------10%-----to---15%
Arrowtooth Flounder-------from-----22%-----to----30%

All other temporary, permanent and Non-T temporary individual vessel quota 
species caps for the groundfish trawl sector remain unchanged.

For more information please contact Barry Ackerman phone 604-666-3991(email: 
barry.ackerman@dfo-mpo.gc.ca) or Gerry Dunsmore phone 604-666-0010(email 
gerry.dunsmore@dfo-mpo.gc.ca). 

Fisheries & Oceans Operations Center - FN1327
Sent December 9, 2015 at 1213