Fishery Notice

Area B Seines open daily from 0700 hours to 1900 hours Sunday October 16th and 
Monday October 17th, 2016 in Area 21 and a portion of Subarea 121 inside a line 
from Pachena Point to a position 2.0 nautical miles true south of Pachena 
Point, then to a position 2.0 nautical miles true south of Bonilla Point and 
then to Bonilla Point.

The Cheewhat River has a 0.5 of a nautical mile radius closure from a point 
located at 48 degrees 39.711 minutes North latitude and 124 degrees 48.991 
minutes West longitude.

The Klanawa River has a 0.5 nautical mile radius closure from a point located 
at 48 degrees 41.963 minutes North latitude and 124 degrees  56.839 minutes 
West longitude.

The Carmanah River has a 0.5 nautical mile radius closure from a point located 
at 48 degrees 36.285 minutes North latitude and 124 degrees 43.793 minutes West 
longitude.

The target stock is Nitinat chum; pinks may be retained. Sockeye, coho, chinook 
and steelhead may not be retained.  Fishing is permitted by purse seine gear 
with a minimum bunt size of 70 mm.    

Note: Fishers are required to obtain Start Fishing Reports numbers from the 
service provider AMR and record them in their logbook prior to arriving on the 
fishing grounds.  The cell coverage at Nitinat is poor and fishers must phone 
in prior to leaving port.  

Variation Order No. 15-SAL-21-SN-04 
Variation Order No. 15-SAL-21-SN-05

The use of power skiffs is approved.

Brailing is not mandatory in this fishery.  Harvesters are requested to brail 
when feasible, catch must be sorted in a wet area.  Harvesters are asked to 
take all possible actions to release prohibited species in the best possible 
condition.  Harvesters should anticipate that their catch will be monitored for 
prohibited species during offloading.

The weekly escapement goal of 175,000 will be achieved by Saturday Oct 15th; 
consequently two 12 hour openings are scheduled for this week.  The department 
will review catch, brood stock collection, observed lake abundance and 
abundance in river to determine if further commercial fishing opportunities are 
warranted later this week.

It is imperative that fishers report into FOS prior to fishing and after each 
fishing day. Failure to do so will limit fishing opportunities.

New for 2016:

Please note that all salmon seine fisheries have new requirements in order to 
improve catch monitoring and fishery compliance. See 2016 Fishery Notices 
FN0521 and FN0522 which highlight some of these changes and requirements for 
Area B Seine fisheries. Refer to your Conditions of 2016-17 Salmon Area B 
licence for details on complete changes.

NOTE:

1. Seine vessel masters are reminded that logbooks and operating revival tanks 
are mandatory as condition of their licence and are legal requirements.

2. The mandatory logbook and phone-in program will be in effect similar to the 
Johnstone Strait sockeye fishery.  Vessel masters are reminded to provide start 
and end fishing reports to the catch reporting service provider by phoning 
Archipelago Marine Research Limited (AMR) at 1-888-387-0007.  Vessel masters 
are also reminded that within 48 hours of stopping fishing, or within two (2)
hours of completing landing of catch from the fishery, whichever comes first, 
to provide an offload catch report to the catch reporting service provider with 
the weight by species (in pounds) of fish landed.  Note that a phone report is 
required for all fishing activity even if no fish are caught. Failure to report 
zero catches may result in the over estimation of total catch.

3. Fishers are reminded it is an offence under Section 7 of the Marine Mammals 
Regulations to disturb marine mammals.  Fishers are advised to follow the Be 
Whale Wise: Marine Wildlife Guidelines for Boaters, Paddlers and Viewers (BWW) 
which are available from local Fisheries Offices or on-line at 
http://www.pac.dfo-mpo.gc.ca/fm-gp/species-especes/mammals-mammiferes/view-
observer-eng.htm to avoid disturbing local killer whales and other marine 
mammals.

4. Fishers are requested to avoid fishing among birds and not to run the net if 
birds are near the net.  Fishers are requested to retain all dead birds which 
are entangled and to release live and unharmed birds by placing them in the 
water.  Please check all birds for metal bird bands (rings) on the leg. If a 
bird is banded please contact Laurie Wilson with the band number and capture 
date and location at 1-866-431-2473 (BIRD) or by the email below.  Handle birds 
with gloves, double bag dead birds and label each bird with date, time, and 
location and store them on ice.  Please call your local charter patrol to 
organize pick-up or drop them off at a local DFO office.  Alternatively, please 
send photographs of birds with a reference object such as a coin, and the date, 
time and location to laurie.wilson@canada.ca. Your names and vessel names do 
not need to be identified or included. 

5. Fisheries and Oceans Canada is interested in reports of sea turtles in BC 
waters.  By documenting sightings we are able to learn more about how, when and 
where these turtles are using our waters.  If you see a sea turtle, please call 
this toll-free phone number: 1-866-I SAW ONE (1-866-472-9663).  Please include 
information such as the type of sea turtle seen (i.e. leatherback), the 
location, and time of sighting.

FOR MORE INFORMATION:

Mike Spence Resource Manager
Port Alberni¬ 250-720 4440

Fisheries & Oceans Operations Center - FN1120
Sent October 13, 2016 at 1624

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