Fishery Notice

The Sts'ailes and Scowlitz First Nations commercial economic opportunity 
fishery is open for Beach Seines from 07:30 to 17:00 hours, Thursday, November 
3, 2016.

This fishery is open in the following area: The Fraser River between the 
confluence with the Sumas River upstream to the Agassiz/Rosedale Bridge 
described as:

Those waters of the Fraser River bounded on the west by a line from a white 
boundary sign on the upstream side of the Fraser River at the mouth of the 
Sumas River, thence true north to a white boundary sign on the opposite shore 
and bounded on the east by the downstream side of the bridge across the Fraser 
River at Agassiz and those waters of the Harrison River downstream of the 
Highway Number 7 Bridge.

Only individuals designated by the Sts'ailes and Scowlitz First Nations are 
authorized to participate in this fishery.  All aspects of the communal licence 
will be enforced. Fish harvesters are advised to contact their band for a copy 
of the conditions of their fishing licence. 

Notes:

The target species in this fishery is chum salmon. Retention of hatchery marked 
coho salmon (i.e. fish with a a healed scar in place of the adipose fin) caught 
incidentally is also permitted.  There will be non-retention of chinook, 
sockeye, pink, wild coho salmon (i.e. adipose fin is present), steelhead and 
sturgeon. Opportunities to harvest chum salmon will be constrained by 
management objectives for Interior Fraser steelhead which is a stock of concern 
presently co-migrating in the Fraser River.  All non-target species will be 
released back to the water alive and unharmed.

It is mandatory that all salmon retained under the authority of this licence be 
transported to the nearest landing station and made available for inspection.  
A monitor shall be present during all landing of catch to record the number and 
weight of each species of salmon delivered. 

Environment Canada (EC) is monitoring seabird by-catch to determine potential 
impact on bird populations under current fishing effort and bird numbers. 
Fishers are requested to submit all dead birds entangled in nets to EC for 
species confirmation and DNA analysis to determine the colony of origin. Please 
call your local charter patrol to organize pick-up, drop carcasses off at a 
local DFO office, or contact EC directly by calling the EC Reporting Line 1-866-
431-2473 (BIRD). Label birds with date, time, location and vessel name (Skipper 
name isn't needed). Handle birds with gloves, double bag dead birds, store on 
ice. For more information contact Laurie Wilson (laurie.wilson@ec.gc.ca, 604-
862-8817). 


FOR MORE INFORMATION:

Matthew Parslow, A/Aboriginal Affairs Advisor, Fraser and Interior Area at 
(604) 666-6608

Fisheries & Oceans Operations Center - FN1229
Sent November 2, 2016 at 1703

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