Fishery Notice

Category(s):

COMMERCIAL - Groundfish Trawl

Subject:

FN1333-Inseason Changes to the 2016/2017 Groundfish Trawl Harvest Plan re - Adjustments to Some Temporary Groundfish Trawl Quota Vessel Species Caps effective December 6th, 2016.

Groundfish Trawl licence holders and harvesters are advised of the following 
harvest plan changes that have been adopted for the 2016/2017 Commercial 
Groundfish Trawl Fishery effective immediately. These changes were discussed 
and recommended to DFO by the Groundfish Trawl Advisory Committee at its 
December 2nd, 2016 meeting.

The following Individual Groundfish Trawl Temporary Quota Species Caps changes 
are in effect for Groundfish Trawl fishery for the remainder of the 2016/2017 
fishing season:
Widow Rockfish------------from------15%-----to----20%
Canary Rockfish-----------from-------8%-----to---10%
Silvergray Rockfish-------from-------9%-----to---11%
Yellowmouth Rockfish------from------10%-----to---12%
Rougheye Rockfish---------from------15%-----to----20%
English/Lemon Sole--------from------20%-----to----28%
Petrale Sole--------------from------10%-----to----15%
Sablefish-----------------from------10%-----to----15%
Longnose Skate------------from-------8%-----to----10%
Pacific Hake(Gulf)--------from------40%-----to----60%

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

For more information please call Neil Davis at 604-666-9033, Gerry Dunsmore at 
604-666-0010, or Louise Yada at 604-666-5865.

Fisheries & Oceans Operations Center - FN1333
Sent December 6, 2016 at 1036

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