Fishery Notice
Category(s):
COMMERCIAL - Invertebrates: Geoduck and Horseclam
Subject:
FN1379-COMMERCIAL - Geoduck and Horse Clam - North Coast - Closing - Portions of Area 7
Closing 23:59 Hours December 23, 2016 in the following Geoduck Management Areas (GMAs). An asterisk indicates a change in area description since the last rotation: SUMMARY: CCA06a Latta Island CCA06b Hunter Channel CCA07a McNaughton Group North CCA07b McNaughton Group - Kinsmen CCA07c McNaughton Group South CCA07ex Superstition Point Experimental Area CCA08 Simmonds Group Variation Order No. 2016-578 is revoked. The North Coast fishery continues in the following GMAs: CCD01a Rennison Island CCD01b West Laredo Channel (North of Baker Point) CCD01c West Laredo Channel (South of Baker Point) CCD02 East Laredo Channel Variation Order No. 2016-556 CCA05 Prince Group Variation Order No. 2016-588 NOTES: South Coast areas are identified on separate Fishery Notices. See the 2016/17 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 - FN1379
Sent December 23, 2016 at 1111
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