Fishery Notice

New arrangements for fishery monitoring will not be possible between November 1 
and November 17, 2014. If you are anticipating renewing your S licence and 
wanting to fish shrimp by trawl, arrangements must be made before November 1 or 
wait until after November 17 by calling the Pacific Coast Shrimpers Cooperative 
Association at 250-658-0179.

In order to participate in Shrimp by Trawl openings, a letter from the service 
provider is required indicating that arrangements for fishery monitoring 
services (management fees paid) has been made and your "S" licence renewed for 
2014/15. Fish harvesters/Licence Holders/vessel owners will use the online 
system (https://fishing-peche.dfo-mpo.gc.ca/) to view, pay for and print their 
commercial fishing licences, licence conditions and/or receipts. 

Prior to annual application for either a category S or FS Shrimp by Trawl 
licence, please ensure:
a) Any Ministerial conditions placed on the licence eligibility are met.
b) Any conditions of the previous year's licence such as submission and 
approval of Shrimp Trawl Harvest Logbooks to February 29 and Hail Reports to 
March 31 (all landings reported) have been met.

To confirm logbook approval status please contact the Shellfish Data Unit at 
250-756-7022 or 250-756-7306.

To make arrangements for hails, fishery monitoring and at-sea observer services 
call the Pacific Coast Shrimpers Cooperative Association at 250-658-0179.

The use of a by-catch reduction rigid grate with maximum spacing 44.5 mm (1.75 
inches) between bars is required by all vessels and the mandatory by-catch 
reduction large mesh will be continued for all Otter trawl nets to reduce 
eulachon and other by-catch: the top (hood or upper belly) of an otter trawl 
net shall be comprised of a minimum 4.4 square meter (48 square foot) panel of 
plastic lattice with minimum 4 cm square openings, such as is found in snow 
fencing. For otter trawl vessels using gear that meets or exceeds these 
requirements without using the 'snow fencing', amended conditions of licence 
are required.

Fish slips (sale slips) are required for all fish and shellfish caught and must 
be submitted within seven days of offloading.

Prior to commencing fishing and at least 24 hours prior to leaving port, the 
vessel master shall obtain a Fishing Hail Number by contacting the service 
provider at 1-866-377-1400 (08:00 to 17:00 hours, Monday to Friday only). 
Earlier arrangements to pick up at-sea observers before leaving port may be 
necessary.

Hails can be made into one Shrimp Management Area only. Other required reports 
(such as to obtain a landing hail number prior to landing) can be made to 1-866-
377-1200, 24 hours per day, 7 days per week.

Rockfish Conservation Area (RCA) Closures to fishing with shrimp trawl nets are 
in place coast-wide. Fish harvesters are advised to familiarize themselves with 
these closures, contact the local DFO office or the DFO web site for more 
information. 


Refer to 2014/15 Shrimp by Trawl Integrated Fishery Management Plan for further 
details and management changes for this season or for further information 
contact:

Shrimp Trawl Manager Dan Clark (250) 756-7327
North/Central Coast: Coral Keehn (250) 627-3021
South Coast: Dale Hunt (250) 339-5073
Fraser River: Bridget Ennevor (604) 666-6390.

Shrimp Information Line: 1-888-978-7888.  

Fisheries & Oceans Operations Center - FN1163
Sent October 23, 2014 at 1108

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