Fishery Notice

The 2014/2015 Food and Bait Commercial Plan has been approved.

As per Variation Order 2014-516, the 2014/2015 Food and Bait Fishery will open 
to fishing by seine from 19:00 hours on November 7, 2014 to 23:59 hours 
February 15, 2015 in the following areas:

Strait of Georgia Licensed ZM Vessels: 

Area 13: Subareas 13-7 to 13-10, excluding that portion of Subarea 13-7 inside 
a line from a fishing boundary sign at Separation Head to a fishing boundary 
sign at the northwesterly entrance to Deepwater Bay. 

Area 14: Subareas 14-1 to 14-13, and 14-15

Area 17: Subareas 17-1, 17-2, 17-3 excluding that portion northeasterly of a 
line from Cayetano Point on Valdes Island to Alcala Point on Galiano Island, 17-
4, 17-5 excluding that portion westerly of a line from Coffin Point on 
Vancouver Island to Yellow Point on Vancouver Island,17-6, 17-8,17-9,17-10 and 
17-17 excluding those portions of the Subareas bounded by a line from Dibuxante 
Point on Valdez Island, thence following the northerly shore of Valdez Island 
to Cordero Point on Valdez Island, thence to the most southerly tip of 
Breakwater Island, thence following the westerly shore of Breakwater Island to 
the most northerly point on Breakwater Island, thence due west to Gabriola 
Island, thence following the southerly shore of Gabriola Island to the point of 
land located at 49 deg 07.777 N  123 deg 43.045 W, thence in a straight line 
southerly to the point of commencement at Dibuxante Point, 17-13, 17-15, 17-16, 
17-18, 17-19 and 17-21.

Area 18: Subareas 18-1, 18-2 excluding that portion northeasterly of a line 
from Collinson Point on Galiano Island to Enterprise Reef Buoy to Crane Point 
on Mayne Island, 18-3, 18-4, 18-5, 18-6, 18-9, 18-11.

Area 29: Subarea 29-5 only;

and 

As per Variation Order 2014-517, the 2014/2015 Food and Bait Fishery will open 
to fishing by seine from 19:00 hours on November 7, 2014 to 23:59 hours 
February 25, 2015 in the following areas:

Prince Rupert Licensed ZM Vessels:

Area 3:(i)Subareas 3-1 to 3-3 and 3-7; and (ii) those portions of Subarea 3-4 
inside a line commencing at Sarah Point northward to a red can buoy located at 
Inskip Passage, thence easterly to the northernmost point of the estuary of 
Neaxtoalk Lake, thence northward along shore to the markers in Dudevoir Pass, 
thence along the shore of Maskelyne Island to a marker approximately one half 
mile southerly of Maskelyne Point, thence to Pointer Rocks light thence 
southward to Gordon Point on Finlayson Island, thence southward along the shore 
to Sarah Point.  Subarea 3-4 will also be open south of a line from Sarah Point 
to Hook Point.

Area 4: All Subareas will be open.  The Harbour Authority of Prince Rupert and 
Port Edward shall be notified prior to any fishing activity within harbour 
limits as shown on chart No. 3957 published by the Canadian Hydrographic 
Service. 

Area 5: Subareas 5-1, 5-2, 5-3 and 5-10.

Please refer to FN-1204 issued November 3, 2014, for area selection and licence 
issuance procedures. Licence holders and vessel masters are advised to review 
the licence conditions that are issued with respect to the ZM license. 

Fishery participant conference calls will be held weekly on each Thursday at 
14:00 hours, commencing. Please contact the resource manager listed below to be 
added to the call distribution list. 



FOR MORE INFORMATION:

Brenda Spence 250-756-7329 or Brenda.Spence@dfo-mpo.gc.ca 

Fisheries & Oceans Operations Center - FN1212
Sent November 5, 2014 at 1115

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