Fishery Notice

Category(s):
COMMERCIAL - Herring - Roe: Seine
COMMERCIAL - Herring - Roe: Gill Net
COMMERCIAL - Herring: Food and Bait
Licensing Information
Subject:
FN0092-COMMERCIAL Licensing - Roe Herring: Gill Net and Seine - Final Area Counts and Pool Designation Submission Date


FINAL AREA SELECTION COUNTS; POOL DESIGNATION LISTS SUBMISSION DATE:
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Please note the final area counts for Gill Net and Seine licences below.

AREA COUNTS:
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Final area counts as of February 17, 2016, 13:00 hours are tabulated below.

	
GILL NET:
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Quotas:
Prince Rupert 1,500 tons
Strait of Georgia 11,571 tons

Quotas per licence:
Prince Rupert 4.335 tons
Strait of Georgia 14.250 tons

Gill Net applications have been entered for the following areas:
        
AREA----------------------------IDEAL-----ENTERED
Prince Rupert---------------------145--------346
Strait of Georgia----------------1122--------812
Inactive-------------------------------------109

Total----------------------------1267-------1267

Total number of gill net licences:  1267 (100 gillnet licences are inactive 
held by DFO inventory; 4 gillnet licences inactive for spawn on kelp, 5 others 
inactive).


SEINE:
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Quotas :
Prince Rupert 1,000 tons
Central Coast 215 tons
Strait of Georgia 8,374 tons

Quotas per licence:
Prince Rupert 43.478 tons
Central Coast 107.500 tons
Strait of Georgia 45.022 tons

Seine applications have been entered for the following areas:
        
AREA-----------------------------IDEAL-----ENTERED
Prince Rupert----------------------22*--------23
Central Coast-----------------------5----------2
Strait of Georgia-----------------185*-------186
Food and Bait - Strait of Georgia-(40)--------40
Food and Bait - Prince Rupert------NA----------0
Inactive---------------------------------------1
         
Total-----------------------------252--------252

Total number of seine licences:   252 

* The original "ideal" licence number for Strait of Georgia of 225 has been 
revised by the number of licences that have selected Food and Bait for that 
area. The quota for these licences has been removed from the roe quota at 44.2 
tons per licence. No licences selected Food and Bait for Prince Rupert Area, 
and the quota for this area remains the same. 


POOL DESIGNATION LISTS:
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Both gill net and seine pool list and quota will be emailed directly to pool 
contacts. 


LICENCE DOCUMENTS - SEINE AND GILLNET:
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It is anticipated that licence documents (Quota Addenda and Licence Conditions) 
will be available to licence holders in their online accounts within the next 
few days and will be announced in a separate fisheries notice.



FOR MORE INFORMATION: 

Licensing Coordinator - Herring
Tel: 1-877-535-7307
Fax: 604-666-5855
E-mail:	LC-CL@DFO-MPO.GC.CA
Mail: Fisheries and Oceans Canada, 200 - 401 Burrard St., Vancouver BC V6C 3S4


Fisheries & Oceans Operations Center - FN0092
Sent February 17, 2016 at 1415