Fishery Notice

Category(s):
COMMERCIAL - Groundfish Trawl
COMMERCIAL - Groundfish: Halibut
COMMERCIAL - Groundfish: Other Hook and Line
COMMERCIAL - Groundfish: Rockfish Hook and Line
COMMERCIAL - Groundfish: Sablefish
Subject:
FN0021-Groundfish: 2016/2017 ZN Inside Harvest Plan - Changes to Licence Species Temporary and Permanent Quota Caps for Yelloweye, Quillback and Copper, China and Tiger.


The commercial groundfish fishery is hereby notified of the following changes 
to Appendix 4: Rockfish by Hook and Line (Inside ZN) Harvest Plan. These 
changes take effect immediately:

Section 8.1.2 - Changes have been made to the Licence Species Temporary and 
Permanent Quota caps for Yelloweye, Quillback and Copper, China and Tiger. A 
license may hold up to:
- 5,500 pounds of Yelloweye, 
- 20,000 pounds of Quillback and
- 7,500 pounds of Copper, China and Tiger.  

More details are available in Appendix 4 of the Groundfish IFMP, available upon 
request from the Groundfish Management Unit.

For more information please contact:

Adam Keiser
Halibut/Sablefish Coordinator
Phone: (604) 666-0933

Rob Tadey
Hook & Line Coordinator
Phone: 604-666-3279

Fisheries & Oceans Operations Center - FN0021
Sent January 10, 2017 at 1429