Fishery Notice

Groundfish Management Unit (GMU) would like to remind harvesters of upcoming 
deadlines. 

1) The current fishing season (2016/2017) for all commercial groundfish 
fisheries closes at 23:59, February 20, 2017. The following timelines will 
apply:

a) To allow for adequate time for licence issuance and to process all permanent 
reallocations prior to the start of the 2017/2018 commercial groundfish 
fishery, permanent reallocations for the 2016/2017 season must be submitted to 
GMU prior to 16:00, February 2, 2017.  

b) Temporary re-allocation requests for all species for the 2016/2017 season 
must be submitted to GMU prior to 16:00 February 20, 2017.

c) All fish must be landed and validated prior to 23:59, February 27, 2017.


2) The new fishing season for commercial groundfish fishery, except for Pacific 
Halibut and Lingcod fisheries, will begin at 00:01 February 21, 2017. The 
following timelines will apply:

a) On April 1, 2017, retention of Lingcod will be permitted in groundfish 
management areas 3C, 3D, 5A, 5B, 5C, 5D and 5E.  Retention of Lingcod by hook 
and line gear in management area 4B will be permitted on May 1, 2017 and only 
in sub-Areas 12-1 to 12-13 and 12-15 to 12-48.  From November 15, 2017 until 
March 31, 2018 a spawning closure for the retention of Lingcod by hook and line 
gear will be in effect for all areas.  

b) On March 11, 2017 at 12:00 retention of Pacific Halibut will be permitted 
coastwide. Please refer to the Integrated Fisheries Management Plan (IFMP) for 
additional details regarding Halibut retention in groundfish management area 
4B. No Halibut shall be retained after 12:00 local time, November 7, 2017.

c) Licence issuance will commence in mid-February 2017, a notice to industry 
will be issued shortly with the specific date.

Please Note: Lingcod and Dogfish harvesters are reminded to acquire revised 
conditions of licence and initial quota allocation sheets prior to fishing; 
even if their primary licence eligibility has not yet expired (e.g. category A 
salmon licence eligibilities).  These documents will be available when issuance 
of 2017/2018 groundfish licenses begins.

d) Reallocations for the 2017/2018 season will not be processed until carryover 
calculations have been completed in March 2017. Please do not submit any 
reallocations for the 2017/2018 season until further notice. 

For further information, please refer to the groundfish Integrated Fisheries 
Management Plan (IFMP).


FOR MORE INFORMATION:

Rob Tadey
Groundfish Trawl Coordinator
Phone: 604-666-3279
Fax: 604-666-8525

Adam Keizer
Halibut and Sablefish Coordinator 
Phone: 604-666-0912
Fax: 604-666-8525

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