Fishery Notice

Area Selection Counts; Deadlines for Area Selection and Pool Designation Lists:
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AREA COUNTS:
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Area counts as of February 1, 2017, 03:00 hours are tabulated below.
GILL NET:
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Quotas:
Prince Rupert 1,500 tons
Strait of Georgia 15,172 tons

Average quota per licence:
13.711 tons

Gill Net applications have been entered for the following areas:
        
AREA----------------------------IDEAL-----ENTERED
Prince Rupert---------------------109-----------0
Strait of Georgia---------------1,107---------105
Inventory--------------------------------------51
Inactive for Spawn on Kelp----------------------2 

Total---------------------------1,216---------158

Total number of gill net licences: 1,267 (51 gill net licences are inactive and 
held by DFO inventory).

SEINE:
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Quotas:
Prince Rupert 1,000 tons
Strait of Georgia 14,543 tons

Average quota per licence:
61.679 tons

Seine applications have been entered for the following areas:
        
AREA-----------------------------IDEAL-----ENTERED
Prince Rupert----------------------16-----------0
Strait of Georgia-----------------212*----------1
Food and Bait - Strait of Georgia-(24) ---------24
Food and Bait - Prince Rupert------ (0) ---------0
         
Total-----------------------------252-----------25

Total number of seine licences:   252 

* The original "ideal" licence number for Strait of Georgia of 236 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 61.68 
tons per licence. No licences selected Food and Bait for Prince Rupert Area, 
and the quota for this area remains the same. 

DEADLINES:
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SUBMIT AREA SELECTION REQUEST FORM
-Feb 8, 2017 Seine
-Feb 8, 2017 Gill net
(If area/gear types are over or under-subscribed, area re-selection is 
anticipated to take place the week of Feb 9, 2017, with full details to be 
announced by fishery notice)

POOL DESIGNATION LISTS
-Feb 15, 2017 Seine
-Feb 15, 2017 Gill net

See Fishery Notice FN0040 for detailed licensing instructions.

Central Coast (CC) gear and catch targets have not yet been determined. Further 
information regarding gear and catch targets, as well as area selection 
instructions for CC will be provided by Fishery Notice when it becomes 
available.


FOR MORE INFORMATION:
PACIFIC FISHERY LICENCE UNIT
Tel:		1-877-535-7307 - ask for the PACIFIC REGION
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 - FN0073
Sent February 1, 2017 at 1539

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