Fishery Notice

This notice amends FN0115 to correct the number of licences for both gill net 
and seine in Prince Rupert and the Strait of Georgia.  The full corrected 
fishery notice follows.

Please note below the result of February 16, 2017 area reselection process.  
Central Coast (CC) gear and catch targets have not yet been determined. Further 
information regarding CC fishery opportunity, gear and catch targets will be 
provided by Fishery Notice when it becomes available.


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AREA COUNTS:
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Area counts as of February 22, 2017, 13:00 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---------455	
Strait of Georgia---------------1,107---------753	
Inactive for Spawn on Kelp----------------------6 
Inactive ---------------------------------------2

Area total-----------------------1,216-------1216

Total----------------------------1,267


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 13,013 tons*

Average quota per licence:
61.679 tons

Seine applications have been entered for the following areas:
        
AREA-----------------------------IDEAL-----ENTERED
Prince Rupert----------------------16------------52	
Strait of Georgia-----------------211*----------175	
Food and Bait - Strait of Georgia-(25) ----------25
Food and Bait - Prince Rupert------ (0) ----------0
         
Total-----------------------------252-----------252

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. 


POOL DESIGNATION LISTS:
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Both gill net and seine pool designation lists are required to be submitted by 
the deadline of Friday, February 17, 2016 at 16:00 hours. 


PRINT LICENCE DOCUMENTS - Once pools and quota numbers are finalised, Licence 
documents, which will include Conditions of Licence, Pool list and Quota will 
be available for printing in your NOLS account. The target date is Feb 22, 
2017. Print all of the licence documents as instructed and attach to licence. 


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 - FN0140
Sent February 23, 2017 at 1400

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