Fishery Notice

The commercial groundfish fishery is hereby notified of the following changes 
to the 2017/2018 Appendix 5: Rockfish by Hook and Line (Outside ZN) Commercial 
Harvest Plan. These changes take effect immediately:

Section 9.1.3 - Quota Holdings Caps 

Increases have been made to the quota holdings caps for Longnose and Big 
Skates.  Effective immediately the quota holdings caps for Longnose and Big 
Skate is 10,000 pounds for each species. 

Section 9.1.4 - Quota Landings Caps
An increase has been made to the quota landings cap for Lingcod.  Effective 
immediately, 7,500 pounds of lingcod can be landed when landing less than 8,000 
pounds of quota applicable rockfish. All other landing cap blocks for lingcod 
remain unchanged.

For more information please contact:

Jena Chin
A/Halibut/Sablefish Coordinator
Phone: (604) 666-0912

Shane Petersen
Hook & Line Coordinator
Phone: 604-666-3279

Rob Tadey
Trawl Coordinator
Phone: 604-666-3991

Fisheries & Oceans Operations Center - FN0483
Sent May 30, 2017 at 1626

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