Fishery Notice

The commercial groundfish fishery is hereby notified of the following changes 
to the 2017/2018 Integrated Fisheries Management Plan for Groundfish. These 
changes take effect immediately:

1) 2017/2018 Integrated Fisheries Management Plan

Section 9.1.5.6
Changes have been made to the outgoing commercial sector caps for Rockfish 
(Outside). The Rockfish (Outside) outgoing cap of 5B Quillback to be increased 
from 2,181 lbs to 4,362 lbs.

Section 9.1.5.7

The Sablefish incoming sector caps for the following species of Rockfish have 
been increased to the following amounts:

Canary----------------------3C,3D-------157,017 pounds
Canary----------------------5A,5B-------142,286 pounds
Canary----------------------5C,5D--------62,269 pounds
Canary-----------------------5E----------51,393 pounds
Copper, China and Tiger ----3C,3D,5A-----56,631 pounds
Copper, China and Tiger ------5B---------15,939 pounds
Copper, China and Tiger ------5C,5D------51,455 pounds
Copper, China and Tiger ------5E ---------1,672 pounds
Copper, China and Tiger ------4B ---------- 323 pounds
Silvergray------------------3C,3D--------82,714 pounds
Silvergray------------------5A,5B-------161,769 pounds
Silvergray------------------5C,5D-------146,236 pounds
Silvergray-------------------5E---------103,100 pounds
Rougheye------------------coastwide---1,811,084 pounds
Redbanded-----------------coastwide---1,235,000 pounds
Shortraker----------------coastwide-----313,563 pounds
Shortspine----------------coastwide-----457,801 pounds
Yelloweye-------------------5B------------3,155 pounds

Changes have been made to the incoming commercial sector caps for Dogfish. The 
Dogfish incoming cap for Yelloweye in 5B will be reduced from 1,796 lbs to 796 
lbs.
 
Changes have been made to the incoming commercial sector caps for Lingcod. The 
Lingcod incoming cap for Yelloweye in 3C, 3D and 5A will increase from 6,014 
lbs to 12,000 lbs.

7) Appendix 11: Advisory Committees Membership Lists

Contact information has been up updated.

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

5.  FOR MORE INFORMATION: 

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

Lindsay Gardner
A/Sablefish Hook & Line Coordinator
Phone: (604) 666-0912

Rob Tadey
Trawl Coordinator
Phone: 604-666-3991

Fisheries & Oceans Operations Center - FN0893
Sent August 31, 2017 at 1522

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