Fishery Notice

Category(s):
COMMERCIAL - Groundfish Trawl
COMMERCIAL - Groundfish: Halibut
COMMERCIAL - Groundfish: Other Hook and Line
COMMERCIAL - Groundfish: Rockfish Hook and Line
COMMERCIAL - Groundfish: Sablefish
COMMERCIAL - Groundfish: Sablefish Seamount
Subject:
FN0977-Groundfish: 2017/2018 IFMP Amendment 1.1


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 9.1.5.7

Changes have been made to the incoming commercial sector caps for Lingcod. The 
Lingcod incoming cap for Yelloweye in 5E will increase from 5,625 lbs to 8,873 
lbs.
Changes have been made to the incoming commercial sector caps for ZN (outside). 
The ZN (outside) incoming cap for Yelloweye in 5E will decrease from 17,390 lbs 
to 14,142 lbs.
  

2) 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.

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 - FN0977
Sent September 20, 2017 at 1627