Fishery Notice

Please be advised that Fisheries and Oceans Canada will be holding the annual 
Sectoral advisory meeting to discuss the Geoduck and Horse Clam fishery.  This 
meeting is scheduled to take place on Wednesday, October 25, 2017 in Nanaimo.  

This meeting is to discuss the upcoming 2018/19 Geoduck and Horse Clam season.  
The fishery occurs in rotation for the North Coast licensing area and most of 
the inside of Vancouver Island licence area.   The West Coast of Vancouver 
Island is fished on an annual basis and can occur in Pacific Fisheries 
Management Areas (PFMA) 20-27 and 124.  For 2018/19 the rotational areas 
scheduled to be fished could include:  North Coast: Portions of PFMA's 1 
through 4; Inside Vancouver Island could include Portions of PFMA's 13, 14, 15, 
16, 17, 18 and 19.  For more information on scheduled fishing areas please 
contact me at 250 756-7271 or by email erin.wylie@dfo-mpo.gc.ca.

To ensure adequate seating room at the upcoming meeting, please notify me if 
you wish to participate.  An agenda will be sent upon request.  The draft 
2018/19 management plan will be circulated for review in November.  

For your reference, the 2016/17 Geoduck and Horse Clam Integrated Fisheries 
Management Plan is available from the Department in hard copy or through the 
Internet at: 

http://waves-vagues.dfo-mpo.gc.ca/Library/40572900.pdf


FOR MORE INFORMATION:
Erin Wylie (250) 756-7271

Fisheries & Oceans Operations Center - FN0983
Sent September 21, 2017 at 1416

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