Fishery Notice

Category(s):
COMMERCIAL - Invertebrates: Sea Urchin - Red
Subject:
FN0093-COMMERCIAL - Red Sea Urchins - North Coast - Areas 1 to 10 - Opening


Opening 00:01 hours February 9, 2019 in the following Quota Areas:

SUMMARY:

RU26 Larsen Harbour
RU32 Calamity Bay
RU33 Otter Pass

Variation Order Nos. 2019-47 to 49 are in effect.
 
The north coast fishery continues in the following Quota Areas:

RU27a Upper Banks Island
RU27b Mid Banks Island
RU28 Bonilla Island
RU29 Kingkown Inlet
RU30 Lower Banks Island

DETAILS:

RU26 Larsen Harbour
a) That portion of Subarea 5-11 south of a line running true west from Baird 
Point on McCauley Island.
b) That portion of Subarea 5-20 north of the parallel passing through 53 
degrees 35 minutes north latitude.  (Refer to Canadian Hydrographic Service 
Chart #3927)

RU32 Calamity Bay
That portion of Subarea 6-9 north of the parallel passing through 53 degrees 
08.0 minutes north latitude and west of the meridian passing through 129 
degrees 49.78 minutes west longitude.  (Refer to Canadian Hydrographic Service 
Chart #3741)

RU33 Otter Pass
That portion of Subarea 6-9 south of a parallel running through the Sisters 
Islands from 53 degrees 10.686 minutes north latitude, 129 degrees 46.803 
minutes west longitude, and north of a parallel passing through Flynn Point on 
Trutch Island, excluding the Calamity Bay Quota Area described as: that portion 
of Subarea 6-9 north of the parallel passing through 53 degrees 08.0 minutes 
north latitude and west of the meridian passing through 129 degrees 49.78 
minutes west longitude.  (Refer to Canadian Hydrographic Service Charts #3741 
and #3724)

Notes:
All notification and reporting requirements are outlined in Appendix 1 of the 
Integrated Fisheries Management Plan (IFMP). 

The North Coast fishing protocol is available from Pauline Ridings or D&D 
Pacific Fisheries.

D&D Pacific Fisheries will direct the fleet.
South Coast areas are identified on a separate notice.

FOR MORE INFORMATION:

Pauline Ridings (250)-756-7118

Fisheries & Oceans Operations Center - FN0093
Sent February 8, 2019 at 1548