Fishery Notice

Crab vessel owners/licence eligibility holders may change their area of 
selection for the next three year period beginning April 1, 2020 and ending 
March 31, 2023.  All licence eligibility holders will be emailed the 
instructions and appropriate forms using the addresses on file. If you do not 
have an email on file, you will be mailed the re-selection forms. If you do not 
receive an email by Nov 12, please use the email contact information below.  

If a license eligibility holder wishes to remain in the same area and not 
change their fishing area, they do not have to submit a Crab Area Re-Selection 
form. Crab vessel owners/licence eligibility holders that do not complete and 
submit a Crab Area Re-Selection form by December 8, 2019 will default to the 
area in which they were licensed in 2019.

The Area Re-selection process will have two rounds. For Round 1, the Crab Area 
Re-selection form must be completed in full and submitted by December 8, 2019. 
The area re-selection results will be announced, via Fishery Notice, as soon as 
possible after December 8, 2019. The announcement will provide the number of 
licences per crab management area and any required adjustments to area trap 
limits.

After the results from Round 1 are announced, all license eligibility holders 
will have a final chance (Round 2) to change your area selection by completing 
the Round 2 Crab Area Re-selection form in full and submitting it by January 5, 
2020.  

License eligibility holders should submit a Crab Area Re-selection form for 
each licence eligibility you own. The Crab Area Re-selection form must be 
signed by ALL vessel owners on record with the Pacific Fishery Licence Unit. If 
the vessel owner/licence eligibility holder is a company or Aboriginal group, 
the PFLU must have on record a copy of either a Confirmation of Signing 
Authorities or an Amendment to Confirmation of Signing Authorities form, 
listing the signing authorities.  

FOR MORE INFORMATION:

Please email or call either Steven Groves, Prince Rupert,
steven.groves@dfo-mpo.gc.ca or (250-627-3455) or Dillon Buerk, Prince Rupert, 
dillon.buerk@dfo-mpo.gc.ca or (250-627-3477).

Fisheries & Oceans Operations Center - FN1151
Sent November 8, 2019 at 1437

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