Fishery Notice

Effective 00:01 hours Wednesday, July 25, 2018 and until further notice, 
retention of Sockeye will be permitted in food, social and ceremonial (FSC) 
fisheries in the following Areas:
Areas 11 to 28, Areas 111, 121, 124 to 127 and Subareas 29-1 to 29-10. 

In most years the three week rolling window closure to protect Early Stuart 
Sockeye overlaps with existing management measures in place to protect Nimpkish 
River and Sakinaw Lake Sockeye.  First Nations should be aware of the existing 
management measures that remain in place to protect Nimpkish and Sakinaw 
Sockeye stocks. For Nimpkish Sockeye the Lewis Point boundary remains in effect 
until late July.  For Sakinaw origin Sockeye, these measures include a 
restriction in First Nations FSC fisheries to prohibit the use of seine nets in 
Johnstone Strait until July 25, 2018 and in the northern Strait of Georgia 
until August 15, 2018.  

For 2018, the Department has implemented additional management measures to 
increase Chinook Salmon prey availability for Southern Resident Killer Whales 
in the Strait of Juan de Fuca (Subareas 20-3, 20-4, and a portion of 20-5 west 
of Otter Point), Gulf Islands (Subareas 18-2, 18-4, 18-5, and 18-9), and the 
mouth of the Fraser River (Subareas 29-6, 29-7, 29-9, and 29-10). First Nations 
are requested to avoid fishing in the vicinity of Killer Whales when they are 
present in these areas.

First Nations are reminded to please submit any FSC catches to the Department 
no later than close of business Wednesdays. 

The next meeting of the Fraser River Panel will be the morning of Friday, July 
27, 2018 and there will be an update following that meeting.


FOR MORE INFORMATION:
	
Contact the local DFO office in your area for updated information as it becomes 
available.

Fisheries & Oceans Operations Center - FN0638
Sent July 24, 2018 at 1551

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