Fishery Notice

Fisheries and Ocean Canada is soliciting comments on the DRAFT 2018/19 Food & 
Bait and Special Use Pacific Herring Commercial Plans. Following the comment 
period, these plans will be included as appendices in the full 2018/2019 
Pacific Herring Integrated Fisheries Management Plan (IFMP), which will also be 
available for 30 day review.

The plans can be downloaded directly at: 
https://www.dropbox.com/sh/1utm7c8f8ia5l58/AADDnBt9Jvn1aVsLdADCuPwBa?dl=0

Alternatively, the plans can be obtained by contacting the lead fishery 
managers, as noted below.

The 2018/19 Food and Bait and Special Use Pacific Herring fisheries are 
scheduled to open on November 7, 2018. 

The initial catch target for the Food and Bait herring fishery is 4,000 short 
tons in the Strait of Georgia (SOG). Harvest levels for Prince Rupert District 
(PRD) will be determined following a review of the annual stock assessment and 
forecast for Pacific Herring. Access may be provided through the option to 
select harvest in either the SOG or PRD Food and Bait fisheries instead of the 
Roe Seine fishery. Further details regarding the Food and Bait herring 
licensing process will be provided in a separate fishery notice. 

The development of the consolidated 2018/2019 Pacific Herring IFMP and 
associated appendices will be undertaken over the upcoming months with a target 
date for release of the consolidated draft IFMP in November. Amendments to the 
Food and Bait or Special Use Commercial Plans, including final catch targets, 
will be reflected in the consolidated draft IFMP. 

Please provide any comments on the draft plans to the lead fishery managers 
below, by October 25, 2018:

Food and Bait: 

Amber Neuman - (250)-756-7246

Email: amber.neuman@dfo-mpo.gc.ca

Post: 	Amber Neuman
	Fisheries and Oceans Canada
	3225 Stephenson Point Road
	Nanaimo, B.C.
	V9T 1K3

Special Use:
 
Victoria Postlethwaite - (604)-666-7851 

Email: victoria.postlethwaite@dfo-mpo.gc.ca

Post: 	Victoria Postlethwaite
	Fisheries and Oceans Canada
	1420-401 Burrard Street
	Vancouver, BC
	V6C3S4


FOR MORE INFORMATION:

Victoria Postlethwaite, 604-666-7851 or victoria.postlethwaite@dfo-mpo.gc.ca
	
OR Amber Neuman (250)-756-7246 or amber.neuman@dfo-mpo.gc.ca

Fisheries & Oceans Operations Center - FN1068
Sent September 26, 2018 at 1021

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