Fishery Notice
Category(s):
COMMERCIAL - Herring Special Use
COMMERCIAL - Herring: Food and Bait
COMMERCIAL - Herring: Food and Bait
Subject:
FN1068-Draft Food and Bait and Special Use Pacific Herring Commercial Fishing Plans Available for 30 day Review and Comment
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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