Fishery Notice

Opening 00:01 hours September 25, 2019 in the following Quota Areas:

SUMMARY:
RU13a Dundas Island North
RU13b Dundas Island South
RU13c Melville Island
RU13d Nares Islets
RU14 Tree Knobs
RU35 Oswald Bay
RU36a Estevan Group East
RU38c Surf Inlet
Variation Order Nos. 2019-523  to 2019-530 are in effect.

Closing 23:59 hours September 24, 2019 in the following Quota Areas:

SUMMARY:
RU26, Larsen Harbour
RU27a, Upper Banks Island
Variation Order Nos. 2019-473 and 2019-474 revoked.

The north coast fishery continues in the following Quota Areas:
RU18a, Edye Pass
RU18b, Oval Bay
RU20a, Cape George
RU21, Willis Bay
RU38a, Campania Island
RU32, Calamity Bay


DETAILS:
RU13a Dundas Island North
Subareas 3-1, 3-2, 3-3, 3-7 and 3-11.

RU13b Dundas Island South
a)	That portion of Subarea 4-1 north of a line running 222 degrees true 
from Farwest Point on Dunira Island (using Canadian Hydrographic chart # 3959), 
excluding the Nares Islets Quota Area described as: that portion of Subarea 4-1 
northeast of a line running from Gore-Langton Point on Dundas Island to a point 
at 54 degrees 28.55 minutes north latitude, 130 degrees 50.70 minutes west 
longitude, and then running north-easterly to a point at 54 degrees 30.45 
minutes north latitude, 130 degrees 47.65 minutes west longitude.
b)	That portion of Subarea 4-5 west of the meridian passing through 130 
degrees 37.0 minutes west longitude and north of a line from the northernmost 
point of Dunira Island, thence true east to the meridian passing through 130 
degrees 37.0 minutes west longitude.

RU13c Melville Island
a)	That portion of Subarea 4-1 south of a line running 222 degrees  true 
from Farwest Point on Dunira Island (using Canadian Hydrographic chart # 3959) 
and north of the parallel passing through 54 degrees 20.30 minutes north 
latitude.
b)	That portion of Subarea 4-5 south of a line from the northernmost 
point of Dunira Island, thence true east to the meridian passing through 130 
degrees 37.0 minutes west longitude, and west of the meridian passing through 
130 degrees 37.0 minutes west longitude.
c)	Those portions of Subareas 4-9 and 4-13 north of the parallel passing 
through 54 degrees 20.30 minutes north latitude.

RU13d Nares Islets
That portion of Subarea 4-1 northeast of a line running from Gore-Langton Point 
on Dundas Island to a point at 54 degrees 28.55 minutes north latitude, 130 
degrees 50.70 minutes west longitude, and then running north-easterly to a 
point at 54 degrees 30.45 minutes north latitude, 130 degrees 47.65 minutes 
west longitude.

RU14 Tree Knobs
a)	That portion of Subarea 4-1 south of a parallel passing through 54 
degrees 20.30 minutes north latitude.
b)	That portion of Subarea 4-2 north of the parallel passing through 54 
degrees 13.5 minutes north latitude.
c)	That portion of Subarea 4-13 north of the parallel passing through 54 
degrees 13.5 minutes north latitude and south of a parallel passing through 54 
degrees 20.30 minutes north latitude.

RU35 Oswald Bay
a)	That portion Subarea 6-9 south of a parallel passing through Finnerty 
Point on Nichol Island, and northwest of a parallel running true west from a 
point on Dewdney Island at 52 degrees 57.41 minutes north latitude, 129 degrees 
38.16 minutes west longitude south-westerly to the subarea boundary.  (Refer to 
Canadian Hydrographic Service Chart #3724)
That portion of Subarea 106-1 south of a parallel passing through Finnerty 
Point on Nichol Island and north of a parallel running true west from a point 
on Dewdney Island at 52 degrees 57.41 minutes north latitude , 129 degrees 
38.16 minutes longitude.

RU36a Estevan Group East
Those portions of Subareas 6-9 and 6-10 west of a line running 132 degrees true 
from Humphreys Point on Lotbiniere Island southerly to the parallel running 
true west from McPhee Point on Princess Royal Island, north of the parallel 
running true west from McPhee Point on Princess Royal Island, and east of a 
line running 130 degrees true from Goodacre Point.  (Refer to Canadian 
Hydrographic Service Chart #3724)

RU38c Surf Inlet
a)	That portion of Subarea 6-10 north of the parallel running true west 
from McPhee Point on Princess Royal Island and east of the line running from 
Ulric Point on Aristazabal Island to the entrance to Clarke Cove on Princess 
Royal Island at 52 degrees 58.30 minutes north latitude, 129 degrees 11.59 
minutes west longitude.
Subarea 6-12.

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 - FN0981
Sent September 23, 2019 at 1519

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