Fishery Notice

The 2019/20 Special Use commercial herring plan was approved on November 26, 
2019 with full allocations in the Strait of Georgia management area. The total 
allocation for the 2019/20 Special Use fisheries is 902 short tons.

As per Variation Orders #2019-649 and #2019-650, the Special Use fishery will 
open to fishing at 16:00 hours on November 26, 2019 until February 15, 2020. 
New this year, Areas 17S, 18, and 29-5 will not be opened to Special Use 
fishing. Fishing is permitted in Areas 1-29, excluding:

Haida Gwaii (Areas 1 and 2)

Prince Rupert District (Areas 3 to 5)

Central Coast (Areas 6 to 8)

Area 9

Area 10

Area 12 - That portion of Subarea 12-4 inside a line running from Lewis Point 
to Ella Point [Beaver Cove]; Subarea 12-20 [Parson Bay]; Subarea 12-3 
(portion). From a point on shore due north to a point at 50°30.33' N 126°37.47' 
W then east to a point at 50°29.65' N 126°30.23' W then due south to the 
shoreline [Robson Bight - Michael Bigg Ecological Reserve]
Area 13 - That portion of Subarea 13-7, east of a line drawn from a boundary 
sign at 50°11.4 34'N 125°20.268'W to a boundary sign at 50°10.861' N 125°
20.885' W near Separation Head on Quadra Island [Deepwater Bay]

Area 14 - Subarea 14-14 [Comox Harbour]

Area 16 - Subarea 16-3 [Bargain Bay]; Subarea 16-4 [Pender Harbour]; Subarea 16-
5 [portion of Sechelt Inlet]; That portion of Subarea 16-10 within a radius of 
0.3 nautical miles from the mouth of Sakinaw River.

Area 17 - Subareas 17-1 to 17-9; A portion of Subarea 17-10 described as the 
waters of Gabriola Pass bounded by a line from Dibuxante Point at 49°07.625'N 
and 123°42.913'W on Valdes Island, thence following the northerly shore of 
Valdes Island to Cordero Point at 49°07.7002N and 123°42.1262W on Valdes 
Island, thence to the most southerly tip of Breakwater Island at 49°07.5462N 
and 123°40.8972W, thence following the westerly shore of Breakwater Island to 
the most northerly point on Breakwater Island at 49°08.360'N and 123°40.872'W, 
thence due west to Gabriola Island at 49°08.355'N and 123°41.4770'W, thence 
following the southerly shore of Gabriola Island to the point of land located 
at 49°07.777'N and 123°43.045'W, thence in a straight line southerly to the 
point of commencement at Dibuxante Point; Subarea 17-14 [Nanaimo Harbour]; That 
portion of Subarea 17-16 south of a line at Dodd Narrows, drawn from Joan Point 
at 49°08.150'N 123°49.145'W on Vancouver Island easterly to Purvis Point at 40°
08.174N 123°49.016'W on Mudge Island; Subarea 17-20 [Nanoose Harbour]

Area 18

Area 19: Subarea 19-1 [Victoria Harbour]; Subarea 19-2 [Esquimalt Harbour]; 
Subarea 19-6 [Sidney Spit Marine Park]; Subareas 19-7 to 19-12 [Saanich Inlet]; 

Area 20

Area 21

Area 22 [Nitinat Lake]

West Coast of Vancouver Island (Areas 23 - 26)

Area 27

Area 28

Area 29: Subarea 29-5; Subareas 29-7 to 29-17 [Fraser River]

FOR MORE INFORMATION:

Victoria Postlethwaite, 604-666-7851 or victoria.postlethwaite@dfo-mpo.gc.ca
	

Fisheries & Oceans Operations Center - FN1206
Sent November 26, 2019 at 1113

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