Fishery Notice

The 2019/2020 Pacific Herring Integrated Fisheries Management Plan (IFMP) has 
been approved by the Regional Director General, Pacific. The Draft IFMP was 
posted on December 18, 2019 for a 31 day review (FN 1271: 
https://notices.dfo-mpo.gc.ca/fns-sap/index-eng.cfm?
pg=view_notice&DOC_ID=228342&ID=all). 

Thank you to those that submitted advice and recommendations for the plan 
during that period; DFO received a large number of comments, including from 
First Nations and First Nations organizations, commercial and recreational 
harvesters and industry organizations, and members of the public. 

As outlined in the IFMP, the Strait of Georgia area will be open to Roe, Food & 
Bait, and Special Use commercial fisheries at a harvest rate of 20%. The 
Central Coast area will be open to Spawn-on-Kelp commercial fisheries only, at 
a 5.2% harvest rate. The Prince Rupert District, Haida Gwaii, and West Coast 
Vancouver Island will be closed this season to commercial fisheries. 

Commercial harvesters participating in the roe herring fishery will also have 
the option of participating in a Gear Selection Trial. The Gear Selection Trial 
program allows licence holders to select their licence to be fished by either a 
seine gear or gill net gear pool, regardless of the original gear type. This 
means that seine and gill net licences could have a combination of quotas that 
come from seine or gill net licences, but are fished by just one of the gear 
types. The selection into a gear would be one way only (not revisable prior to 
or in season) but would be for the 2020 season only and not carry over to 
subsequent seasons. More detail on this can be found in a fishery notice here: 
https://notices.dfo-mpo.gc.ca/fns-sap/index-eng.cfm?
pg=view_notice&DOC_ID=229131&ID=all

You may request an electronic copy of the IFMP from Victoria Postlethwaite 
(victoria.postlethwaite@dfo-mpo.gc.ca). The final copy will be posted on the 
DFO library website shortly.	

FOR MORE INFORMATION:

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

Fisheries & Oceans Operations Center - FN0067
Sent January 29, 2020 at 1033

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