Fishery Notice
Category(s): COMMERCIAL - Invertebrates: Prawn and Shrimp by Trap
Subject: FN0385-COMMERCIAL - Prawn and Shrimp by Trap - South Coast / Fraser River - Areas 11 to 29, 111, 121, 123 to 127 - Closures and Fishery Continues.
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Closes 1900 hours May 24, 2013 in Subarea 23-5.
Fishery continues 1900 hours May 24, 2013 until further notice for all species
of shrimp, including prawns, by trap gear, in the following areas:
1. Area 11.
2. Area 12 except for the Robson Bight - Michael Bigg Ecological Reserve
closure area (Section 3.3.5 of the Commercial Harvest Plan).
3. Areas 13 to 16. (Note Special Management Area in Salmon and Sechelt Inlets:
Subareas 16-5 to 16-8 where reduced trap and string limits apply.)
4. Subareas 17-1 to 17-8, 17-10 to 17-21
5. Area 18 except for the Satellite Channel Ecological Reserve closure area
(Section 3.3.10 of the Commercial Harvest Plan).
6. Area 19. Note advisory for Sponge Reefs in Section 3.3.11 and "Venus"
scientific array outside of Pat Bay at the location described in Section 3.3.12
of the Commercial Harvest Plan. (Note Special Management Area in Saanich Inlet -
Subareas 19-7 to 19-12 where reduced trap and string limits apply.)
7. Subareas 20-1 to 20-5. (Note moorage buoy advisory on Constance Bank at
48º18.00 N and 123º 22.50 W in 117 meters depth in Section 3.3.14 of the
Commercial Harvest Plan).
8. Areas 21 and 22.
9. Area 23-1, 23-4, 23-6 to 23-11 except for the Pacific Rim National Park,
Broken Group Islands closure area (Section 3.3.18 of the Commercial Harvest
Plan). Note Neptune Project Advisory in Section 3.3.20 of the Commercial
Harvest Plan. (Note Special Management Area in Alberni Inlet - Subareas 23-1 to
23-3 where reduced trap and string limits apply.)
10. Area 24.
11. Area 25. Note advisory for Sponge Reefs in Section 3.3.21 of the Commercial
Harvest Plan in Tahsis Narrows in the vicinity of Mozino Point in waters less
that 80 meters in depth.
12. Areas 26 to 27.
13. Subareas 28-1 to 28-7, 28-9, 28-11 to 28-14 except for the Porteau Cove,
Whytecliffe Park, and Point Atkinson Reef closure areas (Section 3.3.23 of the
Commercial Harvest Plan). (Note Special Management Areas in Howe Sound and
Indian Arm: Subareas 28-1 to 28-5 and 28-11 to 28-14 where reduced trap and
string limits apply.)
14. Subareas 29-1 to 29-7, 29-9 and 29-10. Note advisory for Sponge Reefs in
Section 3.3.24 of the Commercial Harvest Plan approximately 12 kilometers
offshore of Sturgeon Bank at: 49º09.5'N 123º23.0'W in 160 to 220 meters depth.
15. Areas 111, 121, 123, 124, 125, 126, and 127.
Subareas are described in the Pacific Fishery Management Area Regulations.
Variation Order Number 2013-251.
