Ling & Rockfish opening

Derby

Crew Member
Category(s):
RECREATIONAL - Fin Fish (Other than Salmon)
Fishery Notice - Fisheries and Oceans Canada
Subject: FN0343-RECREATIONAL - Fin Fish - Lingcod and Rockfish - Areas 12 to 20 and 29 - Open Times and Limits for May 1, 2018
LINGCOD
Effective at 00:01 hours May 1 to 23:59 hours September 30, 2018 fishing for
lingcod will open in the following areas:
Areas: 12-1 to 12-13, 12-15 to 12-48, 13 to 19, 20-5 to 20-7 and 29-5.
Daily limit: one (1)
Possession limit: two (2)
Size limit: 65cm
Annual limit: ten (10)
Gear: Angling (hook and line) and spear fishing while diving.
Areas 28 and 29 (except of Subarea 29-5) remain closed to fishing for lingcod,
this includes catch and release.
ROCKFISH (Rockfish and Yelloweye Rockfish in the aggregate):
Effective at 00:01 hours May 1 to 23:59 hours September 30, 2018 fishing for
rockfish will open in the following areas:
Areas: 12 to 19, 20-5 to 20-7 and 29-5
Daily limit: one (1)
Possession limit: two (2)
No size limit or annual limit is in effect.
Gear: angling (hook and line) and spear fishing while diving.
Areas 28 and 29 (except of Subarea 29-5) remain closed to fishing for rockfish,
this includes catch and release.
VARIATION ORDERS: 2018-RCT-0124 and 2018-RFQ-0125
Rockfish Conservation Areas are currently in effect and are closed to all fin
fishing. Descriptions of these closures, and other recreational fishing
information, can be found on the Internet at:
www.pac.dfo-mpo.gc.ca/recfish
Rockfish conservation and descender devices: We encourage the use of a weighted
barbless hook or other descender device to return incidental rockfish catch to
the water at an appropriate depth to reduce barotrauma and mortality; when
handling fish use wet hands and reduce time at the surface to minimise harm to
the fish. Consider moving to another location if rockfish are encountered and
not being fished.
Did you witness suspicious fishing activity or a violation? If so, please call
the Fisheries and Ocean Canada 24-hour toll free Observe, Record, Report line
at (800) 465-4336.
For the 24 hour recorded opening and closure line, call toll free at 1-(866)431-
FISH (3474).
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Sent April 30, 2018 at 08:34
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Does this say we may keep yellow eyes from these areas?
It says daily limit of one, possession of two

ROCKFISH (Rockfish and Yelloweye Rockfish in the aggregate):
Effective at 00:01 hours May 1 to 23:59 hours September 30, 2018 fishing for
rockfish will open in the following areas:
Areas: 12 to 19, 20-5 to 20-7 and 29-5
Daily limit: one (1)
Possession limit: two (2)
 
Can't recall the exact "estimated" amount, but we exceeded the target, and I don't have time to start digging around tonight to find it.

DFO ground fish is also stating they have concerns about inside YE, so as Derby mentioned we can expect zero retention there next year if the stock assessment work concludes there is in fact a conservation concern.

The SFAB did ask DFO to spend more resources to complete an area by area stock assessment. Our advice was there appears to be areas of more observed abundance and therefore a "blanket" closure may not be defensible. Similarly we are challenging the association DFO ground fish is making between the rec ling cod fishery and incidental catch of YE.

One of the biggest concerns is implementing area closures to all fishing, including halibut. Therefore, all the more reason for everyone to embrace the carry and use of a descending device...and when you are creel surveyed or complete a guide log book...PLEASE record all YE released using a descending device. We need to build an evidence based case that the rec community is capable of embracing descenders and actually using them successfully.
 
It just seems silly to me to make it no retention without seaquilizers mandatory. If next year they aren’t again I’d hope to look at 1/1. Cause I guarantee it will be pumpkin city floating around this year in our area and wcvi. That’s why I asked numbers. If 1/1 reduced by half and within approx quota or at least closer (as our quota is NOT 0) it’d make more sense till seaquilzers are mandatory.

But once we give something up we NEVER get it back (ie 2 lingcod )...
 
What is the recreational quota for yelloweye and what did we catch last year again ?

Don’t take this to the bank

I thought that they concluded we caught 50 tons coast wide

Our allocation this year is 17tons
They conclude that we can’t have any of the 17 tons as this will get eaten up by mortality
Yep....dead ones floating
 
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