FN0186-Commercial Halibut - Coastwide Fishery Opening

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COMMERCIAL - General Information,
COMMERCIAL - Groundfish Trawl,
COMMERCIAL - Groundfish: Halibut,
COMMERCIAL - Groundfish: Rockfish Hook and Line,
COMMERCIAL - Groundfish: Sablefish,
COMMERCIAL - Groundfish: Other Hook and Line

Fishery Notice - Fisheries and Oceans Canada

Subject: FN0186-Commercial Halibut - Coastwide Fishery Opening

The 2012 commercial Pacific Halibut fishery will open March 17, 2012 at 12:00
hours local time, until November 7, 2012 at 12:00 hours local time. The
commercial Pacific Halibut fishery will open in areas 1 to 11, 21, 23 to 27,
101 to 111, 121, 123 to 127, 130, 142 and subarea 12-14, with the exception of
the closures listed in the 2012 Halibut Commercial Harvest Plan within the
2011/2013 Integrated Fisheries Management Plan (IFMP) for Groundfish.

Harvesters wishing to fish in subareas 12-1 to 12-13, 12-15 to 12-48, 19-3 to
19-5, and 20-1 to 20-5 must request a special amendment to their condition of
licence from the Halibut Co-ordinator. Refer to the 2012 Halibut Commercial
Harvest Plan for more details.

Please note that variation order 2012-50 is in effect.

FOR MORE INFORMATION:

Chantelle Caron
Halibut Coordinator
Groundfish Management Unit
Phone: (604) 666-0912
Fax: (604) 666-8525


Fisheries and Oceans Canada Operations Center - FN0186
Sent March 12, 2012 at 11:26
Visit us on the Web at http://www.pac.dfo-mpo.gc.ca
 
why are commercials allowed to fish until Nov 07 if recreational is closed after labour day ?
oh i know, because they have 85 % share, so it takes longer to harvest . :D;)
 
What burns my butt is how they are now allowed to fish area 19-3 to19-5,and 20-1 to 20-5 with some sort of 'special ammendment'.
How long has that been going on? It seems to me that I never saw a commi around these parts 20 or so years ago_Only the last 2 or 3
yrs. I've noticed them.
 
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