bugleemup
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I just had DFO bulletin emailed this morning:
I guess Yelloweye is zero retention.
Category(s):
RECREATIONAL - General Information,
RECREATIONAL - Fin Fish (Other than Salmon)
Fishery Notice - Fisheries and Oceans Canada
Subject: FN0249-RECREATIONAL - Fin Fish (Other than Salmon) - Rockfish and Lingcod: Coast-wide Management Measures - daily limits and close times - in effect starting April 1, 2018
Effective April 1, 2018 to March 31, 2019, the following recreational daily
limits and close times apply to Rockfish and Lingcod in North and South Coast
waters as described. These management measures are required to reduce fishing
impacts on rockfish in general and identified rockfish species of concern.
North Coast:
Areas: 1 to 10, 101 to 110, 130, 142
Daily limits: Rockfish, all species combined - three (3), only one (1) of which
may be a Quillback rockfish, a Tiger rockfish, or a China rockfish; there is
zero (0) retention for Yelloweye rockfish and Bocaccio rockfish; lingcod - two
(2).
Close time: November 16 to March 31 (open April 1 to November 15)
South Coast (Outside waters):
Areas: 11, 21 to 27, 111, 123 to 127, Subareas 12-14 and 20-1 to 20-4, and Area
121 (excluding the following portions described below):
Area 121
No person shall fish for or retain Halibut, rockfish and Lingcod in Area 121
outside the 12 nautical mile limit seaward of a line that begins at 48 degrees
34.000 minutes and 125 degrees 17.386 minutes W and continues south easterly at
a bearing of 116 degrees True to a point at 48 degrees 28.327 minutes and 125
degrees 01.687 minutes W.
Area 121:
Closed to all finfish, year round in the waters of Swiftsure Bank, inside a
line from 48 degrees 34.00 minutes N and 125 degrees 06.00 minutes W, thence to
48 degrees 34.00 minutes N and 124 degrees 54.20 minutes W, thence to 48
degrees 29.62 minutes N and 124 degrees 43.40 minutes W, thence following the
International Boundary between Canada and the U.S. to 48 degrees 29.55 minutes
N and 124 degrees 56.20 minutes W, thence in a straight line to the point of
commencement.
Daily limits: Rockfish, all species combined - three (3), only one (1) of which
may be a Quillback rockfish, a Tiger rockfish, or a China rockfish; there is
zero (0) retention for both Yelloweye rockfish and Bocaccio rockfish; lingcod -
two (2).
Close time: November 16 to March 31 (open April 1 to November 15)
South Coast (Inside waters):
Areas: 13 to 19 and Subareas 12-1 to 12-13, 12-15 to 12-48, 20-5 to 20-7 and 29-
5
Daily limits: To be announced (by separate Fishery Notice).
Close time: October 1 to April 30 (open May 1 to September 30)
Area 28 and Subareas 29-1 to 29-4 and 29-6 to 29-17 are closed to rockfish and
lingcod April 1, 2018 to March 31, 2019 (all year).
Variation Orders 2018-124 and 2018-125 in effect
NOTES:
Licensing - the 2018/2019 Tidal Waters Sport Fishing Licences and Conditions of
Licence, are in effect starting 00:01 hours April 1, 2018.
Rockfish Conservations Areas (RCA's) and Marine Protected Areas (including
glass sponge reef closures) remain in effect - refer to the following website
for descriptions:
http://www.pac.dfo-mpo.gc.ca/fm-gp/rec/restricted-restreint-eng.html
Please review the BC Sport Fishing Guide online at:
http://www.pac.dfo-mpo.gc.ca/fm-gp/rec/index-eng.html
for any other restrictions that apply to the Area that you are fishing in, such
as finfish closures, size limits, annual limits, and permitted gear.
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 1-800-465-4336.
For the 24 hour recorded opening and closure line, call toll free at
1-866-431-FISH (3474).
FOR MORE INFORMATION:
Contact: Brad Beaith (South Coast) – (250)756-7190
Peter Katinic (North Coast) – (250)559-8330
Carole Eros - (604)666-7089
Fisheries and Oceans Canada Operations Center - FN0249
Sent March 27, 2018 at 10:20
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I guess Yelloweye is zero retention.
Category(s):
RECREATIONAL - General Information,
RECREATIONAL - Fin Fish (Other than Salmon)
Fishery Notice - Fisheries and Oceans Canada
Subject: FN0249-RECREATIONAL - Fin Fish (Other than Salmon) - Rockfish and Lingcod: Coast-wide Management Measures - daily limits and close times - in effect starting April 1, 2018
Effective April 1, 2018 to March 31, 2019, the following recreational daily
limits and close times apply to Rockfish and Lingcod in North and South Coast
waters as described. These management measures are required to reduce fishing
impacts on rockfish in general and identified rockfish species of concern.
North Coast:
Areas: 1 to 10, 101 to 110, 130, 142
Daily limits: Rockfish, all species combined - three (3), only one (1) of which
may be a Quillback rockfish, a Tiger rockfish, or a China rockfish; there is
zero (0) retention for Yelloweye rockfish and Bocaccio rockfish; lingcod - two
(2).
Close time: November 16 to March 31 (open April 1 to November 15)
South Coast (Outside waters):
Areas: 11, 21 to 27, 111, 123 to 127, Subareas 12-14 and 20-1 to 20-4, and Area
121 (excluding the following portions described below):
Area 121
No person shall fish for or retain Halibut, rockfish and Lingcod in Area 121
outside the 12 nautical mile limit seaward of a line that begins at 48 degrees
34.000 minutes and 125 degrees 17.386 minutes W and continues south easterly at
a bearing of 116 degrees True to a point at 48 degrees 28.327 minutes and 125
degrees 01.687 minutes W.
Area 121:
Closed to all finfish, year round in the waters of Swiftsure Bank, inside a
line from 48 degrees 34.00 minutes N and 125 degrees 06.00 minutes W, thence to
48 degrees 34.00 minutes N and 124 degrees 54.20 minutes W, thence to 48
degrees 29.62 minutes N and 124 degrees 43.40 minutes W, thence following the
International Boundary between Canada and the U.S. to 48 degrees 29.55 minutes
N and 124 degrees 56.20 minutes W, thence in a straight line to the point of
commencement.
Daily limits: Rockfish, all species combined - three (3), only one (1) of which
may be a Quillback rockfish, a Tiger rockfish, or a China rockfish; there is
zero (0) retention for both Yelloweye rockfish and Bocaccio rockfish; lingcod -
two (2).
Close time: November 16 to March 31 (open April 1 to November 15)
South Coast (Inside waters):
Areas: 13 to 19 and Subareas 12-1 to 12-13, 12-15 to 12-48, 20-5 to 20-7 and 29-
5
Daily limits: To be announced (by separate Fishery Notice).
Close time: October 1 to April 30 (open May 1 to September 30)
Area 28 and Subareas 29-1 to 29-4 and 29-6 to 29-17 are closed to rockfish and
lingcod April 1, 2018 to March 31, 2019 (all year).
Variation Orders 2018-124 and 2018-125 in effect
NOTES:
Licensing - the 2018/2019 Tidal Waters Sport Fishing Licences and Conditions of
Licence, are in effect starting 00:01 hours April 1, 2018.
Rockfish Conservations Areas (RCA's) and Marine Protected Areas (including
glass sponge reef closures) remain in effect - refer to the following website
for descriptions:
http://www.pac.dfo-mpo.gc.ca/fm-gp/rec/restricted-restreint-eng.html
Please review the BC Sport Fishing Guide online at:
http://www.pac.dfo-mpo.gc.ca/fm-gp/rec/index-eng.html
for any other restrictions that apply to the Area that you are fishing in, such
as finfish closures, size limits, annual limits, and permitted gear.
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 1-800-465-4336.
For the 24 hour recorded opening and closure line, call toll free at
1-866-431-FISH (3474).
FOR MORE INFORMATION:
Contact: Brad Beaith (South Coast) – (250)756-7190
Peter Katinic (North Coast) – (250)559-8330
Carole Eros - (604)666-7089
Fisheries and Oceans Canada Operations Center - FN0249
Sent March 27, 2018 at 10:20
Visit us on the Web at http://www.pac.dfo-mpo.gc.ca
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If you have any questions, please contact us via e-mail to: DFO.OpsCentreFisheryPacific-CentreOpsPechePacifique.MPO@canada.ca