Official notice is now posted:
Category(s):
RECREATIONAL - Fin Fish (Other than Salmon)
Fishery Notice - Fisheries and Oceans Canada
Subject: FN0117-Recreational - Fin Fish (Other than Salmon) - Halibut: Recreational Fishery Opening Date and Management Measures
Coastwide:
Effective at 00:01 hours March 1, 2012 fishing for halibut will be opened
coastwide until further notice. The daily limit is one (1) per day with a
possession limit of two (2).
The exceptions to this opening are:
Areas 121, 23 and 123:
Effective 00:01 hours March 1, 2012 to 23:59 hours December 31, 2012:
- 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 North latitude and 125 degrees 17.386 minutes West longitude and
continues south easterly at a bearing of 116 degrees True to a point at 48
degrees 28.327 minutes North latitude and 125 degrees 01.687 minutes West
longitude.
- Electronic licence conditions will be continued as follows: “Only a Canadian
resident may fish for or retain halibut under an electronic licence in
management Areas 121, 23 and 123.”
Area 121:
A reminder to recreational harvesters, that the waters of Swiftsure Bank,
inside a line from 48°34.00'N and 125°06.00'W, thence to 48°34.00'N and 124°
54.20'W, thence to 48°29.62'N and 124°43.40'W, thence following the
International Boundary between Canada and the U.S. to 48°29.55'N and 124°
56.20'W, thence in a straight line to the point of commencement, are closed to
all finfish, all year.
Note: Rockfish Conservations Areas (RCAs) remain in effect – refer to the
following website for descriptions:
http://www.pac.dfo-mpo.gc.ca/fm-gp/rec/restricted-restreint/rca-acs-eng.htm
To read the news release visit:
http://www.dfo-mpo.gc.ca/media-eng.htm
For more details regarding the experimental recreational fishery visit:
http://www.pac.dfo-mpo.gc.ca/fm-gp/commercial/ground-fond/halibut-fletan/index-
eng.htm
Variation Orders 2012-66 and 2012-67 are in effect.
FOR MORE INFORMATION:
Contact: Tamee Karim 666-9033 or Mark Reagan 250-627-3409.
Fisheries and Oceans Canada Operations Center - FN0117
Sent February 20, 2012 at 14:59
Visit us on the Web at
http://www.pac.dfo-mpo.gc.ca
