New Rec Closures Proposed Marine Refuge

[Hardy Guy]

See Fisheries Notices FN0102 and FN0100 for 2 new closed areas. One is for Rec prawn and crab fishing In the Banks island Proposed Marine Refuge area and the other is for all Rec fishing (except from shore for inverts) in the Masset Inlet Proposed marine Refuge. These areas are also being closed to commercial fishing.

 

[agentaqua]

Fisheries and Oceans Canada | Fishery Notices

Fisheries and Oceans Canada

notices.dfo-mpo.gc.ca

 

[SpringFever2359]

Do these rules apply when sustenance fishing

 

[SG2.0]

You know the answer to that...why it was put in ... so one group has monopoly on the inlet.

 

[Hardy Guy]

I don't recall the consultation with the rec sector. .... unless I missed something.

 

[Derby]

I don't recall the consultation with the rec sector. .... unless I missed something.

I would say we were told about it, not really consulted.. There is what seems to be 2 process involved in all this.The government to government process and the the public consultation one sadly

 

[agentaqua]

For those interested - I & others posted details about the impending Northern Shelf Bioregion Proposed National Marine Conservation Area Reserve MPAs on 2 other threads:

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Post in thread 'Kiwis are fed up with the trawl fishery ...'

Nov 11, 2023

I think that whole impending Northern Shelf Bioregion MPA implementation (called the NAP or Network Action Plan) will severely restrict the trawl fleet.

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Post in thread 'MPA documentry ,,,'

Nov 24, 2024

I've been pointing out the disruptive changes soon coming from the impending quiet implementation of this North & Central Coast of BC Northern Shelf Bioregion Proposed National Marine Conservation Area Reserve MPA for a couple years now.

Since Harper pulled the feds from PNCIMA in 2011 - the feds (& particularly DFO) have been absent from the numerous MPA planning processes that have led us here, including the 1st the collapse of PNCIMA (https://www.thenorthernview.com/new...cima-funding-agreement-ndp-cries-foul-5940463) - which then led to MaPP...

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[Hardy Guy]

Yes one has to pay attention ... even then it seems one gets blindsided sometimes.