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28 Aug 05
Last Call
Sectoral election ballots must be postmarked by 2 Sept 05. This is a critical time for the prawn fishery. Don't waste your vote...get it in now. If you need more info or contact #'s please email to the address at the bottom of this page.
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11 Apr 05
Prawn Sectoral Committee Meeting
is Friday April 15 at the
Coast Bastion hotel, 11 Bastion St. in downtown Nanaimo, commencing at
10:30.
Prawn Sectoral Committee Draft Agenda
- Introductions, additions to agenda
- Recreational Fishing
- Sports Fishing Advisory Board, feb. mtg. report
- winter closures, re-opening
- Preparations for commercial fishing season
- First Nations' expressions of concern; Loughborough Inlet, Klahoose
- Lewis Channel (Cortes - Redonda)
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- Treaty Negotiations Update
- Pilot Program Proposals For 2006
Because of the size of the Committee and of the meetings, main table
discussions are generally limited to Committee members. Non-Committee
members may request time for presentations, or may ask the Chair to bring a
matter to the Committee's attention, or may ask any of the Committee members
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14 Mar 05
Rockfish
Gary Logan of DFO has advised that Rockfish Conservation Areas will be open to the prawn fleet in 2005. Our estimated bycatch was significantly lower in 2004 from the original 2002 estimate.
The augmented Data Collection Program during Spawner Index testing will continue as will trap modification testing. |
24 Jan 05
The Pacific Prawn Operators and Deckhands Association is gaining membership and support to preserve jobs in the prawn industry. Quota fisheries are having a negative impact on jobs and communities. Download the membership application and introduction here. Just Say NO! To Quota
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3 Jan 05
ITQ's: Fishing for a Pension or Peanuts?
A recent look at a BC quota fishery from its roots to the present. Individual transferrable quotas favour 'armchair fishers', not active fishermen, in the Halibut fishery of British Columbia. ITQ paper
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29 Nov 04
EPIRB - Have you registered?
A recent Transport Safety Board investigation reported that the potential
for a delay in search and rescue can be linked to not having accurate data
registered to your EPIRB.
Take a minute to make sure your registration is up to date, that minute will
make all the difference in case of an accident at sea.
EPIRB's are all supplied with a registration card at the time of purchase.
Whenever there is a change of ownership or vessel modifications, including a
change in paint colour your EPIRB registration should be updated.
You can do this on-line by going to the National Search and Rescue
Secretariat, Canadian Beacon Registry at www.nss.gc.ca or you can phone:
1-800-727-9414 or email from the site.
If you need more information contact:
Gina Johansen
Fishing Industry Safety Coordinator
BC Seafood Alliance
1100-1200 West 73rd Avenue
Vancouver BC V6P 6G5
Phone: 604-261-9700
Cell: 604-339.3969
Fax: 604-264-6133
fishsafe@telus.net
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12 Nov 04
Prawn Fishing Closures
A fishery notice has been issued this date for closure of 5 recreational
prawn fishing areas. Data from an additional 3 coastal areas is pending,
and may result in additional closures in December.
Recreational prawn fishing closures, 2004/2005 Questions and Answers
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7 Nov 04
Sectoral Minutes
Draft Minutes of the last two Sectoral Committee meetings are available here:Each link opens a meeting as a pdf file. Need a reader? Follow the link at the bottom of the News Links bar to the left.
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25 Oct 04
Prawn Sectoral Committee Meeting
Howard Johnson Hotel (former TALLY-HO), 1 Terminal Ave. (Old Island Hwy.)
Near Downtown Nanaimo, 10:30 Monday OCT. 25, 2004, 10:30, Tudor Room
- INTRODUCTIONS, additions to agenda
- CLOUD SPONGES, SAANICH INLET
- RECREATIONAL FISHING AREAS; SAANICH, STUART CH. & ALBERNI
-Fall Index Survey Progress Report
-Management Strategy for 2006
- COMMERCIAL FISHERY - DEVELOPING A PROCESS TO CONSIDER CHANGE IN THE FUTURE
FISHERY
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Sept 05
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Revised quota draft