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Archived – Snow Crab, Crab Fishing Area 15, Quebec Region
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Species and Area
Snow crab, area 15 – Quebec region
Dates of season
The fishing will begin on the 5th of April 2010 at 05h00 AM and will close on July the 12th 2010 at 24h00.
There will be no extensions of the season for other than exceptional circumstances out of the control of the industry or the DFO (ex. late ice).
Total Allowable Catches and Sharing Arrangements
Total allowable catches (TAC) are set at 593.274 tons, the same amount as last year and distributed as follows:
- Quota for the 8 traditional crabbers of 538 tons, IQ of 67.25 tons
- Temporary allocation totalizing 55.275 tons
Management Measures
- Traditional crab fish harvesters are authorized to use 75 standards traps or 150 Japanese traps.
- At-sea observers’ coverage of 10% at the industry’s expense
- 100% dockside monitoring
- Hail-out is mandatory in 2010.
- Buddy-up system will be authorized. Fish harvesters involved in this partnership agreement (maximum of 2 fish harvesters) are authorised to use the following number of traps: 150 standards size traps or 300 Japanese traps. Landings will be accounted for according to the prorata of the individul quotas of the two fish harvesters involved in a partenership agreement.
- As soon as 20% of white crab is obtained, the zone will close.
- The discarding of white crab and adolescent crab is permitted this year, as stipulated on licence conditions.
Species at risk :
Pursuant to the Species at Risk Act (SARA), all by-catches of spotted wolfish, northern wolfish and leatherback Turtle must be returned to the water and released in the same location they were caught and, if the fish is still alive, with as little harm as possible. Moreover, information regarding interactions with species at risk must be provided in the Species at risk section of the logbook.
Conditions:
A two working days deadline is necessary for the DFO to issue the license conditions. Fish harvesters meeting eligibility criteria will have to make formal agreements with the dockside monitoring and at-sea observers companies before contacting the DFO for the licence’s issue.
Please take note that DFO office will be closed from April 2nd to April 5th.
