Scallop Areas 16a, 16b, 16c, 16d, 16g, 16h and 18d - Seasons 2011 to 2012

Sept-Iles, April 7th 2011

Species and region

Scallop areas 16A, 16B, 16C, 16D, 16G, 16H and 18D –Québec region, North-Shore area.

Fishing areas :

Sub-area 16A-1 : From Grande Anse to Pointe-du-Moulin
Sub-area 16A-2 : From Pointe-du-Moulin to Pointe-des-Monts
Sub-area 16B : From Pointe-des-Monts to Pointe-au-Jambon
Sub-area 16C : From Pointe-au-Jambon to Rivière Manitou
Sub-area 16D : From Rivière Manitou to Phare Île aux Perroquets
Sub-area 16G : From Rivière Corneille au Quai de Natashquan
Sub-area 16H : From Quai de Natashquan to Rivière de l'Étang
Sub-area 18D : Nord-est de l'Île Anticosti (Cap Observation to Pointe de l'Est)

Dates of season (subject to change)

2011 fishing season :

Sub-areas 16A-1 et 16A-2 : 11 April to 2 Decembre
Sub-area 16B : 11 April to 18 November
Sub-area 16C : 9 May to 28 octobre
Sub-area 16D : 11 April to 4 November
Sub-area 16G : 18 April to 11 November
Sub-area 16H : 11 April to 4 November
Sub-area 18D : 25 April to 4 November

Total Allowable Catches (TAC)

Allowable catches :

Sub-area 16A-1 : TAC 10,9 t (muscle)
Sub-area 16A-2 : TAC 3,8 t (muscle)
Sub-area 16B : TAC 6,8 t (muscle) – competitive
Sub-area 16C : TAC 12,8 t (muscle)
Sub-area 16D : TAC 6,1 t (muscle)
Sub-area 16G : TAC 13,7 t (muscle) – competitive
Sub-area 16H : TAC 8,3 t (muscle)

Group A : 2,45 t (muscle) – competitive
Group LNS : 5,85 t (muscle)

Sub-area 18D : TAC 10 t (muscle) - competitive

DFO could review these quotas in the course of the years to come.

Managment measures

Number of licences :

Sub-area 16A-1 : 1
Sub-area 16A-2 : 1
Sub-area 16B : 2
Sub-area 16C : 2
Sub-area 16D : Open to all scallop licence holders residing between Sept-Iles and Pointe Parent including these two places.
Sub-area 16G : 3 and access to scallop harvesters of group A (see conservation plan for areas 16E, 16F ET 18A).
Sub-area 16H : Access to scallop harvesters of group A
Access to 6 scallop harvesters from the LNS not holding a crab licence
Sub-area 18D : Open to all scallop licence holders residing between Tadoussac and Pointe Parent including these two places.

Dockside monitoring :

Mandatory for sub-areas 16C et 16H.

Hail-out :

Hail-out is mandatory for all licence holders of sub-areas 16A-1 and 16C.

Hail-in :

Hail-in is mandatory to a local dockside monitoring company for all sub-areas.

At sea observer :

Sub-area 16A-1 : coverage of 5 %
Sub-area 16C : coverage of 5 %

Logbook :

Logbook is mandatory

Width of baskets:

The total sum of the baskets’ width must not exceed 24 feet.

Triennial committee:

Management plan is triennial, the next advisory committee will be held in 2013.

Species at risk act

Pursuant to the Species at Risk Act (SARA), no person shall kill, harm, harass, capture, take, possess, collect, buy, sell or trade an individual or any part or derivate of a wildlife species designated as extirpated, endangered or threatened.

At the time this Management Plan is promulgated, the Atlantic species targeted by these measures are the following ones : Spotted wolffish, Northern wolffish, Leatherback Turtle and Atlantic Walrus (Northwest Atlantic population). New species could be added to the SARA within the year.

All by-catches of species identified above must be returned to the water and released in the exact capture location and, if the specimen is still alive, with as little harm as possible. In addition, fish harvesters must complete the SARA logbook.

Licence Conditions

Licence conditions may be obtained by contacting any of our Area Offices. Licence conditions are normally issued within two or three working days. Fish harvesters will have to make formal agreements with the dockside monitoring and at-sea observers companies before contacting the DFO for the licence’s issue.

For additional information

Jean Morisset
Acting Chief, Resource Management, Aboriginal Fisheries and Species at Risk
Fisheries and Oceans Canada
North Coast Area
418 962-6314

Clément Beaudoin
Acting Area Chief, Conservation and Protection
Fisheries and Oceans Canada
North Coast Area
418 962-6314

Links to other information

Published management plans