Rock Crab in Lobster Fishing Area 26A - Eastern Northumberland Strait

Species and Area

Rock crab in Lobster Fishing Area 26A - eastern Northumberland Strait

Dates of season (subject to change)

Opens August 6 (06:00 hrs) closes November 25, 2012

Management Measures

Logbooks/landing reports are mandatory and must be completed as stipulated in licence conditions. All of the catch must be weighed in kilograms at one decimal point on an approved scale. No of traps: 90. Catch limitation of 23,913 kg for commercial licences, 29,913 kg for Aboriginal communal commercial licences. Only male rock crabs, with a minimum carapace width size of 108 mm, may be retained.

DFO will continue to apply the principle that prioritizes the rock crab fishery as follows: by-catch in the lobster fishery, bait for the lobster fishery; directed rock crab fishery.