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Number of commercial fishing licences issued by Pacific Region, 2016-2020
Fishery Licence category 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020
Salmon
Full fee (gill net and troll) AG, AT 1,041 1,041 1,035 1,007 971
Reduced fee (gill net and troll) AG, AT (reduced fee) 120 120 117 112 110
Full fee (seine) AS 195 195 194 194 193
Reduced fee (seine) AS (reduced fee) 15 15 15 15 14
NNFC (Northern Native Fishing Co) NAG 254 254 254 254 254
Communal commercial FAG, FAT, FAS 171 164 184 130 150
Herring Roe
Full fee (gill net) HG 745 743 745 743 740
Reduced fee (gill net) HG 249 244 242 244 239
Communal commercial (gill net) FH 168 222 238 205 205
Full fee (seine) HS 193 195 193 196 218
Reduced fee (seine) HS 47 46 46 45 23
Communal commercial (seine) FHS 11 11 11 11 11
Herring Spawn kelp
Communal commercial FJ 11 11 11 11 11
Full fee J 32 34 34 34 34
Halibut
Commercial L 343 341 341 341 341
Communal commercial FL 74 78 77 79 83
Groundfish trawl            
Commerical T 135 135 135 135 135
Communal commercial FT 2 3 3 2 3
Shrimp            
Commerical shrimp by trawl S 211 209 207 206 208
Communal commercial shrimp trawl FS 3 3 2 4 4
Prawn and shrimp by trap
Commercial W 187 186 188 185 185
Communal commercial prawn FW 54 56 55 55 54
Sablefish            
Commercial K 41 41 41 41 41
Communal commercial sablefish FK 7 7 6 7 7
Geoduck            
Commercial G 50 50 50 50 50
Communal commercial FG 5 5 5 5 5
Schedule II species            
Commercial C 323 308 299 302 304
Communal commercial FC 2 2 1 1 0
Crab            
Commercial R 188 189 189 189 187
Communal commercial FR 29 29 28 29 28
Sea Urchin            
Green sea urchin ZA 48 48 48 48 48
Red sea urchin ZC 80 78 79 80 80
Communal commercial red sea urchin FZC 29 25 30 22 24
Sea Cucumber ZD 84 84 84 84 82
Euphauasiid ZF 16 11 16 16 16
Rockfish            
Commercial ZN 210 211 210 209 210
Communal commercial FZN 33 36 39 31 24
Transport D 37 33 39 28 26
Special Fisheries ZM, ZX, ZY 279 270 276 287 260
Clam Z2, Z2ACL 308 317 333 298 326
High seas SEC68 3 2 2 2 2
Eulachon ZU 16 …  16 16 16
Pacific sardine
Full fee ZS 25 24 25 25 25
Communal commercial ZSF 20 17 21 19 25
U.S.A. Albacore tuna USA68 45 45 45 44 45

Table Notes

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Source: Fisheries and Oceans Canada, Pacific Region Operations Branch.

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