Notices to Fish Harvesters

Gaspé – July 27, 2022

Fisheries and Oceans Canada - Quebec Region announces the opening of the exploratory sea urchin dive fishery in Area 8 as of August 1, 2022.

Fishers are asked to note the implementation of a total allowable catch (TAC) for sub-area 8D, effective for the 2022 season.

The TACs, for sub-areas 8D and 8E, applicable between January 1 and December 31 of each year, are as follows

• Sub-area 8D: 126 t
• Sub-area 8E: 110.7 t, including a maximum catch limit of 85 t within sub-area 8E1. Catches taken in sub-area 8E-1 are deducted from the TAC of sub-area 8E.

The Department is also announcing that the Electronic Monitoring System (EMS) that has been mandatory since 2018 on a pilot basis is becoming a permanent management measure and that the costs related to this measure will now have to be borne by the license holders.

The remaining management measures are available in the 2022-2025 Conservation Harvesting Plan approved on July 26, 2022.

To obtain Conditions of licence, fishers must access the National Online Licensing System. For National Online Licensing System assistance, please contact customer support by phone at 1-877-535-7307 or by email at fishing-peche@dfo-mpo.gc.ca.

For additional information

Please visit our website at the following address: Quebec Region

Resource management

Fisheries and Oceans Canada

Gaspé-Lower St. Lawrence area: 1-877-898-5559

Note: In case of discrepancies between the English and the French versions, the latter prevail.