Notices to Fish Harvesters

Whelk areas 1 to 9 North Shore - season 2023 - Notice to Fish Harvesters

Date of Notice

WHELK AREAS 1 TO 9

NORTH SHORE

SEASON 2023

 

SUBJECT : Announcement of changes to management measures                                                                                               

Sept-Iles – March 29, 2023

 

Fisheries and Oceans Canada – Quebec Region informs whelk licence holders in Areas

1 to 9 of the Quebec Region of changes to whelk fishery management measures that will be in effect as of March 29, 2023.

 

Minimal whelk size

The minimal size of the whelk will be 85 mm for areas 4, 5, 6 and 7. It is expected that the minimal size will increase to 90 mm in 2024 in areas 4 and 5. In areas 8 and 9, the size will be 80 mm. The minimal size of areas 1 and 2 remains at 70 mm and area 3 at 80 mm.

 

 

Areas

Minimal size

1

70

2

70

3

80

4

85

5

85

6

85

7

85

8

80

9

80

Other management measures are specified in the 2022-2025 Conservation Harvest Plan for Quebec Whelk Areas 1-9 and 11-15, approved March 27, 2023.

For additional information

Please visit our website at the following address: https://inter-l01-uat.dfompo.gc.ca/infoceans/

 

Yolaine Croussette

Ressource Management

Fisheries and Oceans Canada

 

North Shore area: 1-800-463-1729

 

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