(From CBC)

Scales from sockeye salmon harvested more than a century ago show the fish returning to the country’s second largest watershed for salmon are 70 per cent less diverse than they were in 1913, according to a new study.

Scales from sockeye salmon harvested more than a century ago show the fish returning to the country’s second largest watershed for salmon are 70 per cent less diverse than they were in 1913, according to a new study from Simon Fraser University’s Michael Price.

Price, a PhD candidate in biological sciences, first undertook genetic testing two years ago of sockeye scales that have been collected since 1912 — before the introduction of motorized fishing boats on the river — to track how the abundance of sockeye salmon in the Skeena River had changed over time. He found declines of around 70 per cent.

Now he’s used even more of the fish scales, ones from 1913 to 1947, to show how the diversity of sockeye salmon returning to the Skeena River, which is the second largest producer of sockeye salmon after the Fraser River, has also seen a similar decline of around 70 per cent.

There are at least 13 genetically different sockeye salmon that spawn in the rivers or tributaries of the Skeena River watershed and that has not changed in 100 years, the study found.

However Price and co-author John Reynolds show that the vast majority of sockeye salmon now returning to the Skeena River to spawn, some 90 per cent, are of one type that originates in the Babine River, a tributary of the Skeena River.

Price says the predominant strain of sockeye in the Skeena River is wild — meaning fish that were not born in a hatchery or in a human-controlled spawning channel — which could affect the fish’s ability to thrive as climate change and other pressures on the fish progress.

“Diversity really is a barometer of resilience to provide the adaptive potential for the salmon to survive and thrive in an increasingly variable environment,” he said.

The research, done in conjunction with Fisheries and Oceans Canada, was published Monday in the Journal of Applied Ecology.

Price and Reynolds hope the new work will help with decision making in how to rebuild threatened salmon populations.

Sockeye salmon, known for their red hue when spawning, are a prized fish in commercial fisheries and are also important in the diets of marine mammals, bears and bald eagles.

Price said the reduction in sockeye diversity is a result of past fishing where selective gill-netting for larger fish was done, along with habitat degradation.

The study found hatcheries and controlled spawning channels have also contributed to a less diverse sockeye salmon population associated with the Skeena River watershed.

“This enhancement may increase abundances for some populations, but also can erode local diversity, homogenize life-history traits and further erode wild salmon abundances through competition in the ocean,” read the study.

Price says despite the decline in diversity, he still believes the fish have a future in B.C.

“Hope for me lies in the resilience of these animals,” he said. “They have persisted through changing climate over the last 10,000 years … they will persist in the future.”

Still, Price said that action is needed, such as limiting fisheries and restoring habitat, to help sockeye salmon stocks from deteriorating more.

“We are on the precipice of change,” he said.

With files from Bethany Lindsay

There is a lucrative gill net fishery on the lower Fraser River that, unfortunately, has a very large and negative impact on Interior Fraser Steelhead.

Steelhead returns to the Thompson and Chilcotin Rivers has dropped to unbelievably dangerous levels.

From BCWF’s website:

The news that Interior Fraser steelhead (IFS) are spawning this month at historic low numbers is alarming. It requires immediate intervention by the Department of Fisheries and Oceans (DFO), the Province, and cooperation from lower Fraser River First Nations to ensure the conservation of these populations. The iconic and world-renowned Thompson River steelhead that numbered in the low thousands a few decades ago now number less than 200. The Chilcotin numbers in 2020 are less than 50. There is only one measure that can be implemented immediately to ensure that higher numbers of adult steelhead reach the spawning grounds on the Chilcotin and Thompson rivers next year (2021). Governments should announce a moratorium on the 2020 chum salmon gillnet fishery that incidentally catch and kill these steelheads as they migrate upstream during October-November.

DFO and the Province are responsible for the decline in these steelhead populations. Ineffective measures to mitigate the gillnet by-catch of IFS steelhead have been in place for over a decade. BCWF President Bill Bosch states, “these measures have been a failure as evidenced by the continuing downward numbers of steelhead, so the time has come for the responsible parties to get serious about steelhead conservation, which is the mandate of both government levels.” Bosch points out that conservation groups have sent numerous letters and have had meetings with governments over the last number of years to express concerns. These concerns have been ignored, and most often, there has not even been a reply to such communications! A review of the chum salmon fishery by an outside government expert is required.

For more information on this issue, as well as a simple way to send a letter to the government about this, visit the BCWF’s page “BCWF Calls For a Moratorium on Lower Fraser Chum Gillnet Fishery”

NSF&G President Rob Chipman met with newly elected North Van-Seymour MLA Susie Chant and Constituency Assistant Eli Mallin February 9 over Zoom.

This initial meeting was a great chance for our local MLA to get to know about our club, the BCWF, and the concerns about fish and wildlife management that club members have.

We discussed reconciliation, the lack of funding for fish and wildlife management, as well as the need for the increased application of science and Indigenous knowledge in decision making.

It’s important that meetings like this be regular, and that we hold them with as many MLAs as possible. Contact Rob at rob@robchipman.net if you’d like some help doing this sort of thing.

The B.C. Wildlife Federation has reviewed the paper “Large carnivore hunting and the social license to hunt.” [1] The paper infers hunters kill carnivores such as black bears for trophies and that only a minority hunt carnivores. A literature review related to hunters’ motivations and license sales in B.C. demonstrates this claim is unsupported by available evidence.

Research has shown that the top three reasons people hunt in B.C. are: 1) getting out in the wilderness, 2) the opportunity to harvest a legal animal and 3) spending time with friends and family. The least important factor for hunters in B.C. is the opportunity to harvest a trophy.[2]

The popularity of hunting in B.C. is on the rise. The number of licensed hunters has increased more than 20 percent, from 85,633 hunters in 2005 to 107,073 in 2020. Hunting in B.C. is shifting to being a more family-oriented activity, with increased female participation; people who are increasingly concerned with harvesting their own ethically sourced, sustainable protein are also taking up hunting.

According to government data, the number of black bear licenses sold over the past 15 years has increased more than 2.5 times from 14,362 to 36,744. Participation in black bear hunting has been on the rise since 2003, with hunters gracing their dinner tables with bear hams, roasts, sausages, stew and chili. Black bears provide hunters and their families with food, and the hides and skulls are often kept and utilized. The increase in black bear hunting is likely due to increasing black bear populations, new hunters recognizing black bear meat as high-quality protein, and declining opportunities for other species such as moose in British Columbia.

Given the province’s record low moose and endangered caribou populations, the harvest and intensity of managing carnivores will have to increase. With a landscape heavily marginalized by industrial extraction and urbanization, we will face the choice to either manage wildlife, including carnivores, through science-based management and traditional knowledge or have prey species continue to decline and, in the case of caribou, go extinct.

Works such as the paper “Large carnivore hunting and the social license to hunt” represent an unfortunate situation where anti-trophy hunting agendas are incorrectly vilifying hunters who choose to hunt carnivores for a variety of legitimate cultural and subsistence purposes.

“Hunting is growing in B.C. Hunters want to spend time in nature with friends and family while looking to fill their freezers with high-quality meat,” Jesse Zeman, BCWF Director of the Fish and Wildlife Restoration Program says. “Black bear and cougar meat are both exceptional table fare; at wildlife banquets and fundraisers across the province, cougar meat is always the first to disappear.”

Zeman points out that hunters in B.C. have been disproportionately affected by declining wildlife populations. In the 1980s, as many as 12,500 moose filled B.C. families’ freezers; today, that number is closer to 4,000. “Hunters are deeply concerned about the state of wildlife and habitat and are busy giving their money and time to try to turn that around,” Zeman notes. “It is unfortunate to see wildlife researchers so focused on stereotyping hunters when we have endangered caribou and record low moose populations staring us in the face.”

[1] Large carnivore hunting and social license to hunt Chris T. Darimont, Hannah Hall, Lauren Eckert, Ilona Mihalik, Kyle Artelle, Adrian Treves and Paul C. Paquet,

[2] https://bccf.com/sites/default/files/LEHReviewOct2009.pdf

Sam Foster, PhD Candidate from the University of Idaho will be presenting a SIMDeer update webinar on: 
– How human disturbances can disrupt ecological communities
– Animal risk response and how we can explore them with camera trapping 
– Southern Interior Mule deer camera trapping program and next steps.

This is the second SIMDeer update webinar in the series, presented by BCWF.

North Shore Fish and Game is a supporter for the SIMDeer project – we purchased one of the collars being used to track the does.

The SIMDeer Project monitors mule deer does and fawns in 4 areas of BC. Two of the ares were badly burned by forest fires in the last decade while the other two were not. We want to know what’s killing the deer and why populations are falling.

Time and date are: Jan 26, 2021 07:00 PM.

You can register for the event at: https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/1816100389083/WN_gfwLMSX4SIOdDXtGBFYvHw?bblinkid=247826724&bbemailid=28307352&bbejrid=1836281354

Courtesy of Saltwater Chair Derek Hardy:

This notice provides an update on planned conservation measures to address  conservation concerns for Fraser River Chinook in 2019. The Committee on the  Status of Endangered Wildlife in Canada (COSEWIC) has assessed 13 Fraser  Chinook stocks with 7 assessed as endangered, 4 threatened, 1 stock of concern  and 1 not at risk. In addition, current low productivity of these stocks has  resulted in high concern about further declines in spawner abundance in 2019.  As a result, additional precautionary reductions in fishery mortalities are  being planned. DFO is currently reviewing feedback from consultations on proposed new fishery  measures to further reduce fishery mortalities on these stocks and support  conservation.  A decision on new measures for 2019 fisheries will be released  in early April.   Further information on specific management actions will be communicated by  separate Fishery Notices. You can view or subscribe to fisheries notices  at: http://notices.dfo-mpo.gc.ca/fns-sap/index-eng.cfm 

Courtesy of the Saltwater Chair, Derek Hardy:

RECREATIONAL – General Information, RECREATIONAL – Shellfish, RECREATIONAL – Salmon, RECREATIONAL – Fin Fish (Other than Salmon)

Fishery Notice – Fisheries and Oceans Canada
Subject: FN0277-Licensing Information – Recreational Fisheries – 2019-2020 Tidal Waters Sport Fishing Licences and Salmon Conservation Stamps available online Monday, March 25, 2019
LICENCE AVAILABILITY 2019 – 2020 Tidal Waters Sport Fishing Licences and Pacific Salmon Conservation Stamps will be available for purchase online Monday, March 25, 2019 in the National Recreational Licensing System (NRLS).
You are encouraged to purchase your licence(s) in advance of a planned fishing trip.
Note that the 2019 – 2020 licences only become valid from April 1, 2019. Licences can be obtained via any computer connected to the internet at https://recfish-pechesportive.dfo-mpo.gc.ca/nrls-sndpp/index-eng.cfm , or by using internet search key words ” National Recreational Licensing System”.
In order to print a licence on a personal computer, you will need a printer with 8.5 x 11 letter-sized paper, Adobe Reader, a compatible web browser, and a valid credit or debit card accepted by Moneris.
BEST TIMES TO BUY To minimize system delays, the best time to access NRLS is outside peak periods. Peak times are: daily from 12:00PM to 3:00PM; every Friday, Saturday, and Sunday; April 1st of each year; and during a major fishery opening such as the Fraser River Sockeye opening. During peak times you may experience site slowdown, timeout and other technical errors.
ALTERNATIVE PURCHASE OPTIONS If there is an NRLS outage; if you have limited internet connectivity; or if you are having trouble obtaining your licence online, you can also visit an Independent Access Provider (IAP), a list of current service locations may be found at http://www.pac.dfo-mpo.gc.ca/fm-gp/rec/licence-permis/iap-fai-eng.html
NON-RESIDENT LICENCES If you are a non-resident of Canada wishing to fish for Halibut in Areas 23, 121, or 123, you must acquire a licence through one of the IAP locations. NON-REFUNDABLE Refunds will not be issued for licences purchased online, so please ensure your licence selection (including the fishing year) is correct before you complete your transaction.
SPORT FISHING GUIDE The British Columbia Tidal Waters Sport Fishing Guide (SFG) is available online. For the most current information on recreational fisheries, and to download a pdf copy of the SFG visit the online BC Sport Fishing Guide website at: http://www.pac.dfo-mpo.gc.ca/fm-gp/rec/index-eng.html .
Note that the pdf version of the guide is condensed and includes static information that does not change on a regular basis. In-season changes are not included in the pdf and will instead be communicated through regular website updates and via the Fishery Notice system.
CHANGES TO CONDITIONS OF LICENCE FOR 2019/2020
Crab: No person shall possess female Red Rock, King or Dungeness Crab. Crab traps are required to have two unobstructed circular escape holes or rings, measuring a minimum of 105 mm in diameter.
Clams: No person shall retain a Manila Clam or Littleneck Clam smaller than 35 mm, nor a Butter Clam smaller than 55 mm.
Halibut: No person shall catch and retain more than six (6) halibut in the aggregate from April 1, 2019 to March 31, 2020. Retained halibut shall be immediately recorded on the licence. No person shall retain a halibut greater than 126 cm head-on length. The possession limit is either of: one (1) halibut measuring from 90 cm to 126 cm head-on length, OR two (2) halibut measuring under 90 cm head-on length. Note: If you are in possession of one (1) halibut 90 cm head-on length or longer, you shall not possess any other halibut.
ROCKFISH: No person shall catch and retain in a day in Outside waters more than three (3) rockfish, of which only one (1) may be a Quillback Rockfish, a China Rockfish, or a Tiger Rockfish. No person shall catch and retain in Outside waters the following species of rockfish: Bocaccio Rockfish (zero retention); Yelloweye Rockfish (zero retention). Note: Outside waters are Management Areas 1 to 11, 21 to 27, 101 to 111, 121 to 127, 130, 142 and Subarea 12-14. Salmon, Trout: No person shall use a barbed hook when fishing for salmon and trout (includes steelhead).
Howe Sound Glass Sponge Reefs: Use of downriggers is prohibited in portions of Subareas 28-2 and 28-4 in the Howe Sound glass sponge reef marine refuges, as described at http://www.dfo-mpo.gc.ca/oceans/ceccsr-cerceef/closures-fermetures-eng.html .
For full details see your 2019/2020 Tidal Waters Sport Fishing Licence for recreational Conditions of Licence.
ROCKFISH DESCENDING DEVICES The use of a descending device is highly recommended to assist in the conservation and survivability of rockfish being returned to the water. Rockfish brought to the surface suffer barotrauma, causing their swim bladders to inflate and reducing the probability of their survival upon release. To improve rockfish survival rates, use a descending device to quickly return incidental catch to the water. Handle catch as little as possible, using wet hands to preserve the protective slime coat. To avoid catching rockfish, move to another fishing location.
HARD COPIES OF LICENCE You are required, by regulation, to have a printed copy of your licence to record catch in ink for Chinook Salmon, Halibut, and Lingcod in specified areas. Your licence must be produced on request of a fishery officer, conservation officer or fishery guardian, so ensure you have your licence with you while fishing or transporting your catch, either in hard copy or readily available on your mobile device.
RECREATIONAL FISHING SURVEY SELECTION You may be randomly selected at time of licence purchase to participate in a recreational fishing survey, details will be printed to your licence. Your accurately recorded catch data assists us with conservation of our shared marine resources for future generations of fishers. Use the FishingBC App or space on your licence to record catch details for later submission to the online recreational catch survey (iREC). For assistance or questions regarding your NRLS account or TWSF Licence please contact our toll-free line at 1-877-535-7307 from 08:00 am EST to 16:00 pm PST Monday – Friday, excluding statutory holidays. Fisheries and Oceans Canada Operations Center – FN0277 Sent March 25, 2019 at 14:16 Visit us on the Web at http://www.pac.dfo-mpo.gc.ca If you would like to unsubscribe, please submit your request at: http://www-ops2.pac.dfo-mpo.gc.ca/fns-sap/index-eng.cfm?pg=manage_subscription If you have any questions, please contact us via e-mail to: DFO.OpsCentreFisheryPacific-CentreOpsPechePacifique.MPO@canada.ca

New licenses are due April 1 but D.F.O. has still to decide on regs. They havn’t printed any for last couple of years so if you havn’t got a computer to look them up good luck D.F.O. at its best

If you can operate your G.P.S. here are 50+ points you will have to install if you are going to fish Area 28
  Fishery Notice - Fisheries and Oceans Canada

Subject: FN0205-Glass Sponge Reefs - Pacific Region - Area 28 - Bottom Contact Fishery Closures - Effective April 1, 2019

Effective April 1, 2019 all commercial, recreational and Food, Social and 
Ceremonial (FSC) bottom contact fishing activities for prawn, shrimp, crab and 
groundfish, as well as the use of downrigger gear for recreational salmon 
trolling (restricted via Condition of Licence) are prohibited within portions 
of Subareas 28-2 and 28-4 to protect nine Howe Sound glass sponge reefs, as 
marine refuges.  This includes the following fishing activities: 
Prawn and crab by trap
Shrimp and groundfish by trawl
Groundfish by hook and line
Use of downrigger gear in recreational salmon trolling
  
These closures will be in effect for the long term.

In 2016, nine glass sponge reefs were closed to all bottom contact fishing 
activities in the Strait of Georgia and Howe Sound.  During consultations, 
additional reefs in Howe Sound were brought to DFO’s attention and assessed to 
determine their ecological significance.  On October 27, 2017, DFO requested 
voluntary avoidance of bottom contact fishing activities in 9 ecologically 
significant sites until consultations could be completed.

Following input from First Nations and stakeholder consultations, DFO has made 
the decision to proceed with formal fishery closures for eight areas containing 
nine significant reefs and adhere to a protection boundary of 150 metres from 
the reef’s edges as a precautionary measure.  The use of downrigger gear in 
recreational salmon trolling was also prohibited via a Condition of Licence.  
This reflects a change to the BC Tidal Waters Sport Fishing Guide; the online 
Sport Fishing Guide will be updated at 
(http://www.pac.dfo-mpo.gc.ca/fm-gp/rec/index-eng.html).  

The geographical coordinates of these new closures totalling 3.5km² are as 
follows (please note that Lions Bay and Kelvin Grove have been combined into 
one closure):

East Defence Islands Closure
That portion of Subarea 28-4 that lies inside a line:
begins at 49° 34.731’ N, 123° 16.555’ W
then northeast to 49° 34.848’ N, 123° 16.357’ W
then northeast to 49° 34.854’ N, 123° 16.120’ W
then southeast to 49° 34.580’ N, 123° 16.084’ W
then southwest to 49° 34.535’ N, 123° 16.539’ W
then to the beginning point. 

Anvil Island Closure
That portion of Subarea 28-4 that lies inside a line: 
begins at 49° 32.874’ N, 123° 17.425’W
then southeast to 49° 32.865’ N, 123° 16.815’ W 
then southwest to 49° 32.533’ N, 123° 16.869’ W 
then southwest to 49° 32.482’ N, 123° 17.118’ W 
then northwest to 49° 32.574’ N, 123° 17.483’ W 
then to the beginning point.

Lost Reef Closure
That portion of Subarea 28-2 that lies inside a line: 
begins at 49° 29.799’ N, 123° 18.203’ W 
then northeast to 49° 29.935’ N, 123° 18.007’ W 
then southeast to 49° 29.882’ N, 123° 17.832’ W 
then southeast to 49° 29.591’ N, 123° 17.519’ W 
then southwest to 49° 29.547’ N, 123° 17.941’ W 
then to the beginning point.

Brunswick Point Closure
That portion of Subarea 28-2 that lies inside a line:
begins at 49° 28.577’ N, 123° 14.965’ W 
then southeast to 49° 28.434’ N, 123° 14.732’ W 
then southwest to 49° 28.177’ N, 123° 15.031’ W 
then northwest to 49° 28.397’ N, 123° 15.377’ W 
then to the beginning point.

Lions Bay and Kelvin Grove Closure
That portion of Subarea 28-2 that lies inside a line:
begins at 49° 27.629’ N, 123° 15.761’ W 
then southeast to 49° 27.315’ N, 123° 14.516’ W 
then southwest to 49° 26.950’ N, 123° 14.595’ W 
then northwest to 49° 26.952’ N, 123° 15.046’ W 
then northwest to 49° 27.195’ N, 123° 15.655’ W 
then to the beginning point.

Halkett Point Closure
That portion of Subarea 28-2 that lies inside a line:
begins at 49° 27.036’ N, 123° 18.686’ W 
then southeast to 49° 26.897’ N, 123° 18.444’ W 
then southwest to 49° 26.696’ N, 123° 18.578’ W 
then southwest to 49° 26.657’ N, 123° 18.776’ W 
then northwest to 49° 26.742’ N, 123°  18.984’ W 
then to the beginning point.

Bowyer Island Closure
That portion of Subarea 28-2 that lies inside a line: 
begins at 49° 24.774’ N, 123° 16.219’ W 
then northeast to 49° 24.820’ N, 123° 15.763’ W 
then southwest to 49° 24.096’ N, 123° 16.043’ W 
then northwest to 49° 24.389’ N, 123° 16.408’ W 
then to the beginning point.

Dorman Point Closure
That portion of Subarea 28-2 that lies inside a line: 
begins at 49° 22.577’ N, 123° 19.379’ W 
then southeast to 49° 22.543’ N, 123° 19.051’ W 
then southwest to 49° 22.287’ N, 123° 19.152’ W 
then northwest to 49° 22.351’ N, 123° 19.454’ W 
then to the beginning point. 

Variation Order No 2019-95, 2019-96, 2019-97


FOR MORE INFORMATION PLEASE VISIT:
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Or CONTACT Deirdre Finn at Deirdre.Finn@dfo-mpo.gc.ca or 604-666-2606


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Courtesy of Derek Hardy, Saltwater Fishing Chair:

Category(s):
    RECREATIONAL - Fin Fish (Other than Salmon)


    Fishery Notice - Fisheries and Oceans Canada

Subject: FN0158-Recreational - Fin Fish (Other than Salmon) - Halibut: 2019 Fishery Opening March 1, 2019 and Management Measures in Effect Until March 31, 2019

For 2019, the recreational fishery allocation is 890,013 pounds.
The following measures will be in effect as noted below. 

Further updates on the fishing regulations for April 1, 2019 will be provided 
later in March 2019.

Coast-wide:

Open time:
Effective at 00:01 hours March 1, 2019 fishing for halibut will be opened coast-
wide until further notice.

Licensing:
The 2018/2019 Tidal Waters Sport Fishing Licences and Conditions of Licence, 
remain in effect until 23:59 hours March 31, 2019.

Limits and sizes:
Effective March 1, 2019 until further notice:
-The maximum length for halibut is 115 cm.
-The daily limit for halibut is one (1). 
-The possession limit for halibut is two (2), only one (1) of which may be over 
83 cm in length.
-The annual limit is six (6) halibut per licence holder, as set out on the 
2018/2019 Tidal Waters Sport Fishing Licence.
-All halibut retained by the licence holder shall be immediately recorded on 
the 2018/2019 Tidal Waters Sport Fishing Licence. The area from which each 
halibut is caught and its length (head-on) shall immediately be recorded on the 
licence.

The exceptions to these openings are:

Areas 121:
No person shall fish for or retain halibut, rockfish and lingcod in Area 121 
outside the 12 nautical mile limit seaward of a line that begins at 48 degrees 
34.000 minutes and 125 degrees 17.386 minutes W and continues south easterly at 
a bearing of 116 degrees True to a point at 48 degrees 28.327 minutes and 125 
degrees 01.687 minutes W.

Area 121:
Closed to all finfish, year round in the waters of Swiftsure Bank, inside a 
line from 48 degrees 34.00 minutes N and 125 degrees 06.00 minutes W, thence to 
48 degrees 34.00 minutes N and 124 degrees 54.20 minutes W, thence to 48 
degrees 29.62 minutes N and 124 degrees 43.40 minutes W, thence following the 
International Boundary between Canada and the U.S. to 48 degrees 29.55 minutes 
N and 124 degrees 56.20 minutes W, thence in a straight line to the point of 
commencement.  

Variation Orders: 2019-RCT-079 (Close Time) and 2019-RFQ-080 (Quota)


Non-residents of Canada wishing to fish for and retain halibut in Management 
Areas 121, 23 and 123 must purchase an electronic licence through a Canadian 
Independent Access Provider (IAP). Find an IAP location from our web page: 

http://www.pac.dfo-mpo.gc.ca/fm-gp/rec/licence-permis/iap-fai-eng.html

Note: Rockfish Conservation Area (RCA) and Glass Sponge Reef (GSR) closures 
remain in effect - refer to the following web pages for descriptions:

1) RCAs- 
http://www.pac.dfo-mpo.gc.ca/fm-gp/rec/restricted-restreint-eng.html#rca
2) GSRs- 
http://www.pac.dfo-mpo.gc.ca/fm-gp/rec/restricted-restreint-eng.html#sponge

FOR MORE INFORMATION:
Contacts: Brad Beaith (South Coast) – (250)756-7190, Darren Chow (North Coast) –
 (250)627-3441, Jason Knight (250) 850-9370



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