Suuhaa Directed Fishery

Suuhaa Directed Fishery

Updated June 30, 2023

Start: April 15th, 2023, End: July 15th, 2023

NOTE:

  1. DFO is requiring Electronic Monitoring (EM) systems for vessels equipped with commercial longline gear (Hydraulic Block).
  2. DFO is enforcing the 9NM limit.

UPDATE:

1) Fishing area closures. Please review the map below. 
2) Halibut update:
– HFN fishers must contact the Fisheries Manager before hailing out.

Halibut trip limits remain as follows:
– HFN, MMFN, ECFN: 2,000lbs per trip
– AN: 300 lbs per trip – day fleet only. May not be used as halibut bycatch for multi-day groundfish
– TFN: 500lbs per trip

FISHING AREA MAP

Suuhaa: Area 124, Area 125, a portion of Area 126, Areas 24, Area 25, and Area 26-1. Rockfish conservation areas are closed.

Your Fisheries Manager/Coordinator

Luke Swan (AFN)
250-670-9535 (office)
250-266-2509 (cell)

Tyler Hanson (ECFN)
250-761-4155 (office)

Jaqlynn Titian (HFN)
250-670-1122 (office)

Roger Dunlop/Colin Rossiter (MMFN)
250-283-2015 (office)

Andrew Jackson (TFN)
250-725-3350 (office)

T’aaq-wiihak Fisheries Staff

Kadin Snook (Fisheries Coordinator)
250-204-1522

Vanessa Buchanan (Fisheries Coordinator)
604-349-0494

DFO Salmon Resource Manager

Eamon Miyagi
250-286-5896

DFO Hook & Line Coordinator

Amy Greenwood
604-679-5158