Notices to Fish Harvesters
Whelk areas 1 to 9 North Shore - season 2024 - Notice to Fish Harvesters
SUBJECT : Announcement of changes to management measures
Sept-Iles – March 25, 2024
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 April 1, 2024.
Email hail out
Licence holders must contact Fisheries and Oceans Canada by e-mail at: LAUMPOGaspe-260@dfo-mpo.gc.ca before 7:00 p.m. the day prior to the departure of each trip.
Minimal whelk size
The minimum size of whelk in zones 4 and 5 will remain at 85 mm for the 2024 season. DFO will analyze and revise the minimum size of these two areas as necessary after the fishing season. The legal size will be confirmed by a Notice to Fish Harvesters prior to the 2025 fishing season.
|
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: Quebec Region | Fisheries and Oceans Canada (dfo-mpo.gc.ca)
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.