Nisga'a Marine Individual Sale Fishery
Public Notice
Nisga’a Marine Individual Sale Fishery
16 hour opening Thursday, June 19th 6:00 to 22:00
And
16 hour opening Friday, June 20th 6:00 to 22:00
Participants are required to possess a valid
Nisga’a Fisheries Licence and IS Permit
Plus Transport Canada Certification.
All vessels must be Nisga’a owned.
The boundary for all marine IS openings is the DFO Salmon
management Area 3-12 in front of Gingolx
Sockeye will be the target species for this fishery. Fish will be refused if
it does not meet the quality standards established in Nisga’a Fisheries
Regulations 2002. Fish will be purchased only if:
Bled immediately after removal from net, and
Placed immediately in slush after bleeding
Participants are required to deliver catch after every opening for
quality standards
Any Chum, Chinook, or Steelhead caught should be released if healthy
or otherwise taken as food.
Nisga’a Fisheries management has instructed DFO Enforcement to not
permit vessels on the fishing grounds that:
• are less than 24 feet in length
• do not have PFD’s for each person on board,
• have no operational VHF marine radio
Any vessels not meeting one of these requirements will be sent to shore
or towed to shore to remedy the lack of any of these essential safety or
regulatory requirements before being allowed to continue participating
in any marine IS fishery.
As a reminder, the limit for Sockeye is increased to 800 per permit
Permit Sales: As of June 3, 2014, can be purchased at Nisga’a Fisheries office during
regular business hours (9:00 am to 5:00 pm) Monday to Saturday and at the Nisga’a Hall
in Prince Rupert during their regular business hours (8:30 am to 4:30 pm), from Monday
to Friday. Or call Nisga’a Fisheries Program toll free number, 1-866-633-2145 for more