• Catch Monitoring

• Harvest Reduction

• Stock Assessment

• Establishment of Rockfish Conservation Areas (RCAs)

Fisheries and Oceans Canada would like to thank all stakeholders that participated in the identification of candidate Rockfish Conservation Areas within the Strait of Georgia. Subsequent to the closing date for comments on the proposed areas (April 30, 2006), the technical committee has completed its final evaluation and amendments to the proposed areas. The new RCA's will be described to ensure that the associated coordinates are accurate. Creating legal descriptions of the new suite of RCA's for the strait - including printing new booklets - will take several months. Therefore, rather than trying to implement the new suite during the 2006 recreational and commercial fisheries, the new suite will be announced later in the fall for implementation February 1, 2007. Current RCA's along the coast of British Columbia continue to be in effect for 2006. Please refer to the link below to access those closed areas.

Current Rockfish Conservation Areas:

• Rockfish Conservation Areas
• Permitted Fishing Within Rockfish Conservation Areas

Consultations in Fall 2004
Consultations in Spring 2004

Consultations in 2003

Consultations in 2002