Northern Plan Area Economic Opportunities and Barriers Study

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Hecate Lowlands Table 1B Commercial Fishing Opportunities and Barriers Table 1B Commercial Fishing Opportunities & Barriers for the Hecate Lowlands SPECIES AREA OPPORTUNITES BARRIERS OTHER Green Sea Urchin 6 7 8 10 Small potential Inventory unknown Declining levels Purple Sea Urchin 6 7 8 10 Small potential Inventory unknown Could impact if heavily commercially harvest Sea Cucumber 6 7 9 10 Potential Inventory unknown Could impact numbers if heavily commercially harvested Dungeness Crab 6 7 8 9 10 Potential Could be lack of suitable habitat Shrimp & Prawn 7 varieties 6 7 8 9 Potential Minimum escapements now occur Populations could be exploited Clam 7 8 9 Potential No inventory Must ensure population size is good 4 species Fish farms sediment harmful Mussel 7 8 Possible Potential No data No data Scallop 6 7 9 10 No data No data No data Goeduck Not available Potential No inventory Overharvest has reduced stocks Octopus 6 7 Potential No estimates of abundance Use of bleach negative to environment Sustainability not determined Used as bait numbers unknown Herring Area 6 Potential Log storage Abundance high Area 7 Habitat loss Abundance low Area 8 9 10 Potential Siltation causes problem Abundance moderate Pilchard No info Potential- future Overfished to stock collapse Smelt 2 species Rockfish 5 species No info Potential Unknown 6 7 8 9 10 Potential Low to High No population numbers Abundance and distribution unknown Unknown impacts No current basis for sustainability set Some species stocks seem to be in decline Inventory poor Hecate Lowland Tables Page 31 Stocks need to recover
Hecate Lowlands Table 1B Commercial Fishing Opportunities and Barriers SPECIES AREA OPPORTUNITES BARRIERS Highly susceptible to overfishing OTHER Halibut 6 7 8 Potential Has suffered from overfishing Bycatch of trawl fishery Growth of individual declining Flatfish 6 8 9 Potential Limited information In size and trends Need better understanding of numbers Pollock No data Potential good No inventory information Pacific Cod 6 8 9 Potential Fluctuations in stock numbers Assessments difficult Hake Not yet evident Potential off shore Low stock resulting High commercial fish Migratory path changes Lingcod 6 7 8 9 Potential Stocks show decline Protect from over fishing Lingcod No biological evidence of stock numbers Dog Fish No data Potential No inventory data SALMON AREA OPPORTUNITIES BARRIERS OTHER Pink 6 8 9 10 Potential stable 10 has low stocks Enhanced stock Sockeye 6 7 8 9 10 Predicted low returns Poor escapement levels Ocean survival Potential low Poor Expensive to enhance Chum 7 8 9 10 Potential Stable Increase in trend predicted Enhanced stock Coho 7 8 9 10 Conservation Measures Overfished Low stock Enhanced stock Chinook 6 8 9 Escapement level in area 8 stable Lower escapement levels in area 6 9 Enhanced stock Hecate Lowland Tables Page 32
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