Canadian British Columbia Groundfish Hook and Line Inside Rockfish Fishery

Management
Country: 
Canada
Program Start Date: 
2006
Management Authority: 
Minister of Fisheries and Oceans
Management Oversight: 
Fisheries and Oceans Canada - Pacific Region
Region: 
Americas
Large Marine Ecosystem: 
Gulf of Alaska
Species Information
Common name Fish type Genus Species
China rockfish Finfish - Benthic, Demersal, Groundfish Sebastes nebulosus
Copper rockfish Finfish - Benthic, Demersal, Groundfish Sebastes caurinus
Halibut Finfish - Benthic, Demersal, Groundfish Hippoglossus stenolepis
Quillback rockfish Finfish - Benthic, Demersal, Groundfish Sebastes maliger
Spiny dogfish Finfish - Benthic, Demersal, Groundfish, Chondrichthyes (e.g., Sharks & Rays), Highly Migratory Species Squalus acanthias
Tiger rockfish Finfish - Benthic, Demersal, Groundfish Sebastes nigrocinctus
Yelloweye rockfish Finfish - Benthic, Demersal, Groundfish Sebastes ruberrimus
Fishing Mortality Control: 
Total Allowable Catch
Program Attributes
Approach: 
Quota-Based
Program Type: 
Individual Vessel Quota (IVQ)
Species: 
Multi-species
Number of species: 
7
Marine or Freshwater: 
Marine
Fishing Rights Holder: 
Individual
Tenure of Shares: 
Unknown
Secure: 
Yes
Transferable: 
Yes
Monitoring Requirements: 
Dockside Monitoring, Electronic Monitoring, Hail in/Hail out, Logbooks, On-board Observers
Gear Type: 
Hook and Line
Participation
Initial Allocation Method: 
Equal Shares
Grant