2022-2023 Red Sea Urchin North Coast Licence Area
Last Updated:    May 27, 2023  12:12 PM
Quota Management Area (QMA) QMA Description Quota Allowed Total Catch Remaining Quota  % Taken
Haida Gwaii (Areas 1, 2 and Adjacent Offshore Areas)
KRMA 1 Kelp Restoration Project - PUHA ptn 2-11 309 309 0 100%
KRMA 2 Kelp Restoration Project - PUHA ptn 2-11 13,075 13,075 0 100%
KRMA 3 Kelp Restoration Project - PUHA ptn 2-11 61,067 61,067 0 100%
RU01a Lepas Bay Ptn 1-1, north of White Pt. 100,000 0 100,000 0%
RU01b Fredrick Is. Ptn 1-1, south of White Pt. 35,000 21,269 13,731 61%
RU02a Langara Is. Ptn subareas 1-2, 1-7, 101-2, 101-3, 101-6, 101-7 205,000 205,690 -690 100%
RU02b Virago Sound 1-3 & ptn subareas 1-2, 1-7, 101-6, 101-7 105,000 0 105,000 0%
RU03b Kunga Is. 2-8 & 2-10 84,000 86,416 -2,416 103%
RU04b Section Cove 2-12, 2-13 75,000 68,916 6,084 92%
RU04c Murchison - Gogit Ptn. 2-11 80,000 79,462 538 99%
RU05a Skincuttle Inlet 2-14 & 2-15 116,000 32,755 83,245 28%
RU05b Carpenter Bay  2-17 88,000 29,783 58,217 34%
RU06 Lower 2E  2-18, 2-19 200,000 140,529 59,471 70%
RU07 Lower 2W  Ptn. 2-31, 2-32 to 2-34 except closures, & ptn 142-1 220,000 123,958 96,042 56%
RU08a Flamingo Ptn. 2-31,  2-35 to 2-38, 2-42 to 2-46, ptn 142-1 except closures 90,000 0 90,000 0%
RU08b Englefield  2-47 to 2-62 and 142-2 100,000 39,875 60,125 40%
RU09 van Inlet  2-68 100,000 0 100,000 0%
RU10 Rennel Sound  2-69 to 2-84 except closure 200,000 30,406 169,594 15%
RU11 Hippa Is.  2-85 to 2-87, ptn 2-88 110,000 60,546 49,454 55%
RU12 Port Louis / Fredrick Is.  2-89 to 2-100, ptn 2-88 90,000 40,487 49,513 45%
Haida Gwaii Total 1,998,000 960,092 1,037,908 48.1%
Mainland North Coast  (Areas 3 - 6 and Adjacent Offshore Areas)
RU13a Dundas Island North  3-1 to 3-3, 3-7, 3-11 380,000 30,573 349,427 8%
RU13b Dundas Island South Ptn subareas  4-1 and 4-5 200,000 5,603 194,397 3%
RU13c Melville Island Ptn subareas  4-1, 4-5, 4-9 & 4-13 60,000 20,507 39,493 34%
RU13d Nares Islets Ptn  4-1 60,000 12,776 47,224 21%
RU14 Tree Nobs Ptn subareas 4-1, 4-2, 4-13 320,000 36,363 283,637 11%
RU15 Outside Stephens Island Ptn  4-2 BOUNDARY CHANGE SEE APP. 10 CHP 100,000 39,949 60,051 40%
RU16 Inside Stephens Island Ptn subareas 4-9, 4-13 120,000 41,196 78,804 34%
RU17 Kelp Pass  4-12 60,000 5,169 54,831 9%
RU18a Edeye Pass ptn. Subarea 4-2, Subarea 4-4 BOUNDARY CHANGE SEE APP. 10 CHP 120,000 20,332 99,668 17%
RU18b Oval Bay Ptn Subareas 4-2, Ptn Subarea 4-3 BOUNDARY CHANGE SEE APP. 10 CHP 140,000 37,564 102,436 27%
RU19 Porcher Inlet  5-9 60,000 56,882 3,118 95%
RU20a Cape George Ptn 4-3 60,000 0 60,000 0%
RU20b Freeman Pass. Ptn subareas 5-11, 5-12  closed inside Freeman Spit 80,000 45,815 34,185 57%
RU21 Willis Bay Ptn subareas 5-10, 5-11 100,000 66,092 33,908 66%
RU22a Hankin Rock  Ptn 5-10 50,000 0 50,000 0%
RU22b Beaver Pass. Ptn 5-10 54,000 40,538 13,462 75%
RU23 Upper Principe Channel  5-13 142,000 4,639 137,361 3%
RU24a Mid Principe Ch. Ptn 5-17 & 5-18 54,000 0 54,000 0%
RU24b Lower Principe Ch. Ptn 5-17, 5-19 & Ptn 6-9 70,000 0 70,000 0%
RU25 Petrel Channel  5-14, 5-15, 5-16 20,000 14,062 5,938 70%
RU26 Larsen Harbour Ptn subareas 5-11, 5-20 108,000 103,457 4,543 96%
RU27a Upper Banks Island Ptn 5-20 160,000 95,582 64,418 60%
RU27b Mid Banks Island Ptn 5-20 108,000 12,271 95,729 11%
RU28 Bonilla Island 105-1 & ptn subareas 5-20, 105-2 250,000 4,354 245,646 2%
RU29 Kingkown Inlet 5-21 & Ptn 5-20 100,000 99,219 781 99%
RU30 Lower Banks Island 5-22 & ptn subareas 106-1,105-2 400,000 143,494 256,506 36%
RU32 Calamity Bay Ptn  6-9 250,000 42,222 207,778 17%
RU33 Otter Pass Ptn  6-9 300,000 116,464 183,536 39%
RU34a Langley Pass Ptn  6-9 50,000 50,634 -634 101%
RU34b Develin Bay Ptn  6-9 50,000 0 50,000 0%
RU35 Oswald Bay Ptn subareas  6-9, 106-1 150,000 88,691 61,309 59%
RU36a Estevan Group East Ptn subareas  6-9, 6-10 200,000 198,488 1,512 99%
RU36b Estevan Group South Ptn  6-9, 106-1 110,000 10,385 99,615 9%
RU37 Rennison Island Ptn subareas 6-9 - 6-11,  and ptn 6-13 96,000 13,227 82,773 14%
RU38a Campania Island Ptn subarea 6-10 (west Campania Island) 200,000 112,356 87,644 56%
RU38c Surf Inlet  Ptn 6-10, 6-12 50,000 0 50,000 0%
RU38d Gil Island West  Subareas -5-24, 6-5, 6-27, 6-28 BOUNDARY CHANGE SEE APP. 10 CHP 54,000 0 54,000 0%
RU38e McKay Reach Subarea 6-7 20,000 0 20,000 0%
RU38f Whale Channel Subareas - 6-6, 6-8, Ptn. 6-10 & Ptn. 6-26 54,000 0 54,000 0%
RU39 Upper West Aristazabal Ptn subareas 6-13, 106-2 190,000 152,401 37,599 80%
RU43 Upper Laredo Channel  6-14 & Ptn 6-11 30,000 0 30,000 0%
RU44 Lower Laredo  6-15, ptn 6-16 50,000 0 50,000 0%
RU45 Laredo Inlet  6-19, ptn 6-16 20,000 0 20,000 0%
Mainland North Coast Total 5,250,000 1,721,305 3,528,695 32.8%
Mainland Central Coast Special Management Area (Areas 6, 7 - 10, 106 and Adjacent Offshore Areas)
RU31a Moore Islands Ptn 106-2 300,000 0 300,000 0%
RU31b Harvey Island Ptn 106-2 quota combined with RU31a
RU40 Woodcock Islands Ptn subareas 6-13, 106-2 136,000 9,438 126,562 7%
RU41 Normansell Islands Ptn subareas 6-13, 106-2 quota combined with RU40
RU42 Lower West Aristazabal Ptn subareas 6-13, 106-2 74,000 31,696 42,304 43%
RU46a Laredo Sound Ptn subareas 6-17, 6-16 192,000 46,188 145,812 24%
RU46b Prior Pass. Ptn subareas 6-13, 6-17 quota combined with RU46a
RU47b Day Point Ptn subareas  7-1, 7-2 & 7-31 50,000 0 50,000 0%
RU48 Milbanke Sound Ptn 7-3 96,000 0 96,000 0%
RU49 Finlayson Channel  7-4, 7-5, 7-6, ptn subarea 7-9 96,000 0 96,000 0%
RU50 Mathieson Channel Ptn subarea 7-9 96,000 0 96,000 0%
RU57b West Calvert Island Area 109 & ptn 10-1 8,000 0 8,000 0%
RU57c Grief Bay  Ptn 10-1 20,000 0 20,000 0%
RU58 Smiths Inlet 10-3, 10-4, 10-5, 10-7, 10-8, 10-12, & ptn 10-2 25,000 0 25,000 0%
Mainland Central Coast Total 1,093,000 87,322 1,005,678 8.0%
North Coast Licence Area Total 8,341,000 2,768,719 5,572,281 33.2%
             
RSU North Coast Fallback Quota for the Mainland Central Coast Special Management Area
RU47a Thompson Bay Ptn. Subareas 7-1, 7-2, Subareas 7-19, 7-20, Ptn. Subarea 7-21, Subarea 7-32 20,000 0 20,000 0%
RU51 Seaforth Channel Subareas 7-8, 7-12, 7-15, Ptn subareas 7-9, 7-21 20,000 0 20,000 0%
RU52 Tribal Group Subarea 7-18, Ptn subareas  7-23, 7-24  20,000 0 20,000 0%
RU53 Spider/Kildidt  7-26, 7-27, 7-28 20,000 0 20,000 0%
RU54 McNaughton Group  7-25, ptn subarea 7-17 20,000 0 20,000 0%
RU55 Hakai Pass  8-1, 8-2 20,000 0 20,000 0%
RU56a Nalau Pass. Ptn subarea 8-4 20,000 0 20,000 0%
RU56b Fitz Hugh Sound 8-3, 8-16, ptn subareas 8-4 & 9-12 20,000 0 20,000 0%
RU57a Rivers Inlet 9-1 to 9-4, 9-10, 9-11 & ptn subareas 9-12, 10-1 & 10-2 20,000 0 20,000 0%
             
2022-2023 RSU South Coast Licence Area 
Quota Area Area Description Quota Allowed Total Catch Remaining Quota  % Taken
Northern Vancouver Island Special Management Areas - See Section 4.5 of the IFMP CHP
12E Blackfish Sound 12-5,12-6,12-20, 12-26  (Numas Is. closed) 185,606 184,539 1,067 99%
12H Northern Johnstone Strait 12-1 to 12-3, 12-21, 12-24 94,000 94,212 -212 100%
12K Pt. McNeill 12-4, 12-8, 12-17, Ptn. of 12-18 (except Stepheson Islets),    12-19 (Numas Is. closed) 230,000 230,897 -897 100%
12L Stephenson Islets PTN. Subarea 12-18 11,788 11,788 0 100%
Northern Vancouver Island Total 521,394 521,436 -42 100.0%
Central and Southern Vancouver Island (Areas - 13, 14, 17 to 20 and 29)
13A Kelsey Bay Proper  13-32 to 13-34 82,000 79,051 2,949 96%
13B Campbell River South  Subareas 13-1, 13-2, ptn Subarea 13-3, ptn. Subarea 14-13 300,000 35,608 264,392 12%
13C Campbell River North  ptn. 13-6, 13-7 to 13-9, 13-11, 13-27, 13-28 200,000 204,071 -4,071 102%
13D Campbell R. East 13-10, & 13-12 134,000 77,547 56,453 58%
13E Cordero Channel 13-25, 13-41, 13-42 34,000 20,020 13,980 59%
13F Kelsey Bay East  13-29 to 13-31 & 13-35 to 13-40 85,000 46,266 38,734 54%
13G Stuart Island 13-13 to 13-24 & 13-26 160,000 160,395 -395 100%
13J Discovery Pass - NO FISHING IN FRONT OF VILLAGE Ptn. Subarea 13-3; Subareas 13-4 and 13-5, ptn. 13-6 80,000 80,500 -500 101%
14A Comox 14-5, 14-7, 14-8, 14-10 & ptn of 14-9,14-11, and 14-12 25,000 25,977 -977 104%
14B Cape Lazo ptn of 14-09, 14-11, 14-12, and 4-13 refer to IFMP 12,000 12,201 -201 102%
17 Nanaimo Area 17 except closure & 29-5 67,000 50,118 16,882 75%
18A Gulf Islands (Sidney) 18-3, 18-4, 18-6, 19-6 & ptn 19-5 30,000 30,682 -682 102%
18B Mayne / Saturna Is. 18-1, 18-2, 18-5, 18-9, 18-11, 29-4 57,000 56,671 329 99%
19 Victoria 19-3, 19-4 & ptn 19-5  40,000 39,356 644 98%
20 Sooke Subareas 20-4 to 20-6 except closures 30,000 29,231 769 97%
Central and Southern Vancouver Island Total 1,336,000 947,694 388,306 70.9%
West Coast Vancouver Island (Areas - 23 and 123)
23D Area 23 - Barkley Sound  23-5 to 23-7, 123-3, 123-5 - except closures 252,000 179,603 72,397 71%
West Coast Vancouver Island Total 252,000 179,603 72,397 71.3%
             
RSU South Coast Fallback Quota for the Northern Vancouver Island Special Management Area
11 Allison Harbour Ptn area 11 0 0 0 0%
12A Bates Pass. Ptn 12-12 0 0 0 0%
12B Christie/Browning Pass  12-10 & ptn 12-11 0 0 0 0%
12C Pt. Hardy 12-15, ptn 12-16 0 0 0 0%
12G Wells Pass - NVISMA 12-7, 12-38 to 12-42  (Numas Is. closed) 76,606 75,803 803 0%
12F Deserter Island Ptn 12-13 0 0 0 0%
12J Shadwell Pass. Ptn subareas 12-12 0 0 0 0%
             
RSU South Coast licence Area Total 2,186,000 1,724,536 461,464 78.9%
RSU North Coast Licence Area Total 8,341,000 2,768,719 5,572,281 33.2%
RSU Coastwide Total 10,527,000 4,493,255 6,033,745 42.7%
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