2024-2025 Red Sea Urchin North Coast Licence Area
Last Updated:    December 29, 2024  12:03 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 0 35,000 0%
RU02a Langara Is. Ptn subareas 1-2, 1-7, 101-2, 101-3, 101-6, 101-7 205,000 0 205,000 0%
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 0 84,000 0%
RU04b Section Cove 2-12, 2-13 75,000 0 75,000 0%
RU04c Murchison - Gogit Ptn. 2-11 80,000 0 80,000 0%
RU05a Skincuttle Inlet 2-14 & 2-15 116,000 0 116,000 0%
RU05b Carpenter Bay  2-17 88,000 0 88,000 0%
RU06 Lower 2E  2-18, 2-19 200,000 0 200,000 0%
RU07 Lower 2W  Ptn. 2-31, 2-32 to 2-34 except closures, & ptn 142-1 220,000 0 220,000 0%
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 0 100,000 0%
RU09 Van Inlet  2-68 100,000 0 100,000 0%
RU10 Rennel Sound  2-69 to 2-84 except closure 200,000 0 200,000 0%
RU11 Hippa Is.  2-85 to 2-87, ptn 2-88 110,000 0 110,000 0%
RU12 Port Louis   2-89 to 2-100, ptn 2-88 90,000 0 90,000 0%
Haida Gwaii Total 1,998,000 0 1,998,000 0.0%
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 0 380,000 0%
RU13b Dundas Island South Ptn subareas  4-1 and 4-5 200,000 16,218 183,782 8%
RU13c Melville Island Ptn subareas  4-1, 4-5, 4-9 & 4-13 60,000 0 60,000 0%
RU13d Nares Islets Ptn  4-1 60,000 7,224 52,776 12%
RU14 Tree Nobs Ptn subareas 4-1, 4-2, 4-13 320,000 0 320,000 0%
RU15 Outside Stephens Island Ptn  4-2 BOUNDARY CHANGE SEE APP. 10 CHP 100,000 0 100,000 0%
RU16 Inside Stephens Island Ptn subareas 4-9, 4-13 120,000 6,975 113,025 6%
RU17 Kelp Pass  4-12 60,000 0 60,000 0%
RU18a Edeye Pass ptn. Subarea 4-2, Subarea 4-4 BOUNDARY CHANGE SEE APP. 10 CHP 120,000 30,702 89,298 26%
RU18b Oval Bay Ptn Subareas 4-2, Ptn Subarea 4-3 BOUNDARY CHANGE SEE APP. 10 CHP 140,000 4,858 135,142 3%
RU19 Porcher Inlet  5-9 60,000 59,492 508 99%
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 13,807 66,193 17%
RU21 Willis Bay Ptn subareas 5-10, 5-11 100,000 42,139 57,861 42%
RU22a Hankin Rock  Ptn 5-10 50,000 0 50,000 0%
RU22b Beaver Pass. Ptn 5-10 54,000 48,924 5,076 91%
RU23 Upper Principe Channel  5-13 142,000 0 142,000 0%
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 2,222 67,778 3%
RU25 Petrel Channel  5-14, 5-15, 5-16 20,000 17,057 2,943 85%
RU26 Larsen Harbour Ptn subareas 5-11, 5-20 108,000 79,582 28,418 74%
RU27a Upper Banks Island Ptn 5-20 160,000 15,265 144,735 10%
RU27b Mid Banks Island Ptn 5-20 108,000 0 108,000 0%
RU28 Bonilla Island 105-1 & ptn subareas 5-20, 105-2 250,000 0 250,000 0%
RU29 Kingkown Inlet 5-21 & Ptn 5-20 130,000 90,105 39,895 69%
RU30 Lower Banks Island 5-22 & ptn subareas 106-1,105-2 400,000 72,462 327,538 18%
RU32 Calamity Bay Ptn  6-9 250,000 2,580 247,420 1%
RU33 Otter Pass Ptn  6-9 300,000 61,925 238,075 21%
RU34a Langley Pass Ptn  6-9 50,000 23,712 26,288 47%
RU34b Develin Bay Ptn  6-9 50,000 19,672 30,328 39%
RU35 Oswald Bay Ptn subareas  6-9, 106-1 200,000 6,568 193,432 3%
RU36a Estevan Group East Ptn subareas  6-9, 6-10 200,000 93,290 106,710 47%
RU36b Estevan Group South Ptn  6-9, 106-1 110,000 0 110,000 0%
RU37 Rennison Island Ptn subareas 6-9 - 6-11,  and ptn 6-13 96,000 6,452 89,548 7%
RU38a Campania Island Ptn subarea 6-10 (west Campania Island) 200,000 37,836 162,164 19%
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, 106-2 120,000 70,950 49,050 59%
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 5,260,000 830,017 4,429,983 15.8%
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, 106-2 134,000 3,347 130,653 2%
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 10,493 63,507 14%
RU46a Laredo Sound Ptn subareas 6-17, 6-16 192,000 10,250 181,750 5%
RU46b Prior Pass. Ptn subareas 6-13, 6-17 quota combined with RU46a
MCCSMA TOTAL 700,000 24,090 675,910 3.4%
North Coast Licence Area Total 7,958,000 854,107 7,103,893 10.7%
             
RSU North Coast Fallback Quota for the Mainland Central Coast Special Management Area
RU47b Day Point Ptn subareas  7-1, 7-2 & 7-31 TBD 0 0 0%
RU48 Milbanke Sound Ptn 7-3 TBD 0 0 0%
RU49 Finlayson Channel  7-4, 7-5, 7-6, ptn subarea 7-9 TBD 0 0 0%
RU50 Mathieson Channel Ptn subarea 7-9 TBD 0 0 0%
RU47a Thompson Bay Ptn. Subareas 7-1, 7-2, Subareas 7-19, 7-20, Ptn. Subarea 7-21, Subarea 7-32 TBD 0 0 0%
RU51 Seaforth Channel Subareas 7-8, 7-12, 7-15, Ptn subareas 7-9, 7-21 TBD 0 0 0%
RU52 Tribal Group Subarea 7-18, Ptn subareas  7-23, 7-24  TBD 0 0 0%
RU53 Spider/Kildidt  7-26, 7-27, 7-28 TBD 0 0 0%
RU54 McNaughton Group  7-25, ptn subarea 7-17 TBD 0 0 0%
RU55 Hakai Pass  8-1, 8-2 TBD 0 0 0%
RU56a Nalau Pass. Ptn subarea 8-4 TBD 0 0 0%
RU56b Fitz Hugh Sound 8-3, 8-16, ptn subareas 8-4 & 9-12 TBD 0 0 0%
RU57a Rivers Inlet 9-1 to 9-4, 9-10, 9-11 & ptn subareas 9-12, 10-1 & 10-2 TBD 0 0 0%
RU57b West Calvert Island Area 109 & ptn 10-1 TBD 0 0 0%
RU57c Grief Bay  Ptn 10-1 TBD 0 0 0%
RU58 Smiths Inlet 10-3, 10-4, 10-5, 10-7, 10-8, 10-12, & ptn 10-2 TBD 0 0 0%
             
2024-2025 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) 230,000 49,365 180,635 21%
12G Wells Pass - NVISMA 12-7, 12-38 to 12-42  (Numas Is. closed) 70,000 7,245 62,755 10%
12H Northern Johnstone Strait 12-1 to 12-3, 12-21, 12-24 125,000 125,414 -414 100%
12K Pt. McNeill 12-4, 12-8, 12-17, Ptn. of 12-18 (except Stepheson Islets),    12-19 (Numas Is. closed) 250,000 551 249,449 0%
12L Stephenson Islets PTN. Subarea 12-18 70,000 0 70,000 0%
Northern Vancouver Island Total 745,000 182,575 562,425 24.5%
Central and Southern Vancouver Island (Areas - 13, 14, 17 to 20 and 29)
13A Kelsey Bay Proper  13-32 to 13-34 82,000 60,540 21,460 74%
13B Campbell River South  Subareas 13-1, 13-2, ptn Subarea 13-3, ptn. Subarea 14-13 250,000 82,655 167,345 33%
13C Campbell River North  ptn. 13-6, 13-7 to 13-9, 13-11, 13-27, 13-28 230,000 156,764 73,236 68%
13D Campbell R. East 13-10, & 13-12 134,000 18,733 115,267 14%
13E Cordero Channel 13-25, 13-41, 13-42 34,000 7,964 26,036 23%
13F Kelsey Bay East  13-29 to 13-31 & 13-35 to 13-40 85,000 16,649 68,351 20%
13G Stuart Island 13-13 to 13-24 & 13-26 190,000 90,291 99,709 48%
13J Discovery Pass - NO FISHING IN FRONT OF VILLAGE Ptn. Subarea 13-3; Subareas 13-4 and 13-5, ptn. 13-6 80,000 79,305 695 99%
14A Comox 14-5, 14-7, 14-8, 14-10 & ptn of 14-9,14-11, and 14-12 25,000 25,120 -120 100%
14B Cape Lazo ptn of 14-09, 14-11, 14-12, and 4-13 refer to IFMP 12,000 11,862 138 99%
17 Nanaimo [LIVE MARKET 50% RESERVED] Area 17 except closure & 29-5 70,000 38,468 31,532 55%
18A Gulf Islands (Sidney) 18-3, 18-4, 18-6, 19-6 & ptn 19-5 35,000 34,716 284 99%
18B Mayne / Saturna Is. 18-1, 18-2, 18-5, 18-9, 18-11, 29-4 63,000 63,142 -142 100%
19 Victoria 19-3, 19-4 & ptn 19-5  44,000 43,949 51 100%
20 Sooke Subareas 20-4 to 20-6 except closures 30,000 27,593 2,407 92%
Central and Southern Vancouver Island Total 1,364,000 757,751 606,249 55.6%
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 0 252,000 0%
West Coast Vancouver Island Total 252,000 0 252,000 0.0%
             
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%
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 2,361,000 940,326 1,420,674 39.8%
RSU North Coast Licence Area Total 7,958,000 854,107 7,103,893 10.7%
RSU Coastwide Total 10,319,000 1,794,433 8,524,567 17.4%
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