What i dont get is in one notice they say there is very little TAC at the 6.2 million mark but then the next notice they open the seiners !!! I know they say its only 2 boats but come on im sure they can take alot of fish with just 2 boats . And if they dont harm alot of sockeye then what the whole fleet goes out 
What a load of b.s. Dfo
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is a limited TAC (the total Canadian TAC is just 300 000 pinks or less than 5% of the total run size) and the share for this fishery is 1500 per Area B licence and 400 for Area H, so the most any boat will take is 1500 pinks (DFO observers will be on board to monitor the fishery).
This is a limited opportunity opening to
determine if pink abundance is high enough (and sockeye interception is low enough) to allow an ITQ demonstration fishery. If the two seines encounter too few pinks or too many sockeye, (they must stop fishing if they encounter 60 Area B sockeye or 12 Area H sockeye, based on a 25% release mortality rate and a mortality limit of 15 sockeye per Area B licence or 3 per Area H license), then the ITQ fishery will not proceed.
Remember that we are talking about people's jobs here, their livelihood, not just for the boat captains and crew, but all the spinoffs as well, so they will always try to give them as many opportunities as possible, but try to protect the stocks for the future as well. It is always a delicate balance. We are all crying over a loss of a recreational opportunity, but imagine if it was your only chance to make your living? That's why commercial openings take precedence over recreational. The effect on jobs is more direct (although overall indirect economic impact is arguably less).
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