Green Crab Mitigation in Placentia Bay 2022-2023

July 18, 2022

PENDING PROJECT APPROVAL – Applications are now being accepted for green crab mitigation in Placentia Bay. Harvesters eligible to apply are those to fish in one of the following areas:

Northeast Arm Placentia

Southeast Arm Placentia

North Harbour

Swift Current

St. Joseph’s

The schedule for each fishing period is as follows:

	Summer	Fall	Winter
Date	Aug 1-Sept 2 2022	Sept 12-Oct 7, Oct 17-Nov 10 2022	December – March 2023
Frequency	Daily (Monday-Friday)	Daily (Monday-Friday)	Every 4 weeks/End of month
# Fishing Days	25	39	4
# Hauls	2/day	1/day	1/day
# Pots/Fisherman	70	70	10
St. Joseph’s*	10 pots, beginning of each month = 2 days (2/day)	10 pots, beginning of each month = 2 days (1/day)	10 pots, END of each month = 4 days (1/day)