DFO Fishery Management Area
and Subareas
The British Columbia coast is divided into DFO
Pacific Fisheries Management Areas (PFMAs). Each PFMA is then divided
into a variable number of subareas, delineations originally designed
for salmon fishery management. These DFO management areas and subareas
are now used to record catch and effort information for numerous
fisheries, including shellfish.
The map below shows the PFMAs that
comprise the waters around Haida Gwaii/QCI. Areas 1 and 2 are the major
inshore PFMAs. Areas 101, 102, 130 and 142 are the major offshore
PFMAs. To see a close-up of the management subareas for Haida Gwaii,
click on the map below.
^
top
|