2006 - An Integrated Groundfish Fishery
The integrated Pacific groundfish fishery management “pilot project” is implemented in 2006. This project formalized a requirement for the Pacific groundfish fleet to be accountable and responsible for the catch of all species, target or incidentally caught (bycatch). Accountability means that the catch of all species, regardless of whether the species was retained or released at sea, must be reported. Responsibility means that license holders would have to own or acquire IVQ for those species that are quota-managed and adhere to other limitations imposed on non-quota species. The Commercial Industry Caucus is formed by the DFO, which established the requirements of Integrated Fisheries Management. However, the Caucus was industry driven and determined how catch was to be accounted for by developing 100% at-sea monitoring.
