Incidental catch at BC marine finfish aquaculture sites

Fisheries and Oceans Canada’s (DFO’s) Conditions of Licence for finfish aquaculture require facility operators to maintain an incidental catch log. This information is submitted to DFO and public reports are posted quarterly. The tables provided list the reported incidental catch of wild finfish from B.C. marine finfish facilities during harvest and transfer events; data is reported in the quarter in which the harvest activities ended. Data for any given quarter will not exist for farms that do not have fish on site, where no incidentally caught fish were recorded, or where harvest or transfer activities did not occur during the reporting period.