| 2026-2027 Red Sea Urchin
North Coast Licence Area |
| Last
Updated: |
November
5, 2026 12:08 PM |
| Quota Management Area (QMA) |
QMA
Description |
Quota Allowed |
Total Catch |
Remaining Quota |
% Taken |
| Haida Gwaii (Areas 1, 2 and Adjacent Offshore Areas) |
| KRMA 1 |
Kelp Restoration Project - PUHA |
ptn 2-11 |
309 |
309 |
0 |
100% |
| KRMA 2 |
Kelp Restoration Project - PUHA |
ptn 2-11 |
13,075 |
13,075 |
0 |
100% |
| KRMA 3 |
Kelp Restoration Project - PUHA |
ptn 2-11 |
61,067 |
61,067 |
0 |
100% |
| RU01a |
Lepas Bay |
Ptn 1-1,
north of White Pt. |
100,000 |
0 |
100,000 |
0% |
| RU01b |
Fredrick Is. |
Ptn 1-1, south of White Pt. |
35,000 |
0 |
35,000 |
0% |
| RU02a |
Langara Is. |
Ptn subareas 1-2, 1-7, 101-2, 101-3, 101-6, 101-7 |
205,000 |
0 |
205,000 |
0% |
| RU02b |
Virago Sound |
1-3 & ptn subareas 1-2, 1-7, 101-6, 101-7 |
105,000 |
0 |
105,000 |
0% |
| RU03b |
Kunga Is. |
2-8 & 2-10 |
84,000 |
0 |
84,000 |
0% |
| RU04b |
Section Cove |
2-12, 2-13 |
75,000 |
0 |
75,000 |
0% |
| RU04c |
Murchison -
Gogit |
Ptn. 2-11 |
80,000 |
0 |
80,000 |
0% |
| RU05a |
Skincuttle Inlet |
2-14 & 2-15 |
116,000 |
0 |
116,000 |
0% |
| RU05b |
Carpenter Bay |
2-17 |
88,000 |
0 |
88,000 |
0% |
| RU06 |
Lower 2E |
2-18, 2-19 |
200,000 |
0 |
200,000 |
0% |
| RU07 |
Lower 2W |
Ptn. 2-31, 2-32 to 2-34
except closures, & ptn 142-1 |
220,000 |
0 |
220,000 |
0% |
| RU08a |
Flamingo |
Ptn. 2-31, 2-35 to 2-38,
2-42 to 2-46, ptn 142-1 except closures |
90,000 |
0 |
90,000 |
0% |
| RU08b |
Englefield |
2-47 to 2-62 and 142-2 |
100,000 |
0 |
100,000 |
0% |
| RU09 |
Van Inlet |
2-68 |
100,000 |
0 |
100,000 |
0% |
| RU10 |
Rennel Sound |
2-69 to 2-84 except
closure |
200,000 |
0 |
200,000 |
0% |
| RU11 |
Hippa Is. |
2-85 to 2-87, ptn 2-88 |
110,000 |
0 |
110,000 |
0% |
| RU12 |
Port Louis |
2-89 to 2-100, ptn 2-88 |
90,000 |
0 |
90,000 |
0% |
| Haida Gwaii
Total |
1,998,000 |
0 |
1,998,000 |
0.0% |
| Mainland North Coast
(Areas 3 - 6 and Adjacent Offshore Areas) |
| RU13a |
Dundas Island North |
3-1 to 3-3, 3-7, 3-11 |
380,000 |
0 |
380,000 |
0% |
| RU13b |
Dundas Island
South |
Ptn subareas 4-1 and 4-5 |
200,000 |
0 |
200,000 |
0% |
| RU13c |
Melville Island |
Ptn subareas 4-1, 4-5,
4-9 & 4-13 |
60,000 |
0 |
60,000 |
0% |
| RU13d |
Nares Islets |
Ptn 4-1 |
60,000 |
0 |
60,000 |
0% |
| RU14 |
Tree Nobs |
Ptn subareas 4-1, 4-2, 4-13 |
320,000 |
0 |
320,000 |
0% |
| RU15 |
Outside Stephens
Island |
Ptn 4-2 BOUNDARY CHANGE SEE APP. 10 CHP |
100,000 |
0 |
100,000 |
0% |
| RU16 |
Inside Stephens
Island |
Ptn subareas 4-9, 4-13 |
120,000 |
0 |
120,000 |
0% |
| RU17 |
Kelp Pass |
4-12 |
60,000 |
0 |
60,000 |
0% |
| RU18a |
Edeye Pass |
ptn. Subarea 4-2, Subarea 4-4 BOUNDARY
CHANGE SEE APP. 10 CHP |
120,000 |
24,083 |
95,917 |
20% |
| RU18b |
Oval Bay |
Ptn Subareas 4-2, Ptn Subarea 4-3 BOUNDARY
CHANGE SEE APP. 10 CHP |
140,000 |
0 |
140,000 |
0% |
| RU19 |
Porcher Inlet |
5-9 |
60,000 |
27,945 |
32,055 |
47% |
| RU20a |
Cape George |
Ptn 4-3 |
60,000 |
0 |
60,000 |
0% |
| RU20b |
Freeman Pass. |
Ptn subareas 5-11, 5-12 closed inside Freeman Spit |
80,000 |
0 |
80,000 |
0% |
| RU21 |
Willis Bay |
Ptn subareas 5-10, 5-11 |
100,000 |
7,192 |
92,808 |
7% |
| RU22a |
Hankin Rock |
Ptn 5-10 |
50,000 |
0 |
50,000 |
0% |
| RU22b |
Beaver Pass. |
Ptn 5-10 |
54,000 |
0 |
54,000 |
0% |
| RU23 |
Upper Principe
Channel |
5-13 |
142,000 |
0 |
142,000 |
0% |
| RU24a |
Mid Principe Ch. |
Ptn 5-17 & 5-18 |
54,000 |
0 |
54,000 |
0% |
| RU24b |
Lower Principe
Ch. |
Ptn 5-17, 5-19 & Ptn 6-9 |
70,000 |
0 |
70,000 |
0% |
| RU25 |
Petrel Channel |
5-14, 5-15, 5-16 |
20,000 |
0 |
20,000 |
0% |
| RU26 |
Larsen Harbour |
Ptn subareas 5-11, 5-20 |
108,000 |
0 |
108,000 |
0% |
| RU27a |
Upper Banks
Island |
Ptn 5-20 |
160,000 |
2,911 |
157,089 |
2% |
| RU27b |
Mid Banks Island |
Ptn 5-20 |
108,000 |
0 |
108,000 |
0% |
| RU28 |
Bonilla Island |
105-1 & ptn subareas 5-20, 105-2 |
250,000 |
0 |
250,000 |
0% |
| RU29 |
Kingkown Inlet |
5-21 & Ptn 5-20 |
130,000 |
27,537 |
102,463 |
21% |
| RU30 |
Lower Banks
Island |
5-22 & ptn subareas 106-1,105-2 |
400,000 |
0 |
400,000 |
0% |
| RU32 |
Calamity Bay |
Ptn 6-9 |
250,000 |
0 |
250,000 |
0% |
| RU33 |
Otter Pass |
Ptn 6-9 |
300,000 |
0 |
300,000 |
0% |
| RU34a |
Langley Pass |
Ptn 6-9 |
50,000 |
18,371 |
31,629 |
37% |
| RU34b |
Develin Bay |
Ptn 6-9 |
50,000 |
0 |
50,000 |
0% |
| RU35 |
Oswald Bay |
Ptn subareas 6-9, 106-1 |
200,000 |
0 |
200,000 |
0% |
| RU36a |
Estevan Group
East |
Ptn subareas 6-9, 6-10 |
200,000 |
94,666 |
105,334 |
47% |
| RU36b |
Estevan Group
South |
Ptn 6-9, 106-1 |
110,000 |
0 |
110,000 |
0% |
| RU37 |
Rennison Island |
Ptn subareas 6-9 - 6-11,
and ptn 6-13 |
96,000 |
0 |
96,000 |
0% |
| RU38a |
Campania Island |
Ptn subarea 6-10 (west Campania Island) |
200,000 |
0 |
200,000 |
0% |
| RU38c |
Surf Inlet |
Ptn 6-10, 6-12 |
50,000 |
0 |
50,000 |
0% |
| RU38d |
Gil Island
West |
Subareas -5-24, 6-5, 6-27, 6-28 BOUNDARY
CHANGE SEE APP. 10 CHP |
54,000 |
0 |
54,000 |
0% |
| RU38e |
McKay Reach |
Subarea 6-7 |
20,000 |
0 |
20,000 |
0% |
| RU38f |
Whale Channel |
Subareas - 6-6, 6-8, Ptn. 6-10 & Ptn. 6-26 |
54,000 |
0 |
54,000 |
0% |
| RU39 |
Upper West
Aristazabal |
Ptn subareas 6-13, 106-2 |
120,000 |
0 |
120,000 |
0% |
| RU43 |
Upper Laredo
Channel |
6-14 & Ptn 6-11 |
30,000 |
0 |
30,000 |
0% |
| RU44 |
Lower Laredo |
6-15, ptn 6-16 |
50,000 |
0 |
50,000 |
0% |
| RU45 |
Laredo Inlet |
6-19, ptn 6-16 |
20,000 |
0 |
20,000 |
0% |
| Mainland
North Coast Total |
5,260,000 |
202,705 |
5,057,295 |
3.9% |
| Mainland Central Coast Special Management Area (Areas 6, 7 -
10, 106 and Adjacent Offshore Areas) |
| RU31a |
Moore Islands |
Ptn 106-2 |
300,000 |
0 |
300,000 |
0% |
| RU31b |
Harvey Island |
Ptn 106-2 |
quota combined with RU31a |
| RU40 |
Woodcock Islands |
Ptn subareas 6-13, 106-2 |
134,000 |
0 |
134,000 |
0% |
| RU41 |
Normansell
Islands |
Ptn subareas 6-13, 106-2 |
quota combined with RU40 |
| RU42 |
Lower West
Aristazabal |
Ptn subareas 6-13, 106-2 |
74,000 |
0 |
74,000 |
0% |
| RU46a |
Laredo Sound |
Ptn subareas 6-17, 6-16 |
192,000 |
0 |
192,000 |
0% |
| RU46b |
Prior Pass. |
Ptn subareas 6-13, 6-17 |
quota combined with RU46a |
| MCCSMA TOTAL |
700,000 |
0 |
700,000 |
0.0% |
| North Coast
Licence Area Total |
7,958,000 |
202,705 |
7,755,295 |
2.5% |
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| RSU North Coast Fallback Quota for the Mainland Central Coast
Special Management Area |
| RU47b |
Day Point |
Ptn subareas 7-1, 7-2
& 7-31 |
TBD |
0 |
0 |
0% |
| RU48 |
Milbanke Sound |
Ptn 7-3 |
TBD |
0 |
0 |
0% |
| RU49 |
Finlayson
Channel |
7-4, 7-5, 7-6, ptn
subarea 7-9 |
TBD |
0 |
0 |
0% |
| RU50 |
Mathieson
Channel |
Ptn subarea 7-9 |
TBD |
0 |
0 |
0% |
| RU47a |
Thompson Bay |
Ptn. Subareas 7-1, 7-2, Subareas 7-19, 7-20, Ptn. Subarea 7-21,
Subarea 7-32 |
TBD |
0 |
0 |
0% |
| RU51 |
Seaforth Channel |
Subareas 7-8, 7-12, 7-15, Ptn subareas 7-9, 7-21 |
TBD |
0 |
0 |
0% |
| RU52 |
Tribal Group |
Subarea 7-18, Ptn subareas
7-23, 7-24 |
TBD |
0 |
0 |
0% |
| RU53 |
Spider/Kildidt |
7-26, 7-27, 7-28 |
TBD |
0 |
0 |
0% |
| RU54 |
McNaughton Group |
7-25, ptn subarea 7-17 |
TBD |
0 |
0 |
0% |
| RU55 |
Hakai Pass |
8-1, 8-2 |
TBD |
0 |
0 |
0% |
| RU56a |
Nalau Pass. |
Ptn subarea 8-4 |
TBD |
0 |
0 |
0% |
| RU56b |
Fitz Hugh Sound |
8-3, 8-16, ptn subareas 8-4 & 9-12 |
TBD |
0 |
0 |
0% |
| RU57a |
Rivers Inlet |
9-1 to 9-4, 9-10, 9-11 & ptn subareas 9-12, 10-1 & 10-2 |
TBD |
0 |
0 |
0% |
| RU57b |
West Calvert
Island |
Area 109 & ptn 10-1 |
TBD |
0 |
0 |
0% |
| RU57c |
Grief Bay |
Ptn 10-1 |
TBD |
0 |
0 |
0% |
| RU58 |
Smiths Inlet |
10-3, 10-4, 10-5, 10-7, 10-8, 10-12, & ptn 10-2 |
TBD |
0 |
0 |
0% |
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| 2025-2026 RSU South Coast Licence Area |
| Quota Area |
Area
Description |
Quota Allowed |
Total Catch |
Remaining Quota |
% Taken |
| Northern Vancouver Island Special Management Areas - See
Section 4.8 of the IFMP CHP |
| 12H |
Northern Johnstone Strait |
12-1 to
12-3, 12-21, 12-24 |
150,000 |
47,328 |
102,672 |
32% |
| NEW 12M |
COMBINES - Blackfish
Sound, Wells Pass, Pt. McNeill, Stephenson Islets - DUE TO OTTERS |
12-4 to 12-8, 12-17 to 12-20, 12-26, 12-38
to 12-42 (EXCEPT CLOSURES) - 30K moved to QMA 16-EXP
SEP 25 2026 |
390,000 |
0 |
390,000 |
0% |
| Northern
Vancouver Island Total |
540,000 |
47,328 |
492,672 |
8.8% |
| Central and Southern Vancouver Island (Areas - 13, 14, 17 to
20 and 29) |
| 13A |
Kelsey Bay
Proper |
13-32 to 13-34 |
82,000 |
25,227 |
56,773 |
31% |
| 13B |
Campbell River
South |
Subareas 13-1, 13-2, ptn Subarea 13-3, ptn. Subarea 14-13 |
250,000 |
80,236 |
169,764 |
32% |
| 13C |
Campbell River
North |
ptn. 13-6, 13-7 to 13-9, 13-11, 13-27, 13-28 |
230,000 |
110,893 |
119,107 |
48% |
| 13D |
Campbell R. East |
13-10, & 13-12 |
134,000 |
27,905 |
106,095 |
21% |
| 13E |
Cordero Channel |
13-25, 13-41, 13-42 |
34,000 |
0 |
34,000 |
0% |
| 13F |
Kelsey Bay East |
13-29 to 13-31 &
13-35 to 13-40 |
85,000 |
9,527 |
75,473 |
11% |
| 13G |
Stuart Island |
13-13 to 13-24 & 13-26, 15-2 to 15-4 |
190,000 |
29,081 |
160,919 |
15% |
| 13J |
Discovery Pass - NO FISHING IN FRONT OF
VILLAGE |
Ptn. Subarea 13-3; Subareas 13-4 and 13-5, ptn. 13-6 |
100,000 |
0 |
100,000 |
0% |
| 14A |
Comox |
14-5, 14-7, 14-8, 14-10 & ptn of 14-9,14-11, and 14-12 |
25,000 |
24,782 |
218 |
99% |
| 14B |
Cape Lazo |
ptn of 14-09, 14-11, 14-12, and 4-13 refer to IFMP |
12,000 |
12,178 |
-178 |
101% |
| 16
EXPLORATORY |
South Coast Exploratory Area - Quota added from QMA 12M SEP |
Subareas 14-01 to 14-04, 15-01, 15-05, 16-01 to 16-04, 16-09 to
16-12, 16-16 to 16-22, 29-01 and 29-03 |
30,000 |
0 |
30,000 |
0% |
| 17 |
Nanaimo [LIVE MARKET 50% RESERVED] |
Area 17 except closure & 29-5 |
70,000 |
20,578 |
49,422 |
29% |
| 18A |
Gulf Islands
(Sidney) |
18-3, 18-4, 18-6, 19-6 & ptn 19-5 |
45,000 |
44,936 |
64 |
100% |
| 18B -
SPLIT |
Mayne / Saturna
Is. |
18-1, 18-2, ptn 18-5, 18-9, ptn 18-11, 29-4 |
70,000 |
73,191 |
-3,191 |
105% |
| 18C -
NEW |
East Point /
Tumbo Channel |
ptn 18-05 & ptn of 18-11 |
8,000 |
6,814 |
1,186 |
85% |
| 19 |
Victoria |
19-3, 19-4 & ptn 19-5 |
50,000 |
50,374 |
-374 |
101% |
| 20 |
Sooke |
Subareas 20-4 to 20-6 except closures |
30,000 |
30,004 |
-4 |
100% |
| Central and
Southern Vancouver Island Total |
1,445,000 |
545,726 |
899,274 |
37.8% |
| West Coast Vancouver Island (Areas - 23 and 123) |
| 23D |
Area 23 -
Barkley Sound |
23-5 to 23-7, 123-3,
123-5 - except closures |
252,000 |
0 |
252,000 |
0% |
| West Coast
Vancouver Island Total |
252,000 |
0 |
252,000 |
0.0% |
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| RSU South Coast Fallback Quota for the Northern Vancouver
Island Special Management Area |
| 11 |
Allison Harbour |
Ptn area
11 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0% |
| 12A |
Bates Pass. |
Ptn 12-12 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0% |
| 12B |
Christie/Browning
Pass |
12-10 & ptn 12-11 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0% |
| 12C |
Pt. Hardy |
12-15, ptn 12-16 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0% |
| 12F |
Deserter Island |
Ptn 12-13 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0% |
| 12J |
Shadwell Pass. |
Ptn subareas 12-12 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0% |
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| RSU South
Coast licence Area Total |
2,237,000 |
593,054 |
1,643,946 |
26.5% |
| RSU North
Coast Licence Area Total |
7,958,000 |
202,705 |
7,755,295 |
2.5% |
| RSU Coastwide
Total |
10,195,000 |
795,759 |
9,399,241 |
7.8% |
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