Hodgson Reefs Rockfish Conservation Area

Description of current Rockfish Conservation Area boundary

Those waters of Subarea 4-5 that lie inside a line that:

then true east to the shore, then southerly following the shoreline to the intercept with the parallel passing through 54°22.450' north latitude,

then to the beginning point.

Proposed boundary change

• Extend southern portion of the boundary by up to 1 kilometre.
• Extend western portion of the boundary by up to 700 metres.

Reason(s) for proposed boundary change

• Increase amount of rockfish habitat protected in area.
• Capture complete habitat structures.
• Capture habitat at deeper depths.