Fishery Notice

Effective dates:  00:01 hours Wednesday, March 29 to 23:59 hours Friday, June 
16, 2017

Waters:  Subareas 20-6 and 20-7 (Sooke Harbour)

Management measures:  You may retain two (2) chinook salmon per day.  These 
chinook may be either:

Wild or hatchery marked between 45 cm and 67 cm; or
Hatchery marked greater than 67 cm in length.  
The minimum size limit in these waters is 45 cm in length. 

Variation order 2017-183


Management actions after June 16 will be announced in a second fishery notice. 

Notes:

Barbless hooks are required when fishing for salmon in tidal and non-tidal 
waters of British Columbia.  

Anglers are requested to release any hatchery marked sockeye.  These fish are 
hatchery raised sockeye and part of a recovery program designed to increase the 
numbers of Cultus Lake sockeye.

The term "hatchery marked" means a fish that has a healed scar in place of the 
adipose fin.

Sport anglers are encouraged to participate in the voluntary Salmon Sport Head 
Recovery program by labelling and submitting heads from adipose fin-clipped 
chinook and coho salmon.  Recovery of coded-wire tags provides critical 
information for coast-wide stock assessment.  Contact the Salmon Sport Head 
Recovery Program at (866) 483-9994 for further information.

Rockfish Conservation Areas that are currently in effect and are closed to all 
fin fishing.  Descriptions of these closures, and other recreational fishing 
information, can be found on the Internet at:

www.pac.dfo-mpo.gc.ca/recfish

Did you witness suspicious fishing activity or a violation?  If so, please call 
the Fisheries and Ocean Canada 24-hour toll free Observe, Record, Report line 
at (800) 465-4336.

For the 24 hour recorded opening and closure line, call toll free at 
1-(866)431-FISH (3474)



FOR MORE INFORMATION: 

Contact the nearest Fisheries and Oceans Canada office or visit our website at 
http://www.pac.dfo-mpo.gc.ca

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