Fishery Notice

REMINDER OF AREA CLOSURES FOR HARVESTING WHILE DIVING

Please note the following year-round area closures where harvesting while 
diving is prohibited, including hand-picking or spear-fishing while diving, for 
all shellfish and finfish species; this prohibition includes both skin-diving 
and SCUBA diving.

AREA 13:
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The waters of Discovery Passage, in the Campbell River area, bounded by a 
straight line from North Bluff on Quadra Island, across Seymour Narrows to a 
fishing boundary sign on Vancouver Island, and to the south by a line from the 
light on the end of the south Government Dock breakwater at Campbell River to 
Cape Mudge lighthouse.

AREA 14:
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The southeasterly shoreline of Hornby Island, from Shingle Spit southerly 
through Norman Point, Downes Point, Tribune Bay and St. John Point to Cape 
Gurney, including Heron Rocks, Norris Rocks, and Flora Islet.

AREA 15: 
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(1) All waters within 0.8 km of Vivian Island, approximately 8 km west of 
Powell River; 
(2) all waters within 0.5 km of Rebecca Rock, west of Powell River; 
(3) all waters within 0.5 km of Dinner Rock, just south of Lund; 
(4) all waters adjacent to the unnamed reef off Emmonds Beach, approximately
     6 km south of Lund; 
(5) all waters within 1.3 km of Mitlenatch Island, in the upper Strait of 
Georgia; and
(6) all waters within a 0.5 km radius of the southerly end of the Beach Garden 
Breakwater.

AREA 19:
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In the Victoria area, Ogden Point Breakwater, consisting of those waters inside 
a line from the navigation light at the western end of the causeway, thence to 
Brotchie Ledge Light, thence to Holland Point on Vancouver Island.

PACIFIC RIM NATIONAL PARK:
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All tidal waters within the park, including portions of Areas 20 to 24, 121, 
123 and 124. Please see the park area map and marine boundaries in the Sport 
Fish Guide at http://www.pac.dfo-mpo.gc.ca/fm-gp/rec/index-eng.html; and a 
complete description of the park boundaries is at https://laws-
lois.justice.gc.ca/eng/acts/n-14.01/ - see Schedule 2 - Pacific Rim National 
Park Reserve of Canada. 

End of area descriptions.

NOTE: Variation Orders VO 2019-RCT-0201 and VO 2019-RCT-0372 are in effect.


Please consult the online Sport Fish Guide on our web page at 
http://www.pac.dfo-mpo.gc.ca/fm-gp/rec/index-eng.html to confirm the latest 
information for all fisheries and openings and closures.

Reminder: Eating contaminated shellfish can be life threatening! Closures 
change frequently throughout the year. It is illegal to harvest shellfish from 
closed or contaminated areas. 

For more information contact a local DFO office.

Fisheries & Oceans Operations Center - FN0678
Sent July 19, 2019 at 1530

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