Fishery Notice

Effective April 1, 2021 at 00:00:01 hours until further notice, recreational and commercial crab fishing is closed as outlined below:
	
Troup Passage
That portion of Subarea 7-15 lying inside of a line that begins at 52°18.2012N 127°57.9682W [Jagers Point], then following the westerly shoreline of Cunningham Island to 52°12.2522N 128°05.7182W [Dumas Point], then to 52°13.5952N 128°07.3982W [Chatfield Island], then following the northerly shoreline of Chatfield Island to 52°18.2012N 128°00.8312W, then due east to the beginning point. 
	
Lama Passage
That portion of Subarea 7-17 (Hauyet): Those waters of Lama Passage and adjacent waters inside a line that begins at 52°4.2'N 128°5.6'W (Westminster Point), then to 52°3.9'N 128°3.0'W (Harbourmaster Point), then following the southern shoreline to the beginning point.
	
Koeye Inlet
That portion of Subarea 8-3 that is east of a line starting Koeye Point due north to the shoreline.  This closes Koeye River estuary.
	

Effective June 1, 2021 at 00:00:01 hours to September 30, 2021 recreational crab fishing is closed as outlined below. Recreational crab fishing will reopen in these areas on October 1, 2021. These closures will re-occur every year until further notice. 
	
Bullock 
A portion of 7-14 within Bullock Channel inside a line that begins at 52°24.8034' N 128°04.7689' W, then due east to 52°24.8034' N 128°04.4230' W then following the eastern shoreline to the south to the point 52°22.3772' N 128°03.4271' W and then due west to 52°22.3729' N 128°03.9442' W and then following the west shore north to the beginning point.
	
Burke Channel/Doc Creek
Those waters within Subarea 8-13 of Burke Channel inside a line that begins at 51°57.9781' N 127°40.4324' W then southwest to 51°57.0328' N 127°41.3889' W. This closes the estuaries of Doc Creek and Nootsum River.
	
Variation Order Number: 2021-137, 2021-138 and 2021-139


Notes:

Possession limits are two times the daily limits.

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

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

Sport anglers are encouraged to participate in the 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 toll free at (866) 483-9994 for further information.

Anglers are advised to check http://bcsportfishguide.ca for fishing closures and other recreational fishing information.

Tidal Water Sport Fishing Licences can be purchased via any computer connected to the internet at https://www-ops2.pac.dfo-mpo.gc.ca/nrls-sndpp/index-eng.cfm or by using Google search key words "Recfish Licence".

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:
Dillon Buerk
North Coast Crab Manager
Fisheries & Oceans Canada
417 - 2nd Ave West, Prince Rupert, BC, V8J 1G8
250 627-3477

Fisheries & Oceans Operations Center - FN0860
Sent August 30, 2021 at 1010

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