Fishery Notice

Category(s):

RECREATIONAL - Salmon

Subject:

FN0898-RECREATIONAL - Salmon - Region 2 Lower Mainland - Management Measures

This notice advises anglers of the recreational Salmon non-tidal (freshwater) fishing opportunities for Region 2 - Lower Mainland.

Waters: Alouette River and tributaries

(Upstream of the 216th Street Bridge to a line between two fishing boundary signs at Allco park).

Management measures - Chinook Salmon:

Effective September 1, 2024 to November 30, 2024
- The daily limit for Chinook Salmon is one (1) fish per day.

Management measures - Coho Salmon:

Effective September 1, 2024 to September 30, 2024
- You may fish for but shall not retain any Coho Salmon (catch and release only).

Effective October 1, 2024 to December 31, 2024
- The daily limit for Coho Salmon is one (1) hatchery marked fish per day.

(Downstream of the 216th Street Bridge to the confluence of the Pitt River).

Management measures - Coho Salmon:

Effective October 1, 2024 to December 31, 2024
- The daily limit for Coho Salmon is one (1) hatchery marked fish per day.

(North Alouette and tributaries).

Management measures - Chinook Salmon:

Effective September 1, 2024 to November 30, 2024:
- The daily limit for Chinook Salmon is one (1) fish per day.

Management measures - Coho Salmon:

Effective September 1, 2024 to November 30, 2024:
- You may fish for but shall not retain any Coho Salmon (catch and release only).

Waters: Ashlu Creek

Management measures - Coho Salmon:

Effective September 15, 2024 to January 31, 2025
- The daily limit for Coho Salmon is one (1) hatchery marked fish per day.

Waters: Capilano River including tributaries

Management measures - Chinook Salmon:

Currently in effect until November 30, 2024
- The daily limit for Chinook Salmon is four (4) fish per day, only two (2) over 62 cm.

Management measures - Coho Salmon:

Currently in effect until March 31, 2025
- The daily limit for Coho Salmon is four (4) hatchery marked fish per day.

Waters: Chapman Creek upstream of tidal water fishing boundary signs located below Hwy 101 Bridge to 100 m below the falls located approximately 550 m upstream of the powerline crossing

Management measures - Chinook Salmon:

Currently in effect until March 31, 2025
- The daily limit for Chinook Salmon is four (4) fish per day, only one (1) over 50 cm.

Management measures - Coho Salmon:

Currently in effect until March 31, 2025
- The daily limit for Coho Salmon is four (4) hatchery marked fish per day, only two (2) over 35 cm.

Waters: Cheakamus River

Management measures - Coho Salmon:

Effective September 15, 2024 to January 31, 2025
- The daily limit for Coho Salmon is one (1) hatchery marked fish per day.

Waters: Chehalis River downstream of the logging bridge 2.4 km downstream of Chehalis Lake, including tributaries to that part

Management measures - Chinook Salmon:

Effective September 1, 2024 to December 31, 2024
- The daily limit for Chinook Salmon is four (4) fish per day, only one (1) over 62 cm.

Management measures - Coho Salmon:

Effective September 1, 2024 to December 31, 2024
- The daily limit for Coho Salmon is four (4) hatchery marked fish per day.

Waters: Chilliwack/Vedder River (including Sumas River) upstream from a line between 2 fishing boundary signs on either side of the Chilliwack River 100 m downstream from the confluence of the Chilliwack River and Slesse Creek downstream including that portion of the Sumas River from the Barrow Town Pump Station downstream to fishing boundary signs near the confluence with the Fraser River

Management measures - Chinook Salmon:

Effective September 1, 2024 to December 31, 2024
- The daily limit for Chinook Salmon is four (4) fish per day, only two (2) over 62 cm.

Management measures - Coho Salmon:

Effective September 1, 2024 to December 31, 2024
- The daily limit for Coho Salmon is four (4) hatchery marked fish per day.

Waters: Coquitlam River

Management measures - Chinook Salmon:

Effective September 1, 2024 to December 31, 2024
- You may fish for but shall not retain any Chinook Salmon (catch and release only).

Management measures - Coho Salmon:

Effective September 1, 2024 to December 31, 2024
- The daily limit for Coho Salmon is one (1) hatchery marked fish per day.

Waters: De Boville Slough downstream of the confluence of Cedar Creek and Hyde Creek

Management measures - Coho Salmon:

Effective October 1, 2024 to December 31, 2024
- The daily limit for Coho Salmon is one (1) hatchery marked fish per day.

Waters: Harrison River

(from the outlet of Harrison Lake downstream to the Highway 7 Bridge).

Management measures - Coho Salmon:

Effective September 1, 2024 to December 31, 2024
- The daily limit for Coho Salmon is four (4) hatchery marked fish per day.

(from the Highway 7 Bridge downstream to the confluence with the Fraser River).

Management measures - Coho Salmon:

Effective September 1, 2024 to December 31, 2024
- The daily limit for Coho Salmon is four (4) hatchery marked fish per day.

Waters: Kanaka Creek downstream of the 112th Street Bridge

Management measures - Coho Salmon:

Effective November 1, 2024 to November 30, 2024
- The daily limit for Coho Salmon is one (1) hatchery marked fish per day.

Waters: Khartoum Lake

Management measures - Chinook Salmon:

Currently in effect until March 31, 2025
- The daily limit for Chinook Salmon is four (4) fish per day.

Management measures - Coho Salmon:

Currently in effect until March 31, 2025
- The daily limit for Coho Salmon is four (4) fish per day.

Waters: Little Campbell River

(Downstream of 12th Avenue, including tributaries to that part).

Management measures - Chinook Salmon:

Currently in effect until September 15, 2024
- The daily limit for Chinook Salmon is one (1) hatchery marked fish per day.

Effective September 16, 2024 to December 31, 2024
- You may fish for but shall not retain any Chinook Salmon (catch and release only).

Management measures - Coho Salmon:

Currently in effect until September 15, 2024
- You may fish for but shall not retain any Coho Salmon (catch and release only).

Effective September 16, 2024 to December 31, 2024
- The daily limit for Coho Salmon is (1) hatchery marked fish per day.

(Downstream of a line between 2 fishing boundary signs on either side of the Little Campbell River to the pedestrian bridge at the foot of Stayte Road).

Management measures - all Salmon:

Currently in effect until September 30, 2024
- No fishing for Salmon.

Waters: Lois Lake

Management measures - Chinook Salmon:

Currently in effect until March 31, 2025
- The daily limit for Chinook Salmon is four (4) fish per day.

Management measures - Coho Salmon:

Currently in effect until March 31, 2025
- The daily limit for Coho Salmon is four (4) fish per day.

Waters: Mamquam River

Management measures - Coho Salmon:

Effective September 15, 2024 to January 31, 2025
- The daily limit for Coho Salmon is one (1) hatchery marked fish per day.

Waters: Nicomekl River downstream of 208th Street

Management measures - Chinook Salmon:

Effective September 1, 2024 to November 30, 2024
- The daily limit for Chinook Salmon one (1) fish per day.

Effective December 1, 2024 to December 31, 2024
- You may fish for but shall not retain any Chinook Salmon (catch and release only).

Management measures - Coho Salmon:

Effective September 1, 2024 to December 31, 2024
- The daily limit for Coho Salmon is one (1) hatchery marked fish per day.

Waters: Nicomen (including Dewdney) Slough

(from the confluence of Siddle (Bell's) Creek downstream to the Fraser River).

Management measures - Coho Salmon:

Effective September 1, 2024 to December 31, 2024
- The daily limit for Coho Salmon is four (4) hatchery marked fish per day, only two (2) over 35 cm.

Waters: Norrish Creek

Management measures - Coho Salmon:

Effective September 1, 2024 to December 31, 2024
- The daily limit for Coho Salmon is four (4) hatchery marked fish per day, only two (2) over 35 cm.

Waters: Serpentine River downstream of 168th Street at Bothwell Park

Management measures - Chinook Salmon:

Effective September 1, 2024 to November 30, 2024
- The daily limit for Chinook Salmon is one (1) fish per day.

Effective December 1, 2024 to December 31, 2024
- You may fish for but shall not retain any Chinook Salmon (catch and release only).

Management measures - Coho Salmon:

Effective September 1, 2024 to December 31, 2024
- The daily limit for Coho Salmon is one (1) hatchery marked fish per day.

Waters: Squamish River (including Powerhouse Channel)

Management measures - Coho Salmon:

Effective September 15, 2024 to January 31, 2025
- The daily limit for Coho Salmon is one (1) hatchery marked fish per day.
Waters: Stave River downstream of B.C. Hydro Dam to the CPR Railway Bridge

Management measures - Coho Salmon:

Effective September 1, 2024 to December 31, 2024
- The daily limit for Coho Salmon is four (4) hatchery marked fish per day, only two (2) over 35 cm.

Waters: Non-tidal waters in Region 2 flowing into PFMAs 13, 15, and 16

Management measures - all Salmon:

Currently in effect until further notice
- You may fish for but shall not retain any Salmon (catch and release only).

There is no fishing for salmon in any of the non-tidal (freshwater) waters in Region 2 except in those areas during the time periods provided above.

Variation Orders in effect: 2024-RCT-324, 2024-RCT-016, 2024-RFQ-323, 2024-GMB-018.

NOTES AND REMINDERS:

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

No fishing is allowed within 100 meters of any government facility operated for counting, passing or rearing fish.

It is illegal to willfully foul hook a salmon. If you accidentally foul hook a salmon in any lake or stream, including the tidal parts of coastal streams, it may not be retained and you must release it immediately with the least amount of harm as possible.

Anglers are further reminded of fishing ethics that intentionally (willfully) foul-hooking fish or attempting to foul hook fish is illegal and that non-compliance may result in closure (Foul hook is defined as: hooking a fish in any part of its body other than the mouth).

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

All anglers must have a licence to fish in non-tidal waters in BC. Apply for your BC non-tidal waters recreational fishing licence and non-tidal salmon surcharge at: https://www2.gov.bc.ca/gov/content/sports-culture/recreation/fishing-hunting/fishing/recreational-freshwater-fishing-licence

Anglers are advised to check at: http://bcsportfishguide.ca and https://www2.gov.bc.ca/gov/content/sports-culture/recreation/fishing-hunting/fishing/fishing-regulations for fishing closures and other recreational fishing regulations and information.

Fishers are encouraged to participate in the Salmon Sport Head Recovery program by labelling and submitting heads from hatchery marked Chinook and Coho Salmon to head depots. The head-off measurement can be used by enforcement officers to assess compliance on size limits if you remove the head from Chinook or Coho. Recovery of microscopic coded-wire tags found inside hatchery marked Chinook and Coho heads provide critical information for coast-wide Salmon stock assessment programs. Contact the Salmon Sport Head Recovery Program toll free at 1-866-483-9994 for further information.

Report suspicious activity or violations by email at DFO.ORR-ONS.MPO@dfo-mpo.gc.ca or by calling the 24-hour, toll-free Observe, Record, and Report line at 1-800-465-4336 or 604-607-4186 in greater Vancouver.

The 24-hour, toll-free information line for fishery notices regarding openings and closures is 1-866-431-3474 or 604-666-2828 in greater Vancouver.

FOR MORE INFORMATION:

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

Fisheries & Oceans Operations Center - FN0898
Sent August 30, 2024 at 1604

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