Fishery Notice

Rainfall warning issued for:
West Vancouver Island, B.C. (081400)

Current details: 
Moderate to heavy rain. 

What: 80 mm of rain, with up to 140 mm possible near Gold River and Zeballos.

When: Overnight tonight through Thursday. 

Where: West Vancouver Island and Inland Vancouver Island.

Remarks:
A strong frontal system will move across the South Coast region from Thursday into Friday. Moderate to heavy rain is expected over the west and inland sections of Vancouver Island beginning overnight tonight and continuing through the day on Thursday. After the cold front passes, the rain will taper off to showers Thursday night. The highest amounts are expected to be on the Northwestern part of the regions, near Gold River and Zeballos. 

Keep up to date with advisories and current streamflow conditions from the BC River Forecast Centre at:
https://bcrfc.env.gov.bc.ca/warnings/index.htm

Heavy downpours can cause flash floods and water pooling on roads. 

Watch for possible washouts near rivers, creeks and culverts.


Rainfall warning issued for:
East Vancouver Island - Nanoose Bay to Fanny Bay, B.C. (081320)
East Vancouver Island - Courtenay to Campbell River, B.C. (081330)

Current details: 
Rain, at times heavy, is expected.

What: 40 to 70 mm of rain. 

When: Late this afternoon through early Friday morning. 

Where: East Vancouver Island near Bowser and North Courtenay.

Remarks:
A strong frontal system will move across the South Coast region from this afternoon through tonight. Moderate to heavy rain is expected over East Vancouver Island tonight. In the wake of the front, the rain will taper to a few showers early Friday morning. The highest rainfall amounts are expected near Bowser and North Courtenay on East Vancouver Island.

Keep up to date with advisories and current streamflow conditions from the BC River Forecast Centre at:
https://bcrfc.env.gov.bc.ca/warnings/index.htm

Heavy downpours can cause flash floods and water pooling on roads. 

Please refer to any of the sources listed below for the latest public weather advisories:   
 
•	Environment Canada Weather Warnings: https://www.weather.gc.ca/index_e.html?alertTableFilterProv=BC
•	Environment Canada Public Forecasts: www.weather.gc.ca/forecast/canada/index_e.html?id=BC
•	BC River Forecast Centre Flood Warnings & Advisories: http://bcrfc.env.gov.bc.ca/warnings/index.htm 
•	Environment Canada Weather blog: www.avalanche.ca/weather 
•	Weather broadcast on most local media outlets
•	Weather Radio broadcasts: https://www.canada.ca/en/environment-climate-change/services/weatheradio.html 
 
Recorded weather forecasts and warnings are also available on VHF radio, by telephone and listings can be found in the Government offices pages of telephone directories.

Note that this notice does not describe other sanitary closures which may be in effect, or Paralytic Shellfish Poisoning (PSP, red tide) and other marine biotoxin closures. For an area to be open and safe for harvesting, both biotoxin and sanitary need to be open. For information on sanitary contamination and biotoxin closures please go to the Fisheries and Oceans Canada mapping site SHELLI to determine where there is safe harvest at https://www.dfo-mpo.gc.ca/shellfish-mollusques/cssp-map-eng.htm. 

Specific species limits, restrictions and maps for each subarea are available at https://www.pac.dfo-mpo.gc.ca/fm-gp/rec/bc-zones-cb-eng.html and at local DFO offices.

For more information contact DFO.PACCSSP-PCAMPAC.MPO@dfo-mpo.gc.ca.

Fisheries & Oceans Operations Center - FN1130
Sent October 23, 2025 at 1028

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