Fishery Notice
Category(s):
RECREATIONAL - Salmon
Subject:
FN0464-RECREATIONAL - Salmon - Queen Charlotte Strait, Johnstone Strait and Upper Strait of Georgia - Areas 11 to 13 and 111 - Coho Fishing Times and Limits
Continuing conservation concerns for Interior Fraser Coho require that 2019 Coho management measures remain precautionary. Unless otherwise specified below, the daily limit for Coho is two (2) per day, hatchery marked only from 00:01 hours June 1 to 23:59 hours December 31, 2019 in Areas 12 and 13. Finfish closures for 2019 will be announced in a subsequent Fishery Notice. Please check the DFO website referenced at the bottom of this notice for further information. Any changes to these regulations will be released in a subsequent fishery notice and posted on the Department's recreational fisheries website at www.pac.dfo-mpo.gc.ca/recfish Please be aware that these limits do not apply to finfish closed areas or Rockfish Conservation Areas (RCA's). Please check the DFO website referenced at the bottom of this notice for further information. Area 111 and Subareas 11-1, 11-2 and 12-14 (Portion of Queen Charlotte Sound) --------------------------------------------------------------------- Effective 00:01 hours June 1 until 23:59 hours July 31, 2019 you may retain two (2) Coho per day (hatchery marked or unmarked). Effective 00:01 hours August 1 until 23:59 hours December 31, 2019, you may retain two (2) Coho per day, one (1) of which may be unmarked. Subareas 11-3 to 11-10 (inside Nakwakto Rapids) ----------------------------------------------- Effective 00:01 hours April 1 until 23:59 hours December 31, 2019, you may retain two (2) Coho per day (hatchery marked or unmarked). Subareas 12-3 to 12-13, 12-15, 12-16 (except for the Hardy Bay portion described separately below), 12-17 to 12-19, 12-21 to 12-23 ------------------------------------------------ Effective June 1 until 23:59 hours July 31, 2019, you may retain two (2) Coho per day, only one (1) of which may be unmarked. Subareas 12-26 to 12-48 (Portion of the Mainland Inlets) -------------------------------------------------------- Effective June 1 until 23:59 hours December 31, 2019, you may retain two (2) Coho per day, only one (1) of which may be unmarked. Portion of Area 12-16 (Hardy Bay) --------------------------------- Effective 00:01 hours August 1 until 23:59 hours December 31, 2019 in that portion of Subarea 12-16 (Hardy Bay) inside of line from Duval Point to Daphne Point, you may retain four (4) hatchery marked Coho per day. Subareas 13-20, 13-21, a portion of 13-22 (East Side of Stuart Island and a portion of Bute Inlet) ---------------------- Effective 00:01 hours August 1 until 23:59 hours September 15, 2019 in Subareas 13-20, 13-21 and that portion of Subarea 13-22 described as those waters in Bute Inlet from the RCA boundary sign at Littleton Point across to the opposite shore at 50 degrees 49.900' N and 124 degrees 51.6290' W, you may retain two (2) Coho per day, one (1) of which may be unmarked. Variation Order No. 2019-RFQ-0298 Refer to the following website link for a description of the Area and Subarea maps and for information on salmon non-retention areas and fishing closures: http://www.pac.dfo-mpo.gc.ca/fm-gp/rec/areas-secteurs-eng.html 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 Salmon Sport Head Recovery program by labeling 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. 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 1-800-465-4336. 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.
Fisheries & Oceans Operations Center - FN0464
Sent May 28, 2019 at 1535
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