REGION 2 - Lower Mainland
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REGION 2 - Lower Mainland CONTACT INFORMATION Fish and Wildlife Regional Office Salmon Information: (604) 586-4400 200-10428 153 St Fisheries and Oceans Canada Surrey BC V3R 1E1 District Offices (DFO) Conservation Officer Service Chilliwack: (604) 824-3300 Please call 1-877-952-7277 for recorded Delta: (604) 666-8266 information or to make an appointment at Langley: (604) 607-4150 any of the following Field Offices: Mission: (604) 814-1055 Mission, North Vancouver, Powell River, Squamish: (604) 892-3230 Sechelt, and Squamish Steveston: (604) 664-9250 Vancouver: (604) 666-0384 RAPP Shellfish Information line: (604) 666-2828 Report All Poachers Rand Polluters Mahood L i C in hilco Conservation Officerl 24 Hour Hotline tin k na STAY UP TO DATE: li R R 1-877-952-RAPPK (7277) iver ko Canim il Check website for in-season changes or h L Please refer to page 78 for more informationC closure dates for the 2021-2023 season rapp.bc.ca g at: www.gov.bc.ca/FishingRegulations r T o Cr a D C s y e 100 Mile House 5-6 e Tatlayoko k l o s o Lake M R r C 5-5 r 5-3 C CHILKO ig B Bonaparte n LAKE r L u R R h Taseko C te o ar hk Lakes ap at 5-4 3-31 on m FR B R Ho A S Y E a R n a R la k m o d m a R e Bish rd 3-32 D op o 2-15 L R R So Carpenter uthg ate ge Lake R Brid Gold ive Cache Creek Kamloops r Bridge R Lake 1-15 2-14 Seton BUTE L INLET 3-33 Anderson Lillooet 3-17 KAMLOOPS Phillips 2-13 L G R u i a R N Arm b r c o I O T C V h L h S o ILL s E OO o R P n E T o M y a O C C H r 2-11 3-16 T Sonora N TOBA ic Island R o INLET Pemberton la n E i e R l n a t e S h e o r Lillooet Quadra G R Lytton 1-10 Island Powell R Lake 2-6 Whistler S Merritt Lake q R u s 3-14 a u 2-10 m R m R A i 3-13 s s a h h k h CAMPBELL lu a tc 2-12 JERVIS R tla RIVER Cr e IV ha INLET h E Na C 2-9 R R 2-7 3-15 Boston Bar r R Powell B e r A t te i a s River g n w y d S d O e l i o l r v s M P C 2-5 e o am u i q am t r n t COURTENAY Comox Texada Island C R r Squamish Spuzzum R HOWE Denman S SALMON SOUND R ta R 1-6 Island ve n R Harrison e INLET 2-17 e R Princeton m Lake a ll la Hornby a u Sechelt Pitt h T Island 2-8 2-19 ui Lake 2-18 q o Great Central L Qualicum NORTH Harrison C 8-5 Beach Alouette Gibsons VANCOUVER 4 L Hot 8-4 Stave Springs Hope Parksville Lake 2-16 VANCOUVER New PORT ALBERNI Gabriola Westminster 1-7 Island Surrey Mission 2-2 1-5 NANAIMO Chilliwack 2-3 R 2-4 2-1 Alberni Langley k R N imo Abbotsford Chilliwac Inlet ana R Galiano R Cowichan Ladysmith Island t L USA Ross a C n he ti ma Lake i in N us Bamfield R Saltspring Duncan Co Island wi R BARKLEY SOUND chan R R t n gi The Management Unit boundaries Nitinat indicatedo on the map above are shown only as a reference to help anglers locate watersa in the region. d 1-4 k r Sidney S L o For more precise Management UnitG boundaries,1-3 please consult one of the commercial Recreational Atlases available for B.C. an Juan R L S e 1-2 e c R h R a n Port Renfrew d r M o 1-1 u 20 J i 2021-2023 BC Freshwater Fishing Regulations Synopsis r C r Sooke JUAN Jordan VICTORIA River DE FUCA STRAIT REGION 2 - Lower Mainland Regional Regulations General Regulations Region 2 Daily Quotas INVASIVE SPECIES ALERT No Fishing: in any lake in the UBC Malcolm (See tables for exceptions) Atlantic Salmon Knapp Research Forest near Maple Ridge. Trout/char: 4, but not more than Please refer to the salmon section, No Fishing in any stream in M.U. 2-4, excluding • 1 over 50 cm (2 hatchery steelhead over p. 78 Fraser River, Sumas River, and Chilliwack 50 cm allowed) River, July 30, 2021 to Sept. 15, 2021. • 2 from streams (must be hatchery) • 1 char (bull trout, Dolly Varden, or lake Single barbless hook: must be used in all trout) streams of Region 2, all year. See definition of “angle” and “streams” on page 80. And you must release: • Wild trout/char from streams Dead fin fish as bait: only permitted in • All wild steelhead Region 2 when sport fishing for sturgeon in • Hatchery trout/char under 30 cm from Tidal Boundaries on Rivers in Region 2 the Fraser River, Lower Pitt River (CPR Bridge streams upstream to Pitt Lake), Lower Harrison River NOTE: Provincial freshwater regulations (Fraser River upstream to Harrison Lake). See NOTE: There is no general minimum size limit apply upstream of these boundaries and page 8 for details. for trout in lakes Federal tidal regulations apply downstream Steelhead fishing in the Lower Mainland Bass: 20 (excluding Mill Lake - see page 24 of these boundaries: Region: Your basic licence must be validated for quota) Brunette R.: Burlington Northern with a Conservation Surcharge Stamp if you Crappie: 20 Railway Bridge fish forsteelhead anywhere in B.C. See page 6 for details. Crayfish: 25 Campbell R.: Burlington Northern Railway Bridge When you have caught and retained your Kokanee: 5 (none from streams) daily quota of hatchery steelhead from any Capilano R.: CN Railway Bridge Whitefish: 15 (all species combined) water, you must stop fishing that water for Coquitlam R.: Mary Hill Bypass Bridge the remainder of that day. White Sturgeon: CATCH AND RELEASE ONLY • Fraser River: CLOSED TO ALL FISHING Fraser R.: CPR Bridge at Mission Protected Species: it is illegal to fish for or in the Fraser areas of Jesperson’s Side catch and then keep protected species. In Kanaka Cr.: CPR Bridge Channel, Herrling Island Side Channel Region 2, these include: and Seabird Island north Side Channel, Nathan Cr.: CN Railway Bridge May 15-July 31 (to view a map of this • Nooksack dace Nicomekl R.: Burlington Northern area see page 26). • Salish sucker Railway Bridge • Green sturgeon Possession Quotas • Cultus Lake sculpin Pitt R.: CPR Bridge Possession quotas = 2 daily quotas See page 9 for details. Serpentine R.: Burlington Northern Annual Quotas Railway Bridge Annual catch quota for all B.C.: 10 steelhead Seymour R.: CN Railway Bridge NOTICE TO ANGLERS The area known as per licence year (only hatchery steelhead the Rubble Creek Landslide Hazard Area is may be retained in B.C.) Squamish R.: a line running true west from the tip of the Squamish Dyke a high risk slide area. People who fish in this Daily & Annual Quotas for Salmon area do so at THEIR OWN RISK. (“Windsurfer Spit”) Please refer to the NOTICE on page 77 for Rubble Creek Landslide Hazard Area Stave R.: CPR Bridge Salmon Regulations. West Cr.: CN Railway Bridge Brandywine Falls L4100 Provincial Park M.U. 2–7 Bull Trout Reward Tagging Program Whonnock Cr.: CP rail line M.U. 2–6 Chilliwack Lake and Upper Pitt River: $100 reward tags are being used to assess York Cr.: CP rail line Roe Cr Marble Cr the bull trout fishery. Refer to page 76 for NOTE From one hour after sunset to one Daisy Lake instructions on what to do if you catch a hour before sunrise fishing is prohibited fish with a reward tag. on portions of the Fraser, Harrison, and Pitt Rivers (see Water-specific Tables for details) Garibaldi Garibaldi Provincial Stave River Steelhead Marking To find out the time of sunrise and sunset 99 Park Maxillary (jaw) clipping is being used to consult a local newspaper or the National Chance Cr Rubble Cr. Taylor Cr. assess hatchery release strategies. Refer Research Council of Canada website at to page 76 for instructions on what to do if http://www.nrc-cnrc.gc.ca/eng/ for a you catch a maxillary clipped fish. sunrise-sunset calculator. Cheakamus R 2021-2023 BC Freshwater Fishing Regulations Synopsis 21 REGION 2 - Lower Mainland Water-Specific Regulations WATER BODY | MGMT UNIT EXCEPTIONS TO THE REGIONAL REGULATIONS ALICE LAKE 2-7 No powered boats Bull trout (char) release ALOUETTE LAKE 2-8 No vessels in swimming areas, as buoyed and signed; speed restriction (8 km/h) at south end of lake, south of a line drawn from the BC Parks boat ramp to signs on the east side of the lake No Fishing upstream of the fishing boundary signs near the Alouette River Unit of the Corrections Branch ALOUETTE RIVER 2-8 No Fishing upstream of 216th Street (including North Alouette River), May 1-June 30; no powered boats on mainstem ALPHA LAKE 2-9 Electric motors only No Fishing Dec 1-Mar 31 Release all kokanee, trout and char ALTA LAKE 2-9 Bait ban, single barbless hoook Speed restriction (12 km/h) ANDERSON CREEK 2-4 No Fishing ANGUS CREEK 2-5 No Fishing ASHLU CREEK 2-6 Bait ban BEAR (Mahood) CREEK 2-4 No Fishing upstream of 152nd Street (Johnson Road) BEAR LAKE 2-18 No powered boats BIG SILVER CREEK 2-18 No Fishing May 1-June 30 BIRKENHEAD LAKE 2-11 Bull trout (char) release BIRKENHEAD RIVER 2-11 Bait ban No Fishing from the upstream edge of falls (situated approximately 1.5 km from the river’s mouth) to a point 100 m downstream BREM RIVER 2-13 Bait ban May 1-Oct 31 BROTHERS CREEK 2-8 No Fishing BROWNING LAKE 2-8 No powered boats BRUNETTE RIVER 2-8 No Fishing from Cariboo Dam to Salamander Creek; release all steelhead BRUNETTE RIVER’S TRIBUTARIES 2-8 No Fishing BURNABY LAKE 2-8 No powered boats BURNABY LAKE’S TRIBUTARIES 2-8 No Fishing No Fishing upstream of 12th Avenue No Fishing downstream of 12th Avenue Apr 1-June 30 CAMPBELL RIVER 2-4 No Fishing between two white triangular fishing boundary signs downstream to pedestrian bridge at the foot of Stayte Road, Aug 15-Sept 30 No Fishing from 21:00 hours to 05:00 hours each day, Aug 1-Dec 31 No Fishing upstream of fishing boundary signs at footbridge situated approximately 100 m downstream of the fish fence CAPILANO RIVER 2-8 Bait ban, Aug 1-Oct 31; release all steelhead CEDAR LAKE 2-2 See Sumallo River No Fishing May 1-June 30 CHAPMAN CREEK 2-5 No Fishing from the falls to 100 m downstream (falls are located approximately 550 m upstream of the power