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2005-2007 British Columbia Tidal Waters Sport Fishing Guide FISHERIES AND OCEANS CANADA BRITISH COLUMBIA TIDAL WATERS OFFICES Please contact the DFO office nearest to where you in tend to fi sh. Sport Fishing Bella Bella (250) 957-2363 Bella Coola (250) 799-5345 Campbell Ri ver (250) 850-5701 Guide Chilliwack (604) 702-2278 Clearwater (250) 674-2633 Effective April 1, 2005 to Comox (250) 339-2031 Delta (604) 666-8266 March 31, 2007 Dunca n (250) 746-6221 French Creek (250) 954-1354 Gold Ri ver (250) 283-9075 Ka mloops (250) 851-4950 CONTENTS Langley (604) 607-4150 HOW TO USE THIS GUIDE ...... 2 Lillooet (250) 256-2650 LICENCES ...... 3 Masset (250) 626-3316 GLOSSARy ...... 4 Mission (604) 814-1055 GENERAL RESTRICTIONS...... 6 Nanaimo (250) 754-0230 PACKAGING/ TRANSPORTING...... 8 Nass Camp (250) 633-2408 AREAS (FOLD-OUT MAP) ...... 11 New Hazelton (250) 842-6327 OBSERVE, RECORD AND REPORT ...... 12 Pender Harbour (604) 883-2313 ALLFINFlSH -CLOSURESAND ...... 15 Port Alberni (250) 720-4440 SPECIAL MEASURES Port Hardy (250) 949-8742 SALMON ...... 25 Powell Ri ver (604) 485-7963 Table (Species and Limits) ...... 26 Prince George (250) 561-5366 Identification and Information ...... 27 Closures and Special Measures ...... 36 Prince Rupert (250) 627-3499 Queen Charlotte City (250) 559-4413 OTHER FINFISH (other than salmon) ...... 43 Quesnel (250) 992-2434 Table (Species and Limits) ...... 44 Identification and Information ...... 46 Sa lmon Arm (250) 804-7000 Closures and Special Measures ...... 53 Smithers (250) 847-2312 Tahsis via Campbell Ri ver offi ce SHELLFISH ...... 54 Terrace (250) 615-5350 Table (Species and Limits) ...... 55 Identification and Information ...... 58 Tofino (250) 725-3468 Closures and SpeCial Measures ...... 69 Vancouver / Steveston (604) 664-9250 Victoria (250) 363-3252 Exotic Species ...... 78 Whitehorse (867) 393-6722 Research Programs ...... 81 Williams Lake (250) 305-4002 Sport Head Recovery Program & Depots.. 85 DFO Field Offices ...... !FC Contact Numbers ...... Freshwater IFC Observe, Record, Report 1-800-465-4336 www.pac.d fo-mpo.gc.ca
1 HOW TO USE THIS GUIDE LICENCES This guide is designed in an easy-to-use format, with A tidal waters sport fishing li cence is required to fish, colour-coding on the bottom of each page to help identify spea rfish or net, or to capture any species of finfish or sections. shellfish. An nual licences are valid from date shown on li This guide is valid for two years (until March cence to the following March 31. Licences of a shorter du 2007). Turn the booklet over to read the regulations ration expire at midnight on the final day of validity. A li for freshwater salmon. The tidal portion of the guide cence is not transferable and is not valid unless signed by is divided into three species sections (salmon, finfish the licence holder. Licences must be obtained in person, other than salmon, and shellfish) to help you find the except that a parent may obtain a licence for a child under fi s hing closures, limits and regulations for each age 16, and one may obtain a licence for a spouse. Licences species. must be produced on request by a fishery or conservation officer or guardian, so ensure you have your li cence wi th Before you go fishing in TIDAL WATERS: you while fishing. 1. Check the fold-out statistical area map to find your A salmon conservation stamp ($6.42) must be affixed fishing area. In tidal waters, the coast is divided into to licences held by anglers wishing to retain any species of Areas. Pacific salmon. Note that the stamp is an annual stamp. 2. Read the information on Licences, and General Clo Licences are avai lable province-wide from more than sures and Restrictions before selecting the section for 500 vendors, including sporting goods stores, resorts, the species you intend to fish. "Total Finfish Clo service stations, marinas, charter boat operators and de sures" apply to ALL finfish, including salmon. partment stores. For further information about licenSing, call 604-666-0566. 3. Refer to the table in each species section for seasons New: tidal waters sport fishing li cences are now and limits. All dates are inclusive. available via the Internet at www.pac.dfo-mpo. 4. Check the "Closures" sections for specific species clo gc.ca/reefish Simply fill out the secure on-line form, sures and special measures, listed by Area. using a valid credit card, and print your licence. 5. Regulations are likely to change in-season. If a licence is lost or accidentally destroyed, a Contact your local DFO office, call 604-666-2828, replacement licence must be obtained prior to resuming o r visit the website at www.pac.dfo-mpo. fishing, and can be acquired at no cost from any licence gc.calrecfish for any recent regulation changes. It vendor. The vendor will ask you to complete and sign a is your responsibility to know the regulations Statement of Loss describing the disposition of the prior to fishing. original licence. 6. Ensure that you have your valid TIdal Waters Sport It is illegal to hold more than one licence. Fishing Licence with you while you are fishing. Tidal Waters Sport Fishing Licence Fees Category Resident Non-resident Adult annual $22.47 $108.07 S-day $17.12 $ 33.17 3-day $11.77 $ 20.33 1-day $ 5.62 $ 7.49 YOU AND THE LAW Senior annual $11.77 $108.07 The British Columbia Tidal Waters Sport Fishing Guide (65 years of age and over) is intended for general informati on purposes only. Juvenile annual' free free Where there is a discrepancy between this guide and (Under 16 years of age) the regulations, the regulations are the final authority. Regulations are subject to change from time to time Sa lmon conservation stamp $ 6.42 $ 6.42 and it is the responsibility of an individu al to be in fo rm ed of the current regulations.
2 3 hooked, the fishing line is released from the downrigger GLOSSARY mainline and the fish can be played without weight on the Adipose £in - the fleshy appendage found on salmon, lo rod and reel. cated between the dorsal fin and the tail. Finfish - includes all fish other than crustaceans, echino derms (sea urchins, sand dollars, etc), molluscs, shellfish and marine mammals. Fish - includes finfish, shellfish, crustaceans and mol luscs in any stage of life, including eggs. Foul hookmg (Snagging) - hooKing a fish in any part of its body other than the mouth. It is illegal to willfully foul hook a fish other than herring, northern anchovy, Pacific sand lance and squid. Gurdy - a winch run by hand or power. Area - as defined by the Pacific Fishery Management Hatchery fish - a fish usually marked by the absence of Area Regulations. See the fold-out map in this guide. the adipose fin, or sometimes the ventral (pelvic), or pec Areas or portions of areas (subareas) may be closed to toral fin, and having a healed scar in place of that absent fishing for conservation or contamination reasons. fin. Barbless hook - a hook from which all barbs have been Length of a fish - the distance measured from the tip of removed when manufactured or filed off or pinched the nose to the fork of the tail; where there is no fork, to the down flat against the shaft. tip of the tail. Bar rig - a leader about 1 metre long with a weight at the Management area - has the same meaning as "Area" end and a swivel attaching the leader to the fishing line at and "Statistical area". the other. Approximately 35 cm from the weight, another Non-resident - a person who normally resides outside short section of leaderline with a hook at the end is at ofCanada. tached to the mainline. About 35-45 cm up the mainline, Non-retention - a conservation measure which requires another of these leaders with hooks is attached. that if a fish is caught it must be released / returned to the Boundary sign - boundary signs may be posted to help water. Similar terms include "catch and release", "closed you identify closed areas: to retention" and "daily limit is 0". Ordinary residence - a residential dwelling where a per son normally lives, with all associated connotations in cluding a permanent mailing address, telephone number, furnishings and storage of automobile; the address on one's driver's licence and automobile registration, where one is registered to vote. A motor home or vessel at a ca~psite or marina is not considered to be an ordinary reSidence. Possession limit - the number of fish of a species that a fisher may have in his/ her possession at any given time, except at place of ordinary residence. In most instances, Coded-wire tag - microscopic stainless steel tags that the possession limit is two times the daily limit for that are inserted into the nose cartilage of salmon prior to species. The possession limit cannot exceed more than ocean migration. The adipose fin is removed to allow for two daily limits of anyone species. Refer to the tables for the recognition of tagged adult salm on. Recovery of specific limits. coded-wire tags is critical for fisheries management and Resident - a person who normally resides in Canada. - enhancement of B.C. salmon stocks. Selective fishing - a conservation-based management Daily limit - the maximum number of a species a person approach which allows harvest of target species or stocks, may retain in one day. while avoiding and minimizing harvest of less productive Dowruigger - a device consisting of an electric or hand species or stocks (by-catch). The objective is to release powered winch or gurdy used to lower a wire line with alive and unharmed non-target stocks or species of con heavy weight attached. In use, a fishing line coming from cern. a separate rod and reel is affixed to a quick release clip Set line - a line with one or more hooks left unattended which can be lowered to a selected depth. When a fish 1S in the water. It is illegal to use a set line in tidal waters.
4 5 Shoreline - the waters inside and shoreward of the 2 m • wilfully foul hook or attempt to foul hook any fi sh depth contour measured below the chart datum (0 tide). other than herring, northern anchovy, Pacific sand Single barb less hook - a barbless hook wIth only one lance and squid. To avoid foul hooking (snagging) point. A treble hook is not considered to be a single I}ook. fi sh, anglers should aim to induce the fi sh to take the Snare - a looping mechanism of w ire or cord crea ting a hook in its mouth. noose-type form that can be drawn closed to complete the • use a set line - a fi shing line left unattended in the capture of desired prey. water. Spearfishing - fi shing by means of a spear propelled by • use, on a line, gear designed to catch more than one a spring, elastic band, compressed alT, a bow or by han d. fi sh at a time (excepl when fi shing for herring, north A sport fi shing licence is required to spea rfish. S pearfish ern anchovy or Pacific sardine, or in the tidal portion ing for salmon, trout, char, sturgeon and shellfish (except of the Fraser River). shrimp) is prohibited. . Sport fishing - fi shing by any means fo r recrea tIonal • possess any fish ca ught while sport fi shing that is purposes. This includes anglIng, asslstmg m landmg a dressed or packed so that the fi sh ca nnot be easily fi sh, harvesting shellfish, and spearflslung. Sport-caught identified, counted or measured, excepl at place of or fi sh may not be bought, sold or bartered. dinary residence - see Packaging Your Catch. Tagged fi sh - some finfish and crab have been tagged • engage in fi eld canning of any species. with a variety of tags to indicate involvement m dIfferent • buy, sell, barter or attempt to bu y, sell or barter any DFO research programs which provide valuable informa fish ca ught by sport fishing. tion on the species. If you catch a tagged fi sh, please re- • use stones, clubs, firearms, explosives or chemicals to turn the tag to the address noted on the tag. . molest, injure or kill fish. Tidal boundaries - on streams or nvers may be deSIg • trap or pen fi sh on their spawning ground, or in ri vers nated by a white triangular sign near the mouth of a or streams leading to spawning grounds. stream or river. On streams or flvers where no boundary • use a net while fishing for finfish, except: sign, the tidal boundary is that point on the stream or a) a dip net may be used when fi shing for herring, river which is the mean upper pomt of tIdal mfluence .. eulachon, northern anchovy, Pacifi c sand lance, Treble hook - a hook with three separate pomts radIat smelt, or sardines; ing out from one common shank. Treble hooks are per b) a dip net may be used when land ing a fi sh caught mitted in tidal waters, however when fishing for salmon, by angling; cutthroat trout or steelhead, these hooks must be barbless. c) one gillnet or set net may be used when fi shing for eulachon or smelts, provided the mesh size is GENERAL RESTRICTIONS greater than 25 mm but less than 50 mm, and the length is less than 7.5 m; a fl oating buoy clea rly It is illegal to: marked with the name of the owner must be at • sport fish for finfish and / or shellfish without a li tached to each end of the net; cence. d) a cast net is permitted when fis hing for herring, • fi sh for salmon, including cutthroat trout and steel northern anchovy or Pacific sand lance. head, with a barbed hook. • use gaff hooks in angling except as an aid to landing • fail to record immediately, on your licence, in ink, any a fi sh caught on a legal line or rod and reel. chinook salmon retained. • use torches or artificial lights while sport fi shing, ex • fail to record immediately, on your licence, in ink, any cepl when they are submerged and attached to a fi sh lingcod retained, where required. ing line, within 1 m of the fishing hook. • ca tch and retain salmon if your licence does not have • use spears to fi sh for salmon, trout, char, sturgeon and a valid saiinon conservation stamp attached to it. shellfish, excepl shrimp. • fi sh with a fixed weight (sinker) greater than 1 kg ex • sportfish for salmon and trout, excepl by angling. cept on a downrigger line, in which case the fi shing • tend another recreational fisher's gear without pos line must be attached to the downngger by means of sessing a licence yourself. an automatic release clip. The clip must free the fi sh • dig, ca tch and retain or possess clams or oysters from ing line from the downrigger line when the fish takes a contaminated area. the lure, allowing the fi sh to be retrieved by rod and • use any mechanical apparatus or dredge for harvest reel or separate handline. ing clams.
6 7 is recommended that the contents (number of fish, species and number of packages) be listed on the outside of the con PACKAGING YOUR CATCH tainer to fa cilitate inspection. Your catch may be checked and inspected by enforce When transporting crab, the carapace must remain at ment authorities. Failure to comply with the Fisheries Act tached to the body of the crab until you arrive at your onli and its regulations may result in prosecution. The objective nary residence. of the regulations is to enable enforcement authorities to For additional details on packaging, ask a DFO office readily determine the species, the number and, if applica for a Package YOllr Fish Properly for Trallsport brochure. ble, the size and weight of fish caught, while it is in transi t or at a locale other than your ordinary residence. CANNING In most cases, residents and visitors will transport their Canning outside a person's ordinary residence of all sport-caught fi sh whole. However, if you prefer not to keep sport-ca ught fi sh is not allowed in British Columbia. If you the fi sh whole, these guidelines will help you to prepare are in possession of sport-ca ught fish, you must ensure that and package your catch to preserve the quality and comply the fi sh can be readily identified, counted, weighed and with the regulations. If you are not transporting your fish measured. Canning is permitted at a person's ordinary res whole, it must be packed so that the species of fi sh can be idence, and at establishments licensed to process sport easily identified, counted and measured. caught fish, where appropriate doc umentation stating When packaging your catch, if a maximum size limit species, numbers, weight and size of fish must be supplied. applies, the head and tail must remain attached until you prepare and consume your catch, arrive at your ordinary CONSUMING YOUR CATCH residence, or deliver your ca tch to a registered processing Fish caught by a sportfisher that is being prepared, fa cility. cooked, or consumed away from the sportfisher's ordinary The head of your salmon can be removed only if the residence (i.e. while staying at a ca mp ground, overnighting length with the head off is equal to or greater than the min on a boat, residing at a hotel, etc.) is included as part of the imum legal size of that species for the waters in which it was fisher's possession limit. The amount of fish a person is caught. Leave the tail attached so the species ca n be deter preparing to consume cmlllot exceed the possession limit. mined. For example, if a chinook salmon is caught where The head and tail of all finfis h and the carapace (shell) of the minimum size limit is 62 cm and it is filleted and pack any crab caught must be retained until the fish has been aged for transport, one of the fillets must have the tail at consumed. tached and be at least 62 cm long. If necessary the fillet ca n be cut into two pieces; the tail must remain attached to one TRANSPORTING A CATCH of the pieces. The fillets should be placed side by side in one To transport another person's sport-caught fi sh, you bag making it obvious that they represent one fi sh, and the must carry a letter from that person with their signature, bag must be labelled wi th: stating you are authorized to transport the fi sh. Check with a. the salmon species - eg., "one chinook" customs officials in your country of residence for regula b. the number of fillets - "two fillets" tions concerning the importa tion of your catch. c. the number of pieces - "four pieces" The letter must state: d. the angler's name. • the fisher 's name ______The exception to these requirements is if your salmon • co mplete address ______has a missing adipose fin. In this case, please remove the • telephone number ______head and turn it in to a Salmonid Sport Head Recovery Depot (see page 85). The clipped fin may indicate the pres • fishing licence number ______-..,. ence of a coded-wire nose tag used for research purposes. • when and where the fish were caught ______When packaging other species, such as halibut or rock fi sh, the skin must remain on each fillet for identifica tion • the number, species and size of fish purposes. • name of recipient ______It is recommended that you store and transport your • address of recipient ______catch in containers and bags intended for food. • date of receipt ______When individuals are transporting or shipping fi sh they must package their fi sh separately and only have one name per package. However, they may share a container. It 9 8 - CODE OF CONDUCT FOR SPORT FISHING IN B.C. Fishing responsibly not only means protecting the en vironment and the resource, but also practising safe fish ing habits and respect towards others. This Code of Con duct has been developed and endorsed by the Sport Fishing Advisory Board: 1. Handle all fish with care. 2. Limit your catch to ensure fish for the future. 3. Leave your fi shing spot cleaner than you found it. 4. Res pect the ri ghts of property owners and other out door enthusiasts. 5. Use the proper tackle and methods for the species being targeted. 6. Promote the sport by teaching children and new par ticipants how to fi sh. 7. Become informed about your fishery and participate in its management. 8. Report all illegal fishing activities to the proper au thorities. 9. Respect the space of others, leave enough room for everyone to fish. 10. Learn the fishing and boating la ws and abide by them.
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WILDERNESS WATCH The British Columbia Wildlife Federation offers re wards up to $2,000 for information leading to charges being laid against a person harming fish and wildlife and their habitat, as well as to private property belonging to mining, forestry, farmers and ranchers or other private concerns. For infonnation call Be Wildlife Federation at 1-800-533-2293.
Summary convictions for contravention of the Fi sh eries Act or its regulations carry a fine of up to $100,000, a prison term up to one year, or both . In dictable convictions carry a fine of up to $500,000, prison terms of up to two years, or both (Fisheries Act s.78).
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Swiftsure Bank SOUTH COAST 121 ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ Management Areas ~ ~ Cape Flattery For reference only II Pacific Rim National Park ReS8N9 NATURAL BAIT CONCERNS OBSERVE, RECORD AND Anglers should be aware that the use of natural REPORT (ORR) bait products has been linked to the transmission of viral, bacterial and parasitic infections in fish. Carry Help to protect our Fisheries ing fi sh and fi sh products, including roe, from one Resource area to another may permit the transfer of pathogens Fishery officers are responsible for the en capable of seriously affecting local fis h stocks. These forcement of fisheries regulations, yet the job is include infectious pancreatic necrosis (IPN) virus and an enormous one. An important goal of enforce other viral pathogens and bacterial kidney disease of ment is the prevention of violations before the salmon and trout. damage is done. The watchful eyes of everyone In order to protect stocks, do not transfer un can provide a strong deterrent to potential vio treated roe or other fish products from one body of water to another. If you are using roe, combined treat lators and stop offences before they happen. ments of freezing and Borax or heating and Borax will Everyone who uses or enjoys the outdoors assist in minimizing disease transfer. has a responsibility to protect and maintain it. But not everyone takes this responsibility seri ously. FISHING IN PROVINCIAL PARKS How can you help? If you are planning to fi sh in a Provincial Park or Observe: Some common violations are: Recreational Area, be aware that the Park Act and its • exceeding the daily bag limit regulations apply, as well as tidal water or freshwater fishing regulations, as appropriate. • fi shing in a closed area • using illegal gear FISHING IN NATIONAL PARKS • selling fi sh taken in sport fishing AND NATIONAL MARINE • damage to fi sh habitat, pollution CONSERVATION AREAS Record: Carry a pencil and record your Parks Canada is dedicated to the protection and observations as soon as you can: conservation of marine We in its national parks and • date, time and location (eg., nearest town, national marine conservation areas (NMCA). Along fishing location) Canada's Pacific coast, Parks Canada has interests in two marine areas: Pacific Rinl National Park Reserve • identity or description of violators (eg., which protects 155 km' of coastal waters, and Gwaii height, weight, hair colour) Haanas National Park Reserve / Haida Heritage Site • boat or vehicle description (eg., licence, and its proposed 3,400 km' NMCA. Recreational fi sh colour, make) eries within these areas wi ll be managed by Parks • evidence at the scene Canada in collaboration with DFO and others, to en • action of violator(s) sure that marine life and their habitat will not be threatened by human acti vities. Report: Act immediately: • report violations as soon as possible to DFO by calling VIOLATIONS 1-800-465-4336 (465-4DFO) Observe, Record and Report (ORR) or in Greater Vancouver: 604-666-3500 A priority system ensures that serious Fishing Violations, Littering, offences are addressed first. Poll ution - 1-800-465-4336 (465-4DFO)
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~'::::::::::~~--'•• Bella Coola 107 ------"' NORTH COA KNIGHT Management Areas INLET For reference only ALL FINFISH - CLOSURES & SPECIAL MEASURES The closures and restrictions described in this guide may be varied by Fishery Notice. EXPECT IN-SEASON CHANGES. Check with the DFO office in the area in which you plan to fish for current information. Conservation Areas: In portions of many Areas along the coast, Rockfish Conservation Areas (RCA) have been established. Permitted sport fishing activity in an RCA in cludes: hand picking or diving for invertebrates; fishing for crab or prawn by trap; and fishing for smelt by gillnet. All other fishillg activih} ill all RCA is pro/'ibited. Visit www.pac.dfo-mpo.gc.ca/recfish to see if the location you intend to fish is in an RCA. The closures outlined in this section apply to ALL fin fish, including salmon. AREAl In the tidal portions of all streams, only a single, barbless hook may be used. AREA 2 In the tidal portions of all streams, only a single, barbless hook may be used. The waters shoreward of a line between two boundary signs on either side of the Copper River estuary and the Pallant Creek estuary, a single, barbless hook restriction applies all year. The waters of Cumshewa Inlet east of a line from a bound ary sign on McLellan Island to another boundary sign 3.5 km west of Mathers Creek, and west of a line from a boundary sign on McLellan Island to a boundary sign 3.5 km east of Mathers Creek, are closed to fishing for all fin fish, August 15 to October 31. AREA 4 The waters downstream of the tidal boundary sign at the water line crossing on "Shawatlan" Creek to the fishing boundary signs at the mouth of Sha watlan Bay, are closed to fishing for all finfish, July 15 to August 15. The waters from the fishing boundary sign at the mouth of "Kloiya" Creek to the fishing boundary sign at the mouth of KJoiya Bay, are closed to fishing for all finfish, August 1 to September 1. 15 AREAS AREA 12 cOlltilll/ed Inside a line drawn from fishing boundary signs located come Inlet is closed to fishing for all finfish, all year. approx. 100 m seaward of the falls at the mouth of the Ku mowdah River flowing into Lowe Inlet, closed to fishing The mouth of the Wakeman River north of a line connect for all finfish, July 1 to October 31. ing two fis hing boundary signs on opposite shores ap prox. 6 km from the head of Wakeman Sound is closed to AREA 7 fishing for all finfish, all year. The waters of McLaughlin Bay shoreward of a line con Parson Bay bounded inside a line from Red Point on Har necting two fishing boundary signs on each side of the en bled own Island to a marker on the most northwest point trance to McLaughlin Bay is closed to fishing for all fin of Parson Island, from there following the northern shore fish, from July 1 to October 31. to the most easterly point and from there true east to Har bled own Island is closed to fishing for all finfish, June 15 AREAS to October 13. The mouth of Namu River shoreward of a line between AREA 13 two fishing boundary signs located 180 m from a bridge at the mouth of Namu Creek on the west shore and a point The waters in Loughborough Inlet from Cosby Point to on the opposite side of the bay, closed to fishing for all the head of the inlet are closed to fishing for all finfish, finfish, all year. all year. Deepwater Ba y: inside a line from a fishing boundary AREA 9 sIgn at SeparatIOn Head to a fishing boundary sign at Shoreward of a line connecting two square white bound the northerly entrance of Deepwater Bay is closed to ary signs off the mouth of the Wannock River is closed to fishing for all finfish, all year. fishing for all finfish, June 1 to September 15. Phillips Arm northerly of a line from Picton Point true east to the opposite shore, is closed to fishing for all Shoreward of a line connecting two square boundary finfish, all year. sIgns off the mouth of the Chuckwalla and Kilbella rivers is closed to fishing for all finfish, June 1 to September 15. The waters in Bute Inlet from Alpha Bluff to the head of the inlet, are closed to fishing for all finfish, all year. Rivers Inlet Special Management Zone from June 1 to September 15, in those waters of Rivers Inlet inside a line The waters of Village Bay inside a line from a fi shing between fishing boundary signs located at Rutherford boundary sIgn at the north entrance of Village Bay, Point and McAllister Point: no person shall angle with a Quadra Island, to a boundary sign at the south en fishing line or downrigger line which is attached to a trance of Village Bay are closed to fishing for all fin weight that is greater than 168 grams (6 ounces) or an at fish, June 30 to October 31. tracting device that is not affixed directly to hook. From July 15 to September 30, in those waters of Dis covery Passage and the Campbell River, inside a line AREA 12 true east of the fishing boundary sign at Orange Point Those waters of Port McNeill Bay westerly of a line from to the middle of the channel, then southeasterly down a boundary sign at the north end of the Western Forest the nuddle of the channel to the intersection of a line Products jetty, true north to a boundary sign on the oppo running from a boundary sign on the southern end of site shore of Ledge Point Peninsula, are closed to fishing Hidden Harbour breakwater, then true east to Quadra for all finfish, from August 15 to December 31. Island: no person shan angle with a fishing line or downrigger line to which is attached a) a weight that is The mouth of the Klinaklini River (Knight Inlet) shore greater than 168 grams/6 o unces; or b) an attracting wa rd of a line from a fishing boundary signs at the south deV Ice that IS not affIxed dIrectly to the hook. In addi ern entrance to Wahshihlas Bay to a fishing boundary sign tion, it is prohibited to use anything but a single hook at Rubble Point is closed to fi shing for all finfish, all year. and artificial lures. The mouth of the Kingcome River shoreward of a line The above waters are closed to fishing for all finfish, from a fishing boundary sign on Petley Point to a fishing October 1 to October 31, except for the Campbell River boundary sign on a point on the opposite shore of King- Discovery Pier. The area around the Discovery Pier will 16 17 AREA 13 col/til/lied AREA 14 cOl/til/lied remain open inside a line running true east 50 minto The southeasterly shoreline of Hornby Island, from Shin Discovery Passage at the north end of the pier, then gle Spit southerly through Norman Point, Downes Point, southeasterly down the Discovery Passage to the inter Tribune Bay and st. John Point to Cape Gurney, including section of a line running true east 50 m at the south end Heron Rocks, Norris Rocks and Flora Islet. of the Discovery Pier. The waters of Salmon Bay, bounded on the north by a AREA 15 line from Graveyard Point to the ferry landing on the DIVERS - These waters are sensitive habitat areas. opposite shore, and on the south by the downstream Please preserve them by not harvesting any marine life: side of the first bridge upstream on the Salmon River, Within 0.8 km of Vivian Island, approx. 8 km west of Pow are closed to fishing for all finfish, June 1 to Decem ell River. All waters within 0.5 km of Rebecca Rock, west berl. of Powell River. All waters within 0.5 km of Dinner Rock, just south of Lund. All waters adjacent to the unnamed DIVERS - These waters are closed to the harvest of all reef off Emmonds Beach, approx. 6 km south of Lund. All marine life by divers for the preservation of unique un waters within 1.3 km of Mitlenatch Island, in the upper derwater habitat: Strait of Georgia. All waters within a 0.5 km radius of the Discovery Passage, in the Campbell River area, southerly end of the Beach Garden Breakwater. bounded by a straight line from North Bluff on Quadra Is land, across Seymour Narrows to a fi shing boundary sign AREA 16 on Vancouver Island, and south by a line from the light on The waters at the mouth of Sakinaw Creek, east of a line the end of the south Government Dock breakwater at between boundary signs on the north and south sides of Campbell River to Cape Mudge lighthouse. Sakinaw Bay, are closed to fishing for all finfish, June 15 to September 15. AREA 14 The waters ofPuntiedge River mouth and shoreline, a sin AREA 17 gle hook restriction applies for fishing all finfish, August The waters of Northumberland Channel and Nanaimo 1 to October 15. Harbour from Duke Point to a marker near the entrance to Comox Harbour inside a line from a fishing boundary Descanso Bay on Gabriola Island, to Gallows Point on sign near Trent River to a light at the tip of Goose Spit is Protection Island, then northwesterly along the shore to closed to fishing for all finfish, May 1 to August 31, except the most western point, then true north to Newcastle Is the shallow shore line defined as the waters inside and land, northwesterly along the shore to Shaft Point, to Pim shoreward of the 2 m depth contour measured below the bury Point on Vancouver Island, southerl y along the chart datum (0 tide), which is open for fishing for all fin- shore to the Cedar Bridge on the Na naimo River, across fish except for chinook. _ the bridge and northerly along the shore to Jack Point, fol lowing the Vancouver Island shore southerly to the point The tidal waters within a one-half mile radius of the of commencement at Duke Point, are closed to fishing for mouth of the Qualicum River as marked by square white all finfish, July 15 to October 25. Visit www.pac.dfo I I boundary signs positioned approximately one-half mile mpo.gc.ca / recfish for a map of this closure. from each side of the mouth of the river are closed to fish ing for all finfish, August 25 to Odober 15. That portion of the Nanaimo River from the Cedar Bridge to the white square boundary signs loca ted approx. 400 m The tidal waters within a one-half mile radius of the downstream of the Cedar Bridge, is closed to fishing for mouth of the Little Qualicum Ri ver as marked by square all finfish, from October 25 to November 30. white boundary signs positioned approximately one-half mile from each side of the mouth river are closed to fish The tidal waters of the Chemainus River and off the ing for all finfish, August 25 to October 15. Chemainus Ri ver mouth, inside a line commencing at Bare Point on Vancouver Island to the light on North Reef, DIVERS - These waters are sensitive habitat areas. to Sherard Point on Vancouver Island, thence following Please preserve them by not harvesting any marine life: the shoreline northerly to a boundary sign on the Chemai- 18 19 AREA 17 cOl/til/ued PARK RESERVE cOl/til/ued nus River near the Bald Eagle Campground, thence across DIVERS - All tidal waters within the park are closed to the ri ver to the opposite bank, thence following the Van scuba and skin diving for all species, all year. co uver Island shoreline northerly to the point of com mencement, is closed to fishing for all finfish, July 15 to AREA 22 Odober 25. In the tidal waters of Nitinat Lake inside a line from AREA 18 Wh yac Point to Tsuquanah Point, a single barbless hook Those waters of Cowichan Bay inside a line from a fi shing restriction applies, August 1 to October 31. boundary sign near Separation Point on Vancouver Island Those wa ters of the tidal portion of Nitinat Ri ver north to Wilcuma Wharf are closed to fishing for all fin fish, Au easterly of a line between boundary signs on the north gust 1 to Odober 31. Vi sit www.pac.dfo-mpo.gc.ca/ eastern and northwestern tips of land at the head of the reefish for a map of this closure. lake, are closed to fishing for all finfish, August 1 to Oc The waters of Fullord Harbour inside, or northwesterl y, of tober 31. a line between a fi shing boundary sign near the naviga AREA 23 tion light and Ja ckson Rock on the north shore of Fullord Harbour, across to a boundary sign on the opposite shore: In-season closures will be implemented in some portions a single hook restriction applies, Odober 10 to January of Area 23 - check with the DFO Port Alberni offi ce prior to fis hing. 15. AREA 19 The waters of Port Alberni Harbour fro m Paper Mill Dam to a line from a boundary sign at Harbour Quay Marina Those wa ters of Saani ch Inlet inside a line fro m Whiskey directly across the harbour just north of Hohm Island to a Point to Verdier Point are closed to all finfish, from boundary sign on the western shore, a single barbless September 15 to November 30. hook restriction applies all year. Those waters of Finlayson Arm southerly of a line drawn Those waters of Alberni Inlet southerl y of square white true east from Christmas Point to the opposite shore are fi shing boundary sign at the tidal limit of the Somass closed to all finfish, from September 1 to November 30. River near the Paper Mill Darn and northerl y of a line be DIVERS - These waters are closed to the harvest of all tween a square white fi shing boundary sign located at marine life for the preservation of unique underwater Harbour Quay at Port Alberni and a square white fishing habitat: boundary sign on the opposite shore of Alberni Inlet, are In the Victoria area, Ogden Point Breakwa ter, consisting closed to all finfish from July 24 to September 30. of those waters inside a line from the navigation li ght at Those waters of Alberni Inlet bounded on the north by the western end of the ca useway, thence to Brotchie Ledge line drawn 66° true from Hocking Poi nt to a square white Light, thence to Holland Point on Vancouver Island. fi shing boundary sign on the eastern shore of Alberni Inlet, and on the south by a line from a square white fi sh AREA 121 ing boundary sign at Chesnucknuw Creek to a square OFFSHORE (Swiftsure Bank) white fis hing boundary sign on the western shore of A1- The waters of Swiftsure Bank, inside a line from berni Inlet, are closed to all finfish from August 1 to Sep 48°34.00'N and 125°06.00'W, thence to 48°34.00'N and tember30. 124°54.20'W, thence to 48°29.62'N and 124°43 .40' W, Those wa ters of Alberni Inlet bounded on the north by a thence foll owing th e International Boundary between line from Star Poin t to a white square fi shing boundary Canada and the U.S. to 48°29.55'N and 124°56.20'W, sign at the mouth of Handy Creek and on the south by a thence in a straight line to the poin t of commencement, li ne fro m a Mutine Point to the navigation light at Chup are closed to fis hing fo r all fin fish, all year. Point, are closed to all finfish from August 1 to Septem ber30. PACIFIC RIM NATIONAL PARK RESERVE Inside a line fro m a square, white fi shing boundary sign at Portions of Areas 20-24, 121, 123 and 124: Special restric the eastern side of the entrance to Poet! Nook to San Jose ti ons may be implemented for ground fi sh and other Islet Light, thence to a square white fi shing boundary sign species - check prior to fi shing. at the southern tip of Congreve Island, thence northeast- 20 21 AREA 23 continued AREA 25 continued ward to a square white fi shing boundary sign on Va ncou a marker approximately one mile south of the Ta hsis Gov ver Island, are closed to all finfish from August 1 to Sep ernment Dock true east to a marker on the opposite shore tember30. are closed to fi shing for all finfish, July 15 to October 15. AREA 24 AREA 28 Kennedy Cove, inside a line. between fi shing boundary Those waters of Ma nnion Bay (Deep Bay) on Bowen Is signs on the outer southwest corner and the outer north land lying westerly of a line between two boundary signs east corner of the Cove, is closed to fishing for all finfish, near the entrance to Mannion Bay, are closed to fishing for all finfish, September Ito December 31. all year. Those waters of Howe Sound easterly of a line between a AREA 25 boundary sign 300 m north of the mouth of Britannia Muchalatlnlet east of a line from the Gold Ri ver harbour Creek and the southern tip of Minaty Bay, are closed to limit is closed to fishing for all finfish, July 15 to October fi shing for all finfish, May 30 to September 30. 15. lt is prohibited to use more than two single-pointed hooks Those wa ters of Tlupana Inlet and Hanna Channel inside in tandem (as when fi shing with bait) in the waters of Bur a line drawn between square white fi shing boundary rard Inlet nea r the mouth of the Capilano Ri ver from the signs on opposite sides of the entrance to Hisni t Inlet, are 14th 51. Pier to Prospect Light on the seawall of Stanley closed to fishing for all finfish, July 15 to October 15. Park to the north tower of the Lions Ga te Bridge from Au Those wa ters of Tlupana Inlet and Hanna Channel north gust 1 to December 31 . Each hook must have a single westerly of a line from Salter Point to Hoiss Point, are point that measures no greater than 15 mm between the closed to fishing for all finfish, July 15 to October 1. point and the shank of the hook. The wa ters inside a line drawn between square white fi sh It is prohibited to use more than one single-pointed hook ing boundary signs on opposite sides of the entrance to in the tidal wa ters of the Seymour River fro m the BCR Nesook bay; and the waters inside a line drawn between Rail way bridge downstream to the fi shing boundary square white fi shing boundary signs on the opposite sides signs located on the west and east shore of the Seymour of the entrance to Head Bay, are closed to fi shing for all Ri ver from August 1 to December 31. Each hook must finfish, July 15 to October 15. have a Single point that measures no greater than 15 mm between the point and the shank of the hook. Those waters of Nootka Sound northwesterly of a line fro m Boston Point to Salter Point are closed to fishing for TOTAL FISHING CLOSURE all finfish, July 15 to October 1. The following park areas are closed to the harvest of all Those wa ters northerly of a line from Mozino Point to a marine life fo r the preservation of the unique underwa ter fi shing boundary sign on the opposite shore are closed to habital. Closures apply to all fi shing of all marine life, fishing for all finfish, July 15 to October 15. all year: Those waters southeasterly of a line from the most Porteau Cove - Those wa ters east of a line drawn from a northerly tip of Stra nge Island to a square whi te boundary fi shing boundary sign at the south shore of Porteau Cove sign on the opposite shore of Ta hsis Inlet are closed to northerl y in a straight line to the white fishing boundary fi shing for all finfish, July 15 to October 1. sign on the north shore of Porteau Cove. Zeballos Inlet northerly of boundary signs near Little Ze Point Atkinson - Commencing 200 m from the south ballos River is closed to fishing for all finfish, July 15 to ernmost tip of Point Atkinson (125 m east of the light October 15. house), extending northeasterly along the shoreline for The waters of Zeballos Inlet north of a line drawn between 100 m to the entrance of 5tarboa t Cove and extending 85 fi shing bowldary signs at the entrance to Zeballos Har m offshore. Visit www.pac.dfo-mpo.gc.ca / recfish for a bour are closed to fishing for all finfish, September 1 to map of the above closures. October 15. Whytecliff Park - Those waters inside a line that begins Those waters of Tahsis Inlet lying northerly of a line from at the most southerly point of Whytecliff Park, then in a 22 23 AREA 28 continued straight line to a point located 100 m east of the most POINTS TO REMEMBER southeasterly point of Whyte Islet, then following the WHEN SALMON FISHING southern shoreline of Whyte Islet at a distance of 100 m to o You must purchase a fishing licence and a a point lying 100 m from the most southwesterly point of salmon stamp prior to' fi shing for salmon. Whyte Islet, then in a straight line to a point lying 100 In o Check to determine if the area you intend ·to west of White Cliff Point, then following the shoreline at a fish is open. distance of 100 m in a northerly direction to a point 100 m o Check to determine what the size and daily north of Lookout Point, then fo llowing the shoreline at a limits are for the species of salmon you intend distance of 100 m in an easterly direction to a point 100 m to catch. perpendicular to the most northerly point of Whytecliff o Barbless hooks are required for all salmon Park, then to the most northern point of Whytecliff Park fishing (including cutthroat trout and steel on the mainland. head). o You must immediately record in ink on your li cence all chinook retained. o It is illegal to catch or attempt to catch salmon by snagging or with snares. o The combined daily limit for all species of Pacific salmon in tidal waters is four. POINTS TO REMEMBER o The aggregate daily limit for all Pacific salmon in o If asked, you must allow a fishery officer, fishery tidal and non-tidal waters combined is four. guardian, national park warden or RCMP officer o The coastwide daily limit for chinook is two. The to inspect your catch, licence and fishing gear. annual coastwide limit is 30. o Minimum size and daily limits for salmon vary o Check for limits in the area you are fishing; depending on the area fished. ' changes may be made by Fishery Notice. Expect in-season changes to the regulations shown in the salmon table in this guide. Regula o Field canning is not allowed for any species. tion changes will be announced by Fishery No o Check guidelines for packaging and transport tice and will be posted on the website at ing your fish. www.pac.dfo-mpo.gc.ca/recfish. Check for changes with the DFO office nearest to your o For specific opening and closing times, all dates fishing location. are inclusive. o Regulations are subject to change. It is your re Five species of salmon are indigenous to the coastal sponsibility to know the regulations in the area waters of British Columbia. All may be taken in the tidal you are fishing. waters sport fishery under regulations set by Fisheries o There is no limit to the number of fishing rod s a and Oceans Canada. licensed angler may use in tidal waters, even . A salmon conservation stamp must be purchased and affIxed to the hcence by all anglers who wish to retain any when accompanied by an unlicensed person. specIes of salmon they ca tch. Howeve r, an unlicensed person may not op It is your responsibility to know the regulations. erate any fishing tackle/gear. Check for updates prior to fishing. All dates are inclusive 24 25 SALMON - IDENTIFICATION & INFORMATION Atlantic salmon These fi sh are raised commercially in pens in the marine wa ters of B. C. and Washington State. They are distin guished from the Pacific salmon species by 2 to 3 large black spots on the gill cover, and cross-hatched spots along their bod y, above the lateral line. They have large scales and the tail is usually unspotted, and some may have eroded tail s and / or dorsal fin s. Federal and provin cial biologists are interested in verifying these Atlantic salmon recoveries. Please note the date and location of the catch, keep the whole fi sh cool (do not clean) and freeze it, if possible, to prevent deteri oration of the tissues. There is a small reward for Atl antic salmon ca tch information. Contact Atlantic Sa lmon Watch Program by calling toll free 1-800-811 -6010. Atlalltic sallllOIl • m m 0 Large black------::=spots:----- on gill cover YOU AND THE LAW The British Columbia Tidal Waters Sport Fishing Guide is intended for general in formation purposes only. Where there is a discrepancy between this guide and the regulations, the regulations are the final authority. Regulations are subject to change from time to time and it is the re sponsibility of an individual to be in formed of the current regulations. SALMON 26 27 N Chinook salmonlSaumon quinnat '" Chinook Black gums and a silver, spotted tail distinguish the chinook Oncorhynchus tshawytscha from other salmonids. It has a lightly spotted blue-green France back and is the largest, most prized game fi sh. The chinook sauman royaJ e lives from three to seven years. It weighs between 1.5 kg and Germany 30 kg. Average-size chinooks are often known as springs in KOll igslachs B.C. Those over 13.5 kg are called tyees, and in the U.s., chi Japan nook are ca lled king salmon. "/asul'los uke ~- T. Ple/ciler copyright (plto to) Chum Chum salmonlSaumon keta A white tip on the anal fin usually identifies a chum salmon. Oncorhynchus keta Resembling sockeye, but larger, chum have silvery sides and faint grid-like bars as they near spawning streams. The tail France base is narrow and there is silver in the tail. They live three saumon Uta to fi ve years and weigh about 4.5 kg to 6.5 kg, but they have Germany been known to reach as much as 15 kg. Hll ndslachs, Ketalachs Japan Each chum salmon you keep must be at least 30 cm long. sake, shake Spain salmorl chu m ;'~'" N ... T. Pletcher copyright (photo) Coho salmonlSaumon coho '" Coho Coho have white gums, black tongues and a few spots on the Oncorhynchus kisutch upper portion of their bodies ,and silver-coloured tails. They France have a wide tail base. The cleithrum (collar of the fish, under SGUmOll argente the gillcover) is distinctly blue peppered or mottled. Bright Germany silver with a metallic blue dorsal surface, coho usually live Silber/nchs for three years and grow rapidly in their final year. They Japan weigh between 1.3 kg and 14 kg. In the Strait of Georgia from ginznke, gil11nasll April to early June, small coho passing from the grilse stage Spain to maturity are ca lled bluebacks. sa lmon T. Pletcher copyright (ph%) j Pink Pink salmonlSaumon rose Pink salmon ha ve tiny scales and a tail heavily marked with Oncorhynchus gorbuscha large oval spots. Unlike the other salmon species, the tail of a pink has no silver in it. In the sea, pinks have silver bodies France with spotted backs. They are the smallest of the Pacific saumon rose salmon, usually weighing about 2.2 kg, but occasionally Germany reaching 5.5 kg. They are more abundant in northern waters Buckellachs in even-numbered years and in southern waters in odd Japan numbered years. Pinks live only two years. seppnrimasu, masu karafutomasu Spain Each pink salmon you keep must be salmon rosado at least 30 cm long. !:1 T. Pletcher copyriglrr (photo) II How can you tell the difference? ~ Lower jaws Tails ~:= ~ \: CHINOOK ;:: l>; c " E ~ Eo" := ~ <:S ~ VJ EO " §'" ';! ~" c ~ -" " II E u ;;; " ,~ ~ <:S "' ~ - " ~ .S III '"<>0 .!'! ~ ., "'" ~ " »'" -'"'" The chinook has black The chinook has a flowing .,~'" ~" ~ =~-"'" ~ gums at the base of its V-s haped, silvery tail that is "v "'" U ..>c " E.!'! = R . =~ "'" u " = E ~ . - ~ ~ teeth and its mouth is generally covered with C " ~ ::::; ,,- ",-" VJO ",51 ,,~ --'""'~ "'" ", 51 dark. In some areas it is spots. The tail becomes known as "black mouth." more square as the chinook reaches adult stage. CHUM The lips are fl eshy with The tail is slightly forked well-developed teeth in and has silver streaks both jaws, but there are covering about half of no teeth on the base of the fin. The ca udal the tongue. peduncle or wrist is slender. COHO The coho's gums at the The coho has a square, sil ver base of the teeth are coloured tail with just a few almost white. Its mouth scattered spots, usually on is white, and its teeth are the upper portion of the tail. sharp and strong. It has a wide tail base. 32 33 How can you tell the difference? NON-RETENTION: Lower jaws Tails For Management and Conservation In British Columbia, DFO regulations that require PINK fi sh of a certain size or species to be released are signifi ca nt management and conserva tion measures used in the recreational fi shery. In many cases, without the practice of non-retention, large areas would have to be closed to sport fi shing. Regulations for minimum size limits allow the opportunity for young salmon to mature and spawn or to reach a larger size before harves ting. Practicing good ca tch and release techniques begins before you catch the fi sh and does not end until after you set it free and it swims away. The mouth in a pink salmon The pink salmon has a is white, but the gums are V-shaped tail covered with Techniques to remember: black, as they are in a large oval spots. Its scales are very small. • Use appropriate tackle, not too light, so that you can chinook. It does not have "play" your fi sh quickly. "teeth" on its tongue. • Use large lu res or artificial baits to reduce the inci dental catch of undersize fish. SOCKEYE • Do not exhaust a salmon when "playing" it on the line, bring it in quickly. • For a salmon under 30 cm, unhook it at the water sur face with a minimum of handling. For a larger sa lmon, if it is too difficult to unhook in the water, bring it onboard, remove the hook quickly and re lease it. This will ca use less stress and damage. Re move the hook with needle-nose pliers or surgical he mostats. The lips are fl eshy, the teeth The tail is moderately • Barbless hooks are much easier to remove and pliers are small in both jaws. forked and it does not are rarely needed. There are no teeth on the show any black spots. • To minimize scale loss use a soft knotless mesh net. base of the tongue. Handle the fish securely and as little as possible in order to protect the protective slime layer on the fish. Keep the fi sh immobile while the hook is removed and quickly release it into the water. • To avoid injury, support the fi sh when lifting by plac How to measure the length of your salmon ing one hand around the base of its tail and the other under its bell y. Do not lift it by the tail as this will stretch the vertebrae. • Do not handle a fi sh by the gills or the eyes. • To return the fi sh to water, release it at a 45 degree angle with the head pointing down and just above the waterline. If the fish is exhausted, take the time to re vive it in the wa ter by keeping a grip on its tail; wait until it is strong enough to swim out of your hands ventral (pelvic) fin (when the fish begins to struggle, let it swim away). • Some fi sh may be hooked deep inside the mouth. If The length of a fish means the distance measured this is the case, cut the line as close to the hook as pos fro m the tip of the nose to the fork of the tall . sible and leave it in. 34 35 '" SALMON CLOSURES AND SPECIAL MEASURES A single barb\ess hook is in effect yeaHound. Prior to fishing, check for updates or changes to the information below with the OFO office nearest to where you intend to fish or visit www.pac.dfo-mpo.gc.ca/recfish For fishing opportunities In a specific Area or for Subarea descriptions, visit the website above. WATERS SPECIES OATES LIMITS I GEAR Areas 1 and 2: tidal portions of all streams other than Pallant Cr Coho Jan 01·Dec 31 2 per day. and Braveman A (/) Area 1: the waters of Massellnlel and Sound south of a line from Chinook Jun lS-Oct 31 Non-retention of chinook. » Entry Point to Weslacott Point r s: Area 1: the waters of Massellnlet and Sound south of a line from Chinook May 15·Qcl 31 Non-retention of chinook. o Griffiths Point z Area 2: the waters of FaiTfax Inlet shoreward of a line from Sockeye May 15-Aug 15 Non-retention of sockeye. Magneson Pt to Reid Pt Area 2: the tidal section of the Tlell River Pink Jan 01-Dec 31 Non-retention of pink. Area 2: the waters of Skidegate Inlel shoreward of a line between Pink. Chum Aug 1S-0ct 31 Non-retention of pink and chum. two boundarv sians on either side 01 Sachs Creek estuarv Area 2: the waters west of a line from lawn PI to Gray Pt Sockeye Apr l-JullS Non-retention of sockeye. Area 6: tidal portions of all streams flowing into Area 6. other Coho Jan 01-Cec 31 limits are the same as the non-tidat portion 01 that than the Kitimat R stream. Areas 9 and 10 Sockeye Jan 01-Cec 31 Non-retention of sockeye. Area 10 - Smith Inlet: the waters 01 Wyclees Lagoon lying All Jun 20-Nov 30 Non-retention of salmon. southerly of the boundary sign near the entrance Area 12: the waters (j Hardy Bay shoreward 01 a line from a All Aug IS-Sep 30 Non-retention of salmon. Single-pointed hook only that boundary sign on the Keltic Seafoods wharf to a boundary sign measures no more than 15 mm between the point on the opposite shore and shank. Area 12: the mouth of the Keogh River within a 400 m radius All Aug 01-0ct 15 Single-pointed hook only that measures no more than of the shore 15 mm between the point and shank. Area 12: Broughton Strait southerly of a line from Ledge Pt to Chinook Aug 01-0ct 31 Non-retention of chinook. the light on the southern end of Haddington Is. then to the light on Yellow Bluff on Cormorant Is. then following the southerly shoreline to a marker on Gordon Bluff. then to Lewis Pt on Vancouver Is (/) Area 13: those waters bounded on the south by a line from the All JUI1S-Sep 15 Vessels under motor power are prohibited under » boat ramp on Tyee Spit 185 m east in line with Shag Rock on regulations of the Canada Shipping Act. r Cuadra Is. on the north by a line from the tip of Tyee Spit 185 m s: east in line with April PI and on the west by a line from the o low water mark between the north and south boundaries z Area 13: those waters of Discovery Passage and the Campbell R All July 15 - Sep 30 Only a single-pointed hook may be used. The use of inside a line true east of the fishing boundary sign at Orange PI natural bait is prohibited. No person shall angle with a to the middle of the channel, then southeasterly down the middle fishing line or downrigger line to which is attached a) a of the channel to the intersection of a line running from a boundary weight that is greater than 168 grams/6 ounces: or b) an sign on the southern end of Hidden Harbour breakwater. then attracting device that is not affixed directly to the hook. true east to Cuadra Is Area 14: Comox Harbour. inside of a line commencing at Cape Chinook Jan 01-Dec 31 Non-retention of chinook. Lazo Lt. thence to Ihe P-S4 Bell Buoy on Comox Bar. then 10 long beak PI at the extreme north end of Denman Is, then 10 the mouth of Hart (Washer) Creek on Vancouver Is Area 15: Toba Inlet. lying inside a line drawn from 8rettell Point All Jan Ot-Dec 31 Non-retention of salmon. to the boundary marker on the opposite shore ....'" ...Co> WATERS SPECIES DATES LIMITS I GEAR Area 17: those waters northerly of a line from Gallows Pt to the Chinook Ju115·0ct 25 Non·retention of chinook. Oecanso Bay Light. southerly of a line from McKay PI to I Malaspina PI and easterly of a line true south from the most southeasterly point on Newcastle Is to Protection Is Area 17: the walers of Northumberland Channel southeasterly of Chinook Jul lS-0cl 25 Non-retention of chinook. a line from Duke Pt to the Decanso Bay Light and northwesterly of a line from a boundary sign at the northerly entrance to Dodds Narrows, then to Mudge Is, then following the northerly shoreline to a boundary sign al the northern entrance to False Narrows, Ul then to a boundary sign on Gabriela Is l> r Area 18: the walers of Fulford Harbour inside or NW of a line All Oct 1 O-Jan 15 Only a single-pointed hook may be used. ;: between a fishing boundary sign located near the navigation light and Jackson Rock on the north shore of Fulford Harbour across o the Harbour to a boundary sign on th e opposite shore z I Area 20: those waters of Subareas 20- 1 and 20-2 northerly of a Chinook Jul 15-Oct 25 Non-reten tion of chinook. line from Owen PI to the Port San Juan Light and Whistle Buoy then to Woods Nose Area 20: Sooke Inlet. Sooke Harbour and Sooke Basin, northerly Chinook Aug ai-Oct 15 Non-retention of chinook. of a line from Muir Point to PossessiOf1 Point Area 22: Nitinat Lake Sockeye Jan ai-Dec 31 Non-retention of sockeye. All Aug 01·Oct 31 Only a single-pointed hook may be used. Area 22: northeasterly of a line from Windy PI to a boundary sign All Aug 01-Oct 31 Non-retention of salmon. on the opposite shore Area 23: the waters of Port Alberni Harbour northerly of a line from All Jan Ot-Dec 31 Only a Single-pointed hook may be used. Harbour Quay to a boundary marker on the opposite shore Area 23: those waters in Subareas 23-2 and 23-3 southerly of a Chinook Aug 01-Sep 30 Non-retention of chinook. line from a square, white fishing boundary sign at Ihe mouth of Chesnucknuw Cr to a square, white fi shing boundary sign on the western shore of Alberni Inlel, and northeasterly of a line from Star PI to a square, white fishing boundary sign at the moulh of Hardy'Cr Area 24: Hesquial Harbour (Subarea 24-1) from Hesquial PI Coho Jan 01·Dec 31 Non-retention of coho. southerly to Matlahaw PI Ul Area 24: those waters of Sydney Inlet northerly of Starling Point, All Aug Q1·Oct 31 Non-retention of salmon. Shelter Inlel, Miller Channel, Herbert Inlet and that portiOf1 of l> Coho Jan 01·Dec 31 r Subarea 24·6 north of Yates Point Non·retention of coho. ;: Area 24: Bedwell Sound (Subarea 24-7) All Aug 01·0ct31 o Non-retention of salmon. z Coho Jan 01·Dec 31 Non-retention of coho. Area 24: those waters of Subarea 24-9 easterly of boundary signs Chinook Aug 01-0ct 31 Non·retention of chinook. on both shores of Browning Passage approx. 0.7 miles west of Tsapee Narrows Area 24: those waters of Subarea 24·10, northwest of boundary All Aug ai-Oct 31 Non·retention of salmon. signs on opposite sides of the entrance to Warn Bay Coho Jan ai-Dec 31 Non·retention of echo. Area 24: Fortune Channel, (Subarea 24·10) excepl for Warn Bay Chinook Aug 01·Oct 31 Noo-retention of chinook. Area 24: Indian Bay, Windy Bay, lower Tofino Intel, except for Chinook Aug ai-Oct 31 Non-retention of chinook. Grice Bay Area 24: those waters of Subarea 24·11, southerly of a line All Aug al·0ct 31 Non·retention of salmon. between boundary signs approx. half way to the head of Grice Bay ...Co> Coho Jan al·Dec 31 Non-retention of coho. TIdal boundaries on rivers in Areas 28 and 29: Brunette River: Burlington Northern Railway Bridge Campbell River: Burlington Northern Railway Bridge Capilano River: BCR Bridge Coquitlam River: Mary Hill Bypass Bridge Fraser River: CPR Bridge at Mission a: Kanaka Creek: CPR Bridge w'" Nathan Creek: CNR Bridge " Nicomekl River: Durlington Northern Railway Bridge -~ Pitt River: CPR Bridge g g g g :::; 0 "0 " "0 Serpentine River: Burlington Northern Railway Bridge " .§" .§ .§ .§ .§ .§ .§ .§ ~ l! Seymour River: CNR Bridge m ~" m m m m m m m 1; 8 '0 '0 '0 '0 '0 '0 '0 '0 '0 '0 '0 Squamish River: A line between signs on the rock bluff on the west .g0 .g0 .g0 .g 0 ,g 0 .g0 .g .g0 .g0 .g0 side of the river mouth, on a piling in the river mouth, and at 0 0 0 0 0 0 20 the site of the former FMC chemical plant on the east side of the ~ ~ § ~ river mouth. @ .. e e e e e '" '" '" '" '" Stave River: CPR Bridge 1~ 1 ~ ~ 11 J ~ ~ ~ West Creek: CN Railway Bridge Whonnock Creek: CP Rail line g York Creek: CP Rail line M M ~ M ~ ~ ;; ;; ;; ;; ;; U> u ~ w U m U u u u m ~ 9 <;> 0 "! <;> !;( ;; ;; ;( § § ;( ,;, ;( § ;; ;; 0 ~ m, 0 m, ,m ,"3 ,"3 ,"3 , "3 , "3 ,"3 ,"3 8 FRASER RIVER·PIlT RIVER - '" '" TIDAL WATERS U> Includes the Fraser River downstream of the CPR bridge at Mission W to a line drawn from a fishing boundary sign near the entrance to U w a § a Canoe Passage, thence to a fishing boundary sign on Westham 0.. ~ ~ U> a a Island, thence following the westerly shoreline of Westham Island U "U u and Reifel Island to Pelly Point on Reifel Island, thence to Garry " " " " " " " " Point on Lulu Island, thence following the westerly shoreline of that island to the most northwesterly point of Lulu Island, thence to 0: :;; ~ :;; £; £; the most southwesterly point of Sea Island; thence following the m m E£;... Ee E£ E" e- westerly shoreline of that island to the lona Island Road Causeway, '0 o~ ,g'E e ~ -1- om e ~ ~N .;m ~~ Ji1" a: ~ U <0 a;i~ ~ ~c w , 40 41 AREA 29 Fraser River Tidal Waters - Salmon Limits POINTS TO REMEMBER WHEN FISHING FOR FINFISH Gear pennitted: One line per angler only; single hook only; bar rig with more than one OTHER THAN SALMON hook; barb less hook. o Yo u must purchase a fishing licence prior to fi shing for finfish. DOWNSTREAM OF THE CPR BRIDGE o Check to determine if the area you intend to fish AT MISSI ON is open. o Chinook o Check to determine what the size and daily lim Minimum Dail y Possession Annual its are for the species you intend to catch. size limit limit limit limit Season Open o You must immediately record in ink on your li 30 em 4 8 10 May 1 to Dec. 31 cence all lingcod retained from Areas 11 , 12 Comments: and 20. May 1 to Dec. 31: Only one of these may be over 50 cm. o It is illegal to use gear on a line designed to Record all retained chinook on your licence. catch more than one fish at a time, except when fishing for herri ng, or in the tidal portion of the o Chum Fraser River. Minimum Daily Possession Annual size limit limit limit limit Season Open o It is illegal to use a "setline" (a fishing line left un attended in the water). 30 cm 4 8 N/A All year o Hatchery Coho Minimum Daily Possession Annual size limit limit limit limit Season Open It is recommended that you do not consume 25 em 2 4 N / A Mid-Oct to Dec. 31 liver from bottomfish caught near coastal Contact your local DFO office for details. pulp mills due to possible dioxin and furan o Pink contamination. Muscle tissue (fillets) of all Minimum Daily Possession Annual size limit limit limit limit Season Open coastal bottomfish and other finfish species 30 em 4 8 N/A All year is not affected. o Sockeye Minimum Daily Possession Annual size limit limit limit limit Season Open 30 em 4 8 N/A To be announced Fish must be dressed or packed so that the species of fish can be easily identified, counted and/or measured. Where a fish has been filleted , two whole fillets are consid How big is your salmon catch? ered as one fish , and the skin must not be Use the table below to estimate its weight: removed from the fillet. Jnch~s Pounds 20 ...... 3.0 24 ...... 6.5 Metric conversion - 2.5 cm = 1 in.; 1 kg = 2.2 Ibs. 30 ...... 15.5 Examples: 40 ...... 30.0 30 cm =11.8 in. 65 cm = 25.6 in. 44 ...... 45.0 41cm=16in. 77 cm = 30.8 in. Salmon weight can also be estimated by using this 45 cm = 17.7 in. 115 mm = 4.5 in. formula: Length x girth' (in i nches) + 800 62 cm = 24.4 in. 165 mm = 6.5 in. 42 43 BRITISH COLUMBIA TIDAL WATERS SPORT FISHING SEASONS & LI MITS Min. Size Dally Possession Annual t Species Area LimIt Limit Limit Limit Season Open Gear Permitted Comments Cod11'" 1 1029 N"" 8 16 NlA AlIYear Hook & line, spear ~~~~~~om Eulachon 1 to 27 N"" 20 k, 40 kg NlA AUYear GIUnet, dip net Gillnet can!'\Ol exceed 7.5 m In ~ngth, mesh size must be greater "TI \han 2S mm end less than 50 mm. Z 28, 29 N"" 20 k, 4Ok, NlA ApriII.June 30 Gillnet. dip net Oayligtlt hours only. Contact local DFO offICe !of details. Fraser "TI River tidal waters ere closed in 2005. Check lor updates In 2006. IJl Greenling 1 w29 N"" 3 6 NlA AHYear Hook & line, spear :I: Halibut 11029 N"" 2 3 NlA Feb. 1 - Dec. 31 Hook & line, spear Hemng 1 to 29 None 20 k, 40 kg NlA AIiVear Dip net, herring jig. Harvesting 01herring roe on kelp is prohibited. 0 twlrrlng rake, -i cast net :I: U.- 1 to 10 N"" 3 8 NlA All Year Hook & line, spear m (head off size limit is 53 em measured 12, 20E 65"" 1 2 10 June 1 • Sap, 30 Hook & line, spear Aec:otd your catch on your licence. East of a line from :ll from the Shortest Sheringham PI. 10 !he Internalional BoL.ndary (Area 20). -i .""") 13 to 19, 28, 29 NlA 0 0 NlA A1IVea, NlA Due to conservation concerns, there is no fishing !of lingcod. :I: 11,2OW1027 65em 3 8 NlA April 15 • Nov. 15 Hook & line, spear West of BUM from She~ Pt. to the l> IntamaticM Boundllry (AraB 20). Z MBckerel I to 29 N"" 100 200 NlA AlIYeBr Hook & line, dip nat, IJl herring jig, cast net l> Northern ArtctIcYy 1 to 29 N"" 20 k, 40 kg NlA AlYaar Dip net, herring jig, .... herring raka, ;: cast net 0 Paell~ Sa.nd Lance 1 w29 N"" >k9 10 kg NlA AIlYaBr Dip nat, herring jig, (Naadlalish) harring raka, z cast nat Paciflc Sl!.rdlne 1 w29 N"" 100 200 NlA AlIYeBr Dip net, herring jig, (Pilchard) herring raI Min.Mln.SI ~I%e DallyOall I"'OS8eSSIonp, AAnnual SpecIes A.. , LImit LImit Limit LImit Season Open Gear Permitted Comment• 11029 8 16 NlA .. "" All Year Hook & line Includes an species 01 perch, pile perch, and shineli. Rockfish "TI 1 tolD N"" 5 10 NlA All Year Hook & ~ne , spear A=a dally lim~ fo( all rockfish is 5, no more than 3 may be Z - Yel . 12 10 2OE, N"" 1 2 "TI 28,29 NlA AIiVear Hook & line, spear East of a line from $herlngham PI. to tha Intarnational Boundllry (Area 20). 11, 2OW to 27, None IJl 3 6 NlA AIIYaar Hook & line, spear :I: 111 , 121 , Aggregata daJly limit lor all rockfish Is 3, no mora than 2 may be 123 \0 127 YeIIoweye. Wast 01 a line from Sherilgham Pt. to the International Booodary (Area 20). Sablefish (Black cod) 11029 0 4 8 NlA AlIYaar Hook & line -i Sculpin 1 w29 N""""" 8 16 NlA AWYear Hook & line :I: S1xgill Shark 11029 m N"" 0 0 NlA AlIVear NlA Skata I to 29 :ll N"" 1 2 NlA All Year Hook & line Smalt 1 t027 N"" 20 kg 40 kg NlA AlIYaar -i Gilinat, dip nat Gilinet cannol exceed 7.5 m in Je~, mesh siza must be :I: greatar than 25 mm and less than mm. 28, 29 N.,. 2Ok9 40 kg NlA All Year, axcept l> Gi~net , dip net The fishefy Is open only from 8 am Thursday to 8 am Monday. closed June 15 z to Aug. 15 Sole & Rounder IJl 1 to 29 N"" 8 16 NlA AlIYaar Hook & line, spear Includes all species of IIOI./oo'er and sole but not halibut. l> Sturgeon I to 29 NlA 0 0 NlA AlIYaBf Hook & IIna Non·retantlon only. .... Trout Ito 10 3O,m 2 4 NlA AIIYaar ;: (InclUdeS Staelhaad, Hook & IIna Onl~ 1 fish per day may be greatar than SO em. Cutthroat, BrOYm, 8Ild Cal y limit Is 0 in tidal waters of nell River in Araa 2. See p. 53. 0 lIto 29 Dolly Varden Char) 30"" 2 4 NlA All Year Z Hook & line Retan~on 01 hatchery marked fish only. No retention of wild fish south of Cape Caution. wa .... 1 W29 0 0 NlA AlIYaar NlA All Other species 1 to 29 N"" 2ll 40 NlA All Year Hook & line ... - . . en r The same management measures applv to offshore walers as the correspon.-llnn I.... " ...... , .. _" .. _. __ . __ ~ r groundflsh .In Pl FINFISH OTHER THAN SALMON - Greenling Most greenlings prefer shallow, rocky or weedy bot IDENTIFICATION & INFORMATION toms. These are colourful, aggressive fish which Please refer to the tables for complete list of species staunchly defend a small but definite territory. They are and daily limits. distingUIshed from the lingcod by their smaller mouths, which ends before their eyes, their bright colouring and Dogfish their smaller size. The daily limit is 3. Dogfish, from the shark family, is a whitemeat fi sh Greelliing found along the Pacific coast. Due to relati vely high levels of mercury in the ti ssues of large (and older) dogfi sh, it is recommended you eat only those fish measuring less than 60 em. The daily limit is 20. Dogfish Halibut No one may fish for or retain halibut from January 1 to January 31. The daily limit for halibut is 2, and the possession limit is 3. Eulachon Pacific halibllt The daily limit for eulachon is 20 kg. When fi shing by means of a gillnet for eulachon or smelt, the net cannot exceed 7.5 m in length and the mesh size must be greater than 25 mm, but less than 50 mm. Elliacholl Halibut Length·Net Weight Table Weight (dressed, head off, Length ...... without ice and slime) 99 em ...... 9.2 kg (20.3 Ibs) 111 em ...... 13.3 kg (29.3 100) Flatfish (Flounder and Sale) 13 1 em ...... 22.7 kg (SO.1lbs) The combined daily limit for flounder and sole is 8. 146 cm ...... 32.3 kg (71.21bs) Ellglish sale Herring The daily limit for herring is 20 kg. Pacific herrillg 46 47 / Lingcod Perch Biological assessments have indicated that lingcod Includes all species of perch, sea perch and surfperch. stocks in the Strait of Georgia waters between Vancouver Perch give birth to low numbers of live young and may be Island and the mainland are severely depressed and re subject to local population depletion in areas of high fish quire protection if the stocks are to rebuild. There is no ing pressure. It is requested that anglers release all perch, fishing for lingcod in Areas 13 to 19, 28 and 29. In those that will not be retained, with the least possible harm. The areas where lingcod can be retained, record your catch im combined daily limit for perch is 8. mediately on your licence. Pile perch There is a minimum size limit of 65 cm in Areas 11, 12 and 20 to 27. The length of a lingcod means the distance measured along the body from the tip of the nose to the tip of the tail. The minimum size limit for a lingcod with the head removed is 53 cm, measured along the shortest length of the body to the tip of the tail. The pectoral fins should remain attached. See table for limits. Note: Meat can sometimes have a green tinge to it, which turns white when it is cooked. Lingcod Rockfish Inshore rockfish need your help. Catch monitoring and research programs have indicated inshore rockfish stocks, particularly in the Strait of Georgia, are at low lev els of abundance. Rockfish are very slow growing and do not reproduce until they are quite old, from 7 to 20 years, depending on the species. They also live for a long time; Mackerel the maximum age for yell oweye rockfish is 118 years and Mackerel are small fish from the tuna and jack fami 95 years for quillback rockfish. lies which are frequently encountered off the west coast of Unlike salmon, rockfish rarely survive after being Vancouver Island when warm waters from the EI Nmo caught, therefore one way to ensure their survival is to current are prevalent. They are rarely found inside the avoid catching them. Another way is to fish away from Strait of Georgia. The daily limit for mackerel is 100. rocky reef areas. Ma ckerel Yel/owelje rockfish (red s/lapper) 48 49 DFO has initiated a rockfish recovery strategy, which Sardine includes Rockfish Conservation Areas (RCAs). RCAs Pacific Sardines, commonly called pilchards, are a have been established to help protect rockfish by restrict small migratory fis h related to herring and shad. Sardines ing fi shing activity in and around the waters where these migrate to B.C. from California during the late summer fi sh live. and remain until the faU when they migrate back to Cali Permitted sport fishing activity in an,RCA includes: fornia to spawn. They can be recognized by a row of black • hand picking or diving for invertebrates; spots on the sides of the body under the scales. Sardines • fishing for crab or prawn by trap; and are most frequently encountered off the west coast of Van • fi shing for smelt by gillnet. couver Island during years when warm EI Nino waters A ll otlrer fis/lillg activittj ill all RCA is prolribited. are prevalent. They are rarely found inside the Strait of Visit www.pac.dfo-mpo.gc.ca/ recfish to see if the location Georgia. The daily limit is 100. you intend to fish is in an RCA. In the North Coast (Areas 1-10), the daily lim it for all species of rockfish is now 5, only 3 of which may be yelloweye rockfish. In Areas 12-19, a portion of Area 20, and Areas 28 and 29, the daily limit for all species of rockfish is now Sardille 1. In a portion of Area 20 and Areas 11, 21-27, the daily SlIrf sllleit limit for all species of rockfish is 3, only 2 of which may be yellow eye. Smelt Qllillback rockfish Smelt fishing is closed from June 15 to August 15 in clusive, in waters of the Lower Mainland east of a line from Reception Point on the Sechelt Peninsula, to Thrasher Rock Light and to the most westerly point of the International Boundary in the Strait of Georgia. These same waters are also closed to sport fi shing for smelt from 8 a.m. Monday to 8 a.m. Thursday at all other times of the year. When fi shing for smelt or eulachons using a gill net, the net cannot exceed 7.5 m in length and the mesh size must be greater than 25 mm, but less than 50 mm. A fl oating buoy clearly marked with the name of the owner must be attached to each end of the net. The daily limit is 20 kg. Stanley Park smelt fishers Fishillg for sllleit ill Stan ley Park reqllires special cOllsider atioll of other IIsers of tire seawall. Dip lIet fishers IIl1lSt ellSllre tlrat they do IIOt pllll their lIet poles back ill to the paths of pass Groundfish: special limits occur within illg pedestrialls or cyclists. Gililletters sllOlI ld pick their nets ill Pacific Rim National Park Reserve. SIlCIr a fash ioll as to avoid leavillg sca les alld parts of the fislr all Parks Canada and Fisheries and Oceans tire path, lIIakillg it slippery for others. III additioll , gilillets Canada will be working together to set III11St IIOt block or illlpede traffic all the seawall . limits, closures and catch sizes. Check Pacific Spirit Park smelt fishers Pacific Spirit Park illcilldes all beaches frOIll the Fraser for limits prior to fishing in the park re River's lIorth arlll aralllld Poillt Grey to Acadia Beach, lIear serve. Spall ish Banks Beach. Park hOllrs frOIll the start of Dayligh t Savillg Tillie to Labollr Day - 8 alii to 9 pili. All other days - 8 alii to dllsk. Fishers are IIOt allowed to access the park olltside of these hOll rs. Liqllor, call1pillg alld fires are IIOt perlllitted ill tire park. Please observe tire niles. 50 51 Sturgeon In all tidal waters there is no retention of sturgeon. FINFISH (OTHER THAN SALMON) - In the tidal waters of the Fraser River, barb less hooks CLOSURES & SPECIAL are required. If fi shing for sturgeon, an angler may only use one MEASURES line, and must release any sturgeon caught. The B.C. gov The closures and restrictions described in this guide ernment has also taken action to protect sturgeon in the are in effect but may be varied by Fishery Notice. EXPECT non-tidal portion of the Fraser River, and have a tagging IN-SEASON CHANGES. Check with the DFO office in program in place. See the provincial regulations. the area in which you plan to fi sh for current information. Stllrgeoll The closures outlined in this section apply to finfish other than salmon only. For additional closures that apply to ALL finfish (including salmon), turn to the front section of this book - page 15. AREA 2 The tidal section of the Tlell River, closed to retention of all trout (including steelilead and Dolly Varden char). A Single, barbless hook restriction also applies. Catch and Trout and Char release is permitted. Trout includes steelhead, dolly varden, cutthroat trout, brown trout and bull trout. South of a line due west from Cape Caution: (see fold AREA 19 out map) Those waters of Haro Strait shoreward of a line from the • wild trout: catch and release only Sidney-Anacortes ferry dock in Sidney, to the most east • hatchery trout: 2, none of which may be smaller ern point of Cordova Spit: non-retention of cutthroat than 30 cm trout, all year. North of a line due west from Cape Caution: • hatchery and wild trout: 2, only one of which Ecological Reserve may be greater than 50 cm. None may be smaller Harvesting of lingcod and rockfish is prohibited in than 30cm. these waters: Note: Wild trout are those with an adipose fin. Hatch Race Rocks: Those waters shallower than the 40 m depth ery trout are those with a healed scar in place of the adi contour surrounding Great Race Rock, North Race Rock, pose fin . West Race Rock and Rosedale Rock. Your comments on the management of trout, char and sturgeon in tidal and non-tidal waters are welcomed. Write to: Director, Fish and Wildlife, Recreation and AREA 29 Alloca tion Branch, BC Ministry of Water, Land and Air The tidal portion of Fraser River: non-retention of stur Protection, P.O. Box 9363 STN PROV GOVT, Victoria, BC geon; no fishing for eulachon in 2005 - check for updates V8W9M2 in 2006. 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Size Dally Possession Annual Species Area Lim it Limit Limit limit Season Open Gear Permitted Comments Abalone 11029 NJA 0 0 NJA Closed NJA Closed atl year lor conservation purposes. Aliclam~les 11011 NfA 0 0 NJA Closed NfA Closed all year due to paralytiC shellfish poisoning (PSP)- (except azor Clam In 1·5) red tide concerns. Razor Clam 1 (subarea NfA 50 100 NfA All Year Hand digging only Subarea 1·5 is Ihe waters of Mcintyre Bay on 1·5 only) Queen Charlotte Islands. 121029 NfA 12 24 NJA All Year Hand digging only Lower Mainland area Is closed 10 clam havest. Check for closures due 10 PSP. Butter Clam 12 1029 NJA 25 50 NJA All Year Hand digging only UJ Horse Clam 1210 29 NJA 12 NJA All Year Hand plckJng & Aggregata dally Ifmlt of clams (.11 species) _ 75. :I: • digging Dally Of possession limit /0( all species of clam cannot exceed m Littleneck Clam 121029 NJA 7S 150 NJA All Year Hand digging only individual species. Spe-claillmits apply In PlfClflc Rim Nat/onsl Park as follows: r ManUaClam 121029 NJA 7S 150 NJA All Year Hand digging only 8 r8ZOf clams; 3 geoducks; 12 hofse clams; r Softshell Clam 121029 NJA 25 50 NJA All Year Hand digging 24 littJneck or manila clams; 0 buner clams; ." max/mum sggregste of all clam spec/.s '" 24 clsms. Varnish Clam 121029 NJA 20 40 NJA All Year Hand picking UJ Cockles 121029 NlA 25 50 NJA All Year Hand plckiog & :I: digging Good"'" 11011 NJA 0 0 NJA ""sed NJA Closed due to PSP - red tide concems. Check lOcal otfIce lor pos:siIIe oprilgs. 121029 NlA , NJA AlIYoar Hand picking & • digging Mussels Ito 11 NJA 0 0 NJA ""sed NJA Closed due 10 PSP - red tile toneemS. ChecIt lOcal office lor possible openings. "'"' 121029 NJA 7S 150 NJA AIlYoar Hand picking PacifIC Rim National Park Reserve (Areas 23 and 24)- combined BlueICaliforniamussels dally limit . 12. Aggregate dally limit of mugs.ls (all species) '" 75. NOI1t: All of the Lower MaInland Ie doHd to the harve8t of bivalve mollusca. The same manegement meaau .... apply to ofIahore wal81'1 as1tle conesponding inshote waters (eg. "mill In 23 apply In 123) unless otherwise specified. The offshore watel'l lnelucla 101 10 Ill, '" 130,142, 121, and 123 to 127. -- BRITISH COLUMBIA TIDAL WATERS SPORT FISHING SEASONS & LIMITS Min. Size Da lly Possession Annual ...'" Specie. A... Limit Limit Limit Limit Season Open Gear Permitted Comments Mussels Callfornla 1 to 11 NlA 0 0 NlA Closed NlA Closed due to PSP - red tXIe concerns. Check local office lor possible openings. 121029 NlA 25 50 NlA All Year Hand picking Pacific Rim National Park Reserve (Areas 23 and 24)- combined BluelC8Ulornlamussels dally limit . 12. Aggregate dally limit of mussels (all sptlClea). 75. Crab Alaska King 11010.211027 NlA 2 4 NlA A1IYear Maximtm 01 2 rings. 11 to 20, 28, 29 NlA 0 0 NlA Closed :i~!~'T~ Closed all year lor conservation purposes. Aggregate dally limll 01 Dungeness, Red Rock, and Alaska King Crab - Boll (includes 1 1029 NlA , 2 NlA AIlYear ~Iie~~ or otherwise I, crab In Areas 1 to 10, 21 1027 = 6. Pugsl Sound King crab) Aggregate daily limit of Oungeness, Red Rock crab !J) AIiVeer ~~~~polnted Crab - Dungana ss 11010,2111)27 165mm 6 NlA Instruments In Areas 11 to 20, 28, 29 = 4. :I: " I:fmltted for use '" NeSting crab. Traps must have operator ldentiftcation. m 11 to 20, 28, 29 165mm 4 8 NlA A1IYea, r "Rot Cotd" requlr. See page 74 lor Vancouver Harbour area closure. r menllor Iraps applies "T1 Crab - Red Rock 11010,211027 I1Smm 6 " NlA All Year -see page 64. See page 73 lor Fullonl Harbour gear restriction. !J) 1110 20, 28, 29 ItSmm 4 8 NlA AIlYear Mechanical device. The release of lemale mb Is recommended for 75 NlA All Year 10 pull up lraps conservation purposes. :I: Crab - Shore I to 29 NlA 'SO permitted. Any species 01 , to 29 NlA 4 8 NlA All Year crab not Iisled O,,,,,,u. 11029 NlA , 2 NlA All Year No chemicalS or sharp-polnted instruments Closed due to PSP - rt(j tide coocems. Check local office lei' possible openings. Oysters I to" NlA 0 0 NlA C"""" NlA in shell 12t029 NlA 15 30 NlA All Year Hand picking Daily oyster limit can be either the shelled or unshelled limit- OR not both. lower Mainland area Is closed to oyster harvest. shelled (not both) 12 to 29 NlA O.Sl t .O l NlA All Year Hand picking I NotI! AI crab tI8pS nul hIM operaIor ldeilllllo::atbl. 1 Min. Size Dally Possession Annual Species Area limit Limit Limit limit Season Open Gear PermItted Comments Scallops - Pink & Spiny I to 11 NlA 0 0 NlA Closed NlA Closed due to PSP - rt(j tkIe concerns. Check local office for possible open~. 121029 NlA 75 'SO NlA A1IYear Hand picking Scallops - Rock 1 10 " NlA 0 0 NlA C","", NlA Closed due to PSP -I!d tide concerns. Check local oIfic:e lor possible openinos. 12t029 NlA 8 NlA All Year Hand picking Scallops - Weathervane I to 11 NlA 0 "0 NIA Closed NIA Closed due to PSP - red tide concems. Check lOcal office lor possible openings. 12t029 NlA 6 NIA All Year Hand picking Aggregate dally limit of rock and weathervane scallops" 6. Subarea 1·5 NlA '00 200" NlA All Year Hand picking Waters of Mcintyre Bay, Queen Charlotte Islal'lds. Sea CuctJmber , to 29 NlA 24 NlA All Year Hand picking !J) :I: Sea Urchins 11029 NlA " 24 NlA A1IYear Hand picking m Shrimp & Prawns 1 to 29 NlA 200" 400 NlA A1IYear Spear whl!e diving, Traps and ring nets must hal/8 buoys attached clearly showing r ring net or trap. operalor identification. Max. 4 traps or ring r nets or combination The release 01 prawns carrying eggs Is recommended lor "T1 01 these. conservation purposes. !J) Ghost Shrimp 11029 NlA 50 '00 NlA All year Hand digging & :I: (Sand Shrimp) hand pump Giant Barnacles 11029 NlA 6 NlA All Year Hand pic:king Goose Barnacle I to 29 NlA 2kg 4" kg NlA All Year Hand picking LimpetSlWhelks 11029 NlA 75 'SO NlA AlIYear Hand picking Sand Dol!arslStarlish 11029 NlA 8 NIA AllYear Hand picking Snails M""" 1 1029 NlA 2 "4 NlA A1IYear Hand picking Squ. , ~29 NlA 5 kg 10 kg NlA A1IYear Cast nel, Jigging All other species 01 11029 NlA 20 40 NlA All Year Various The daily limil is per species. shellfish NotI: Chlngea to the above regulattona may be made by Fiahery NotIce: Check with the OFO otrIce where you IlI1I fishing. ....'" It la,~ reaponsIbIIItY to check the section on cIoeuf8&l1imlts for the ~ ., ~tIona in the ~ ~ are ~I!lg. I mpo.gc.calrecfish Discard the viscera of crabs and preda SHELLFISH - tory molluscs if they are harvested in areas closed for PSP. IDENTIFICATION &INFORMATION To reduce the risk in areas that are open to butter clams, discard the siphon (neck), gills, and liquid released during Shellfish is a popular term used to describe aquatic cooking. In areas open for scallops, discard the roe and invertebrate (without a backbone) animals. Many shell viscera. fish like clams, crabs and sea urchins have a hard outer Cookillg does lIot destroy tlIe PSP toxills. shell, however, there are also shellfish such as squid, octo Be aware of the symptoms: Tingling of lips and pus and sea cucumbers with shells that are hidden or even tongue which may spread to fingers and toes, headache, absent. or dizziness. As the effect of the toxin progresses, there Please consult the table for daily limits, and check with the DFO office closest to where you intend to harvest could be a loss of muscular co-ordination, paralysis, and for updates on closures or visit the website at inability to breathe. www.pac.dfo-mpo.gc.ca/recfish EXPECT IN-SEASON Amnesic Shellfish Poisoning (ASP or CHANGES. It is illegal to harvest bivalve molluscs from con Domoic Acid) taminated areas. Similar to the PSP toxin, ASP toxins come from algae blooms in the marine environment that accumulate in the CONTAMINATED SHELLFISH filter-feeding bivalve shellfish. Gathering shellfish to eat is a favourite pastime, but it Consumption risks: Although there have been no re can be harmful or even fatal if the shellfish are contami ported illnesses from ASP in Be, the toxin has been found nated. Bivalve molluscs such as clams, oysters, scallops, in BC shellfish. In other areas of Canada, people have be and mussels feed by filtering the water in their environ come ill from eating ASP contaminated shellfish. The ment. The bivalve shellfish ca n accumulate toxins, bacte symptoms of this illness are nausea, vomiting, diarrhea ria, or pollutants from the surrounding waters. Stringent and memory loss. standards exist for shellfish to ensure human hea lth. To reduce the risks: Check to ensure that the area Water and shellfish sampling programs are undertaken where you intend to harvest is open, immediately prior to by DFO, Environment Canada, and the Canadian Food harvesting. Inspection Agency to ensure that areas are safe for shell fi sh harvesting. Areas that exceed the allowable hmlts of Sanitanj Contamination any harmful substances are closed to shellfish harvesting. Shellfish may be contaminated by human or animal The following is a list of shellfish contamination fa eces that contain bacteria or viruses hazardous to types: human health. Pathogens such as Norwalk virus, Hepati tis A virus, or salmonella may be concentrated in bivalve Paralytic Shellfish Poisoning shellfish that live in sanitary contaminated areas. (PSP or Red Tide) Consumption risks: Consumption of raw or partially Microscopic marine orga nisms produce a toxin that cooked bivalve shellfish from contaminated areas in ca n accumulate in bivalve shellfish such as clams, oysters, creases the risk of illness, especially for individuals with mussels and scallops. Only bivalve shellfish accumulate certain medical conditions or with compromised immune the toxin by filter-feeding; however crabs and predatory systems. molluscs such as moon snails may concentrate the tuxin in To reduce the risks: Check to ensure that the area their viscera. Paralyti c shellfish poisoning ca n occur at where you intend to harvest is open, immediately prior to any time of the year and may change rapidly in season. harvesting. As an added precaution, cooking the shellfish Consumption risks: This is a serious illness that can may destroy the common micro organisms of public cause paralysis Dr death. health concern. To reduce the risks: Check to ensure that the area where you intend to harvest is open, immediately prior to Vibrio Parahaemolyticlls (Vp) harvesting. For information on the most current closures A type of bacteria that is naturally found in our for PSP call (604) 666-2828 or visit www.pac.dfo- coastal waters. It is more prevalent in the summer with 58 59 warmer water temperatures, and can concentrate in fil Abalone ter feeding bivalve shellfish. Due to serious conservation concerns, the entire coast Consumption risks: Illness such as diarrhea, nau of B.C. is CLOSED to harvest of abalone. Northern (or sea, and vomiting. pinto) abalone are protected in Canada under the federal To reduce the risks: Store bivalve shellfish frozen Species at Risk Act (SARA). Illegal harvest is considered to at - 18°C (00F) or refrigerate at 4°C (40°F), and cook the be the most Significant threat to northern abalone recov shellfish for five minutes at 60°C (140°F). ery. Help stop the illegal harvest and sale of abalone - report violations to 1-800-465-4336. For further informa SHELLFISH TRAPS - Marking, Buoys ti on, visit the Species at Risk website at www.pac. and Buoy lines dfo-mpo.gc.ca /sara AU shellfish trap buoys must be clearly marked with Abalone the name of the person fishing the gear (the operator's name must be printed in solid black, capital letters at least 75 mm high). Only one name can appear on the float or buoy. It is recommended that you include your phone number. If fishing from a dock or from shore, attach a tag marked with the operator's name to the line that has the trap or ring net attached to the other end. Buoys must be highly visible and of sufficient size for the tides and current in the fishing area so as not to sub merge. Household plastic jugs, bottles or styrofoam chunks are not recommended for use as buoys as they are difficult to see in the water, difficult to mark with identifi Clams ca tion, and tend to deteriorate and sink. The Lower Mainland area is closed to clam harvest Ensure that your buoy line doesn't float and become ing. entangled in boaters' props. Either use sinking line or, if Check with the DFO office where you are harvesting you use floating line, ensure that there is a weight at for psp and other shellfish closures. Daily limits vary ac tached to keep the excess line below the surface of the cording to area; refer to the shellfish table. water at all tide levels without sinking the buoy. The most effective method for digging manila clams Keep navigation channels clear of buoys and lines to is an ordinary short-tined garden rake. On beaches with allow for safe navigation. Any fishing gear that hinders or extensive populations of littleneck clams, diggers use impedes safe navigation may be removed under the Nav long-tined rakes. The butter clams, lying further below igable Waters Protectioll Act. the surface and further down the beach, are usually dug with a garden-type, long-handled potato fork. Razor clams are dug indiVidually with a short-handled, thin bladed shovel. You are encouraged to fill in holes to re duce predation on exposed juvenile clams. It is illegal to harvest shellfish from contaminated or closed areas. Be aware the bIvalve shellfish that you har vest will accumulate substancas from the water they are In. Never hang your shellfIsh off docks or the sIde of a vessel when travel ling. as these waters may be contamInated. 60 61 Crabs Dungeness crab must be at least 165 mm in width. Re Native littleneck drock crab must measure at least 115 mm. Undersized crab must be returned to the water immediately. A crab is measured in a straight line through the widest part of the carapace, or shell, from outside the points. Harvesters are advised to measure crabs using a caliper device. Pacific (Dllllge"ess) crab Blltter c1alll Red rock crab Ma"ila c1alll Razor clam 62 63 • All crab traps must have Check with the Fisheries and Oceans Canada office a section in th e top or nearest to where you intend to harvest for crab closures, sidewall that has been or visit www.pac.dfo-mpo.gc.ca/ recfish Refer to the secured by a length of shellfish table for daily limits. untreated cotton twine no greater than No. 120. Crab watch program On deterioration this At some provin- ,------, must produce a rectan cia I parks, a crab gular opening with a watch program has minimum size of 7 em x been put into effect to 20 cm, or a square opening with a minimum size of 11 protect undersized cm x 11 cm. crabs. By harvesting This regulation is intended to ensure that if the only legal size crabs, trap is lost, the section secured by the cord will rot, al the breeding stock is lowing ca ptive crabs to escape and to prevent the trap protected. from continuing to fish. To comply with the legisla Most crabs mature tion, you must remove a rectangular or sq uare section after four years and of the trap and lace that section back into the trap breed at least once be using untreated cotton twine, creating a space of the fore they reach legal above dimensions. size. • If only two crab traps are attached to one ground-line, You can help: Re 604·666-3500 24 '--to. "-Y. you may mark the ground-line with only one buoy. port violators by ca ll All single traps must be marked with a buoy. ing (604) 666-3500 in Vancouver, or the toll-free Observe, • It is illegal to use more than two rings, dip nets or Record and Report number: 1-800-465-4336. traps or a combination of these to fish for crabs. • It is illegal to use a crab snare, jig, gaff, spear, rake or Mussels any other sharp-pointed instrument to take crabs. • Mechanical devices may be used to recover traps. See table for limits. In the Pacific Rim National Park • The carapace (shell) must remain attached to the crab the combined daily limit for mussels is 12. until it is consumed or it arrives at your ordinary res The North Coast (Areas 1 to 11) is closed to the har idence. vest of all mussels due to PSP concerns. It is requested that harvesters voluntarily release fe Call (604) 666-2828, check with a DFO office or visit male crabs to protect the stocks by allowing for maxi www.pac.dfo-mpo.gc.ca/ recfi sh mum reproduction. Bille IIlIlSSelS Male Female CalifoYll ia mllssels 64 65 Octopus . The Olympia oyster IOstrea collchaphila) is the only The octopus has eight tentacles tha t sometimes natlve oyster along the west coast of Canada. It is a small stretch 4.8 m across in a 45 kg specimen. The octopus is a oyster species, with a maximum reported size of 90 mm, although most individuals are less than 60 mm. Large mollusc that IS related to the squid, oyster, clam and snail. The giant Pacific octopus is the main species on the west clusters of Olympia oysters once existed in the Strait of coast and also the world's largest. It is illegal to use chem Georgia, however only small groupings have survived. icals, or jigs, gaffs, spears, rakes or any other sharp They exist at a few sites on pomted mstrument to take octopus. It is recommended the west coast of Vancouver that harvesters use a very sharp knife to kill octopus Island but little information qwckly. Daily limit is 1. exists on populations in Johnstone Strait or the Cen Pacific octopus tral and North Coasts. Given the history of poor re silience to directed harvests and the relatively limited number of sites where Olympias occur, recre ational fishers are asked to not disturb these oysters. Fishing restrictions may be introduced in the future. Olympia Oyster Scallops See table for limits. The North Coast (Areas 1-11) is closed to the haniest of rock, pink, spiny and weather Oysters vane scallops due to PSP concerns. See table for limits. Check for shellfish The North Coast (Areas 1-11) is closed to the harvest closures with a DFO of of oysters due to PSP concerns. The Lower Mainland area fice, call (604) 666-2828, or is closed to oyster harvesting. check the DFO website Check for shellfish closures with a DFO office, call for contamination or PSP (604) 666-2828, or check the DFO website for contamina closures at www.pac. dfo-mpo.gc.ca I recfish tion or PSP closures at www.pac.dfo-mpo.gc.ea / recfish Rock sca l/op, open Return oyster shells . .;r.... __ !O! to the beach, preferably where you collected Sea Cucumbers them. Oyster larvae sur The daily limit for sea cucumbers is 12. vive at a much better rate if they settle on the old shells. You will need per mission to harvest oys ters from marked oyster farms. Oyster Sea cllcumber 66 67 Shrimp and Prawns SHELLFISH - CLOSURES & The daily limit for shrimp is 200 and the possession limit is 400. SPECIAL MEASURES You may sport fi sh for shrimp only by means of traps, The closures and restrictions described in this guide ring nets, or spear while diving. Sport fi shers using traps or nets are only permitted to use a maXillmm of 4 shrunp change in-season. . . Be advised that permanent bIvalve harvesting pro or prawn traps, ring nets, or a combination of these. hibited zones (no harvesting for any purpose) are in place If only two shrimp traps or ring nets are attached to in the following areas: one ground-line, you may mark the ground-line with only (a) within 300 m of industrial, municipal and sewage one buoy. Persons fi shing three or four shrimp traps at treatment plant outfall discharges; tached to one ground-line must continue to mark each (b) within a minimum 125 m of marinas, wharves, finfish end of the ground-line with a buoy. All single traps must netpens, float homes or other floating living accom continue to be marked with a buoy. modation facilities, including live aboard boats. A mechanical device may be used to recover traps. (Note: floating living accommodation associated with The release of prawns carrying eggs under their tails shellfish aquaculture tenures and an approved zero dis is recommended for conservation purposes. charge waste management may have a reduced prohib ited harvest zone starting in 2005.) CLOSURES DUE TO SHELLFISH CONTAMINATION Bivalve shellfish closures. due to PSP or other con tamination are not listed in this publication. Such closures can change frequently in-season. .. For the most current information on the locahon of bI valve shellfish closures: • check with the DFO office nearest to where you intend to harvest, • visit www.pac.dfo-mpo.gc.calrecfish for descrip tions and maps of some closures, or • for PSP (Red Tide) closures, call 604-666-2828. Check to ensure that the area where you intend to harvest is open immediately prior to harvesting. SHELLFISH TENURES Harvesting shellfish from clam or oyster aquaculture sites is not permitted unless permission is obtained from the tenure holder. These sites may be marked WIth large red concrete markers. VIOLATIONS RECREATIONAL RESERVES Recreational reserves are fishing locations that are Observe, Record and Report (ORR) closed to commercial harvesting. These reserves are open Fishing Violations, LiHering, for the harvest of recrea tional bivalves only have been es Pollution -1-800-465-4336 tablished throughout the Strait of Georgia to protect vari 1 ous species. Check with the local DFO office for Reserve (465-4DFO) locations. DIOXIN CLOSURES AND RESTRICfED AREAS Closures and consumption advisories have been put in place for shellfish contaminated by dioxins and furans. The restrictions apply to recreational harvesting of certam species at specific sites. 68 69 In the crab, the contamination is primarily concen AREA 13 continued trated in the hepatopancreas. While this portion of the DIVERS - These waters are closed to the harvest of all crab is not usually eaten, some individuals may consume marine life for the preservation of unique underwater it. The consumption advisories pertain to this portion of habitat: Discovery Passage, in the Campbell River area, the crab only. bounded by a straight line from North Bluff on Quadra Is Dioxin closures can change in-season - check with the land, across Seymour Narrows to a fishing boundary sign DFO office closest to where you intend to harvest or visit on Vancouver Island, and south by a line from the light on www.pac.dfo-mpo.gc.ca / recfish the end of the south Government Dock breakwater at Campbell River to Cape Mudge lighthouse. Dioxin contamination - Campbell River (Elk Falls) Except for the mouth of the Campbell River, which is closed to all crab fishing for conserva tion purposes, con sumption of crab hepatopancreas harvested from Discov ery Passage should not exceed 100 g/week. This area in cludes those wa ters north of a line from the Cape Mudge Lighthouse on Quadra Island true west to the shore of AREAS 1 to 11 Va ncouver Island and south of a line from Separation Head (Quadra Island) true west to Vancouver Island. With the exception of Mcintyre Bay (portion of Area 1), Also, consumption of crab hepatopancreas should not ex the North Coast is closed for the harvest of bivalve mol ceed 100 g/week in the waters of Deepwater Bay, south luscs. This closure is due to the high risk of PSP and ASP east of a line from Separation Head on Quadra Island 50° contamination concern s, and the absence of biotoxin ( true to the opposite shore. monitoring and wa ter quality surveys in many North Coast areas. In the area bounded by the eastern shore of Quadra Island fro m Francisco Pt, thence 5 km north along the shore, AREA 4 thence east from the shoreline to the 200 m contour, crab Dioxin contamination - Prince Rupert hepatopancreas should not be consumed. The harvesting of crab is prohibited in those waters of Consumption of crab hepatopancreas should not exceed Porpoise Harbour, Wainwright Basin, Morse Bay, and ad 135 g/week in the waters east of a line on Quadra Island jacent waters inside a line from the southernmost point of fro m Chonat Pt south to the opposite bay (Chonat Bay) Kaien Island to the north westernmost point of Ridley Is and from Kanish Bay, Quadra Island, east of a line from land, thence southerly along the eastern shoreline to· the Granite Pt to Bodega Pt. southernmost point of Ridley Island, thence to the west Consumption of crab hepatopancreas should not exceed ernmost point of Lelu Island, thence northerly along the 135 g/week in the waters north of a line extending from shoreline to the northernmost point of Lelu Island, thence Walters Pt on Sonora Island true east to a point on the op to a marker on the shore of Tsimpsean Peninsula opposite; posite shore (Owen Bay). and bounded on the north by a line from Pethick Point to Ri chie Point on Kaien Island. AREA 14 The waters w ithin 0.5 nautical miles of Mitlenatch Island, AREA 13 are closed to harvesting clams and oysters, all year. The waters within 0.5 nautical miles of Mitlenateh Island, DIVERS - These waters are closed to the harvest of all are closed to harvesting clams and oysters, all year. marine life for the preservation of unique underwater The waters of Discovery Passage and Campbell River habitat: The southeasterly shoreline of Hornby Island, bounded by a line east of Orange Pt to the middle of the from Shingle Spit southerly through Norman Point, channel then southeast to the intersection of a line east to Downes Point, Tribune Bay and St. John Point to Cape a marker on Tyee Spit, are closed to crab harvesting all Gurney, including Heron Rocks, Norris Rocks and Flora year. Islet. 70 71 r AREA 15 AREA 18 continued The waters within 0.5 nautical miles 01 Mitlenatch Island, other than ring nets or dip nets in Fulford Harbour, inside are closed to harvesting clams and oyslers, all year. a line from Eleanor Pt to Isabella PI. DIVERS - These walers are dosed 10 the harvesl 01 all Ganges Harbour: there is a restricted fi shing area in marine life for Ihe preservalion of unique underwaler Ganges Harbour to provide a channel lor navigation. habital: Within 0.8 km 01 Vivian Island, approx. 8 km west Crab floals (buoys) must remain outside 01 the restricted 01 Powell River. All waters within 0.5 km 01 Rebecca Rock, area at all times. For a description and map of the re west 01 Powell River. All waters within 0.5 km 01 Dinner stricted area, visit www.pac.dlo-mpo.gc.ca/recfish Rock, just south 01 Lund. All wa ters adjacent to Ihe un Burgoyne Bay and named reel 011 Emmonds Beach, approx. 6 km south 01 Dioxin contamination - Lund. All wa ters wi thin 1.3 km 01 Mitlenatch Island, in Maple Bay the upper Strait 01 Georgia. All waters within a 0.5 km ra Consumplion 01 crab hepalopancreas in Burgoyne Bay, dius 01 the southerly end 01 the Beach Ga rden Breakwater. SaJtspring Island should not exceed 60 g/ week; Maple Bay, 125 g/ week. AREA 16 AREA 19 When harvesting crab, it is prohibited to use any gear The waters in this area are closed to the harvest of buller other than ring nets or dip nets in Pender Harbour, east 01 dams, all year. a line between Henry Pt and Francis Peninsula. Tsehum Harbour: there is a restricted fi shing area in Tse The waters 01 Gunboat Bay inside a line Irom the B.C. hum Harbour to provide a channel for na vigation. Crab Hydro lines at the entrance to Gunboat Bay, are closed to floa ts (buoys) must remain outside of the restricted area at harvesting crab, all year. all times. For a description and map of the restricted area, visit www.pac.dfo-mpo.gc.ca/ recfish AREA 17 Sidney / Cordova Channel Advisory - Fishers are asked Dioxin contamination - Crofton to use 27 em diameter or larger, brightly coloured buoys Consumption 01 crab hepalopancreas in a portion 01 Stu in Sidney and Cordova Channels, an area bounded on the art Channel should not exceed 40 g/week. This area 01 south by a line from Cowichan Head to D' Arcy Shoals to the southernmost poinl of Sidney Island. The northern Stuart Channel is bounded on the north by a line from boundary extends from a point on the Saanich Peninsula Donckele Pt on Kuper Island to the point at the south shoreline due east to the lighl on the north end of James eastern entrance to Preedy Harbour on Thetis Island, Island, east-northeasterly to the light on the U2 naviga thence to the most southern point 01 Dayman Island, tion buoy in Sidney Channel, then true east to Sidney Is thence to Ihe most southern point of Scott Island, westerly land. Larger buoys are being lested by both commercial to Sharpe Pion Vancouver Island, thence southwesterly 0 and recrealional crab fishers in these channels to improve across Ladysmith Harbour to a point on the shore 230 viSibility. Larger buoys may be required in all trap fi sh true from Sharpe Pt; thence soulherly along the shore of eries in Iu lure. Vancouver Island to Grave Pt; thence north of a line to Er skine Pt on Saltspring Island; thence northerly along the Dioxin contamination - Victoria Harbour shore to Parminter Pt, thence west 01 a line to Josling Pt on Consumption 01 crab hepalopancreas harvested in those Kuper Island, thence northerly along the shore to the walers of Victoria Harbour north 01 a line from Macaulay point of commencement at Donckele PI. Pt to the navigation light at the western end of the Ogden Pt breakwater to a line from Chapman Pt southwesterly to Dioxin contamination - Nanaimo (Harmac) the opposite shore should not exceed 135 g/week. Consumption of crab hepalopancreas harvested in the waters west 01 a line from Reynolds Pt to Miami Islet to a Marine Reserve point at the entrance to Kulleet Bay true south of Deer Pt, Harvesling of all shellfish is prohibited in Ihese walers: should not exceed 105 g/week. Ogden Point: Those waters inside a line from the naviga tion light at the western end of the Ogden Point Cause AREA 18 way thence to Brotchi e Ledge Light, thence to Holland When harvesting crab, it is prohibited to use any gear Point on Vancouver Island; 72 73 AREA 19 continned AREA 28 continued Race Rocks: Those waters within 0.5 nautical miles of Consumption of crab hepatopancreas should not exceed Great Race Rock; and 130 g/week when harvested in the waters south of a line Ten Mile Pt: Those waters within 0.4 nautica l miles of fro m Brunswick Pt west to Irby Pt on Anvil Island and Cadboro Pt navigation light. along the shoreline to Domett Pt on Anvil Island, west to McNab Pt on the mainland, to Ekins Pt on Gambier Is AREA 20 land, to a line from Reception Pt to a point 1.5 km true Ecological Reserve south of Cape Roger Curtis on Bowen Island, west to Pt Harvesting of all shellfish is prohibited in these waters: Atkinson. Botanical Beach: Those waters between the lowest tide Marine Reserve level and the highest tide level between a fishing bound H arvesting of all shellfish is prohibited in these ary sign 1,500 m northeast of San Juan Pt following the w aters: shoreline southeasterly to a fi shing boundary sign 250 m west of the mouth of Tom Baird Creek. Point Atkinson Reef: Those waters bounded by a line commencing at the southwest entrance to Starboat Cove PACIFIC RIM NATIONAL PARK RESERVE thence seaward in a southwest direction for 85 m, thence Portions of Areas 20-24, 121, 123 and 124: All tidal waters westerly following the shoreline fo r 100 m, thence in a within the park are closed to scuba and skin diving for northeast direction to a point on land. all species, all year. Whytecliff Park: Those waters bounded by a line com mencing from the most southerly point of Whytecliff AREA 25 Park; thence in a straight line to a point located 100 m east Dioxin contamination - Gold River of the most south-easterly point of Whyte It.; thence fol Consumption of crab hepatopancreas should not exceed lowing the southern shoreline of Whyte It. at a distance of 70 g/week in those waters of Muchalat Inlet lying east of 100 m to a point lying 100 m from the most south-westerly the Gold Ri ver Harbour limit, and in those waters of point of Whyte It.; thence in a straight line to a point lying Muchalat Inlet lying east of a line between Anderson Pt 100 m west of White Cliff Point; thence following the and Atrevida Pt. shoreline at a distance of 100 m in a northerly direction to a point 100 m north of Lookout Point; thence following AREA 28 the shoreline at a distance of 100 m in an easterly direction Harvesting of crab, shrimp and prawns is closed between to a point 100 m perpendicular to the most northerly point Lions Gate Bridge and the Second Narrows Bridge, all of Whytecliff Park; thence to the most northerly point of year. This closure is to avoid conflicts with navigational Whytecliff Park on the mainland. activity in the harbour. . Porteau Cove: Those waters east of a line drawn from a Harvesting of crab is closed in English Bay and Fa lse white fi shing boundary sign located on the south shore of Creek in outer Burrard Inlet, inside a line from a fi shing Porteau Cove to a white fishing boundary sign located on boundary sign on Jericho Beach to Ferguson Pt in Stanley the north shore of Porteau Cove. Park, all year. AREA 29 Howe Sound Dioxin contamination - Deltaport, Roberts Bank: there is a restricted fis hing area Consumption of crab hepalopancreas should not exceed in the Deltaport/ Roberts Bank area to provide a channel 55 g/week when harvested in the waters of Thornbrough fo r navigation. Crab fl oats (buoys) must remain outside Channel, bounded on the north by a line from McNab Pt of the restricted area at all times. The restricted area in on the mainland southwest to Ekins Pt on Gambier Island, cludes the turning basin adjacent to the container termi and on the south by a line from a line from Gower Pt to the nal and approaches to the coal berths. southern tip of Home Island, thence north to Kea ts Island For a description and map, visit www.pac.dfo-mpo. and along the western and northern shore to Cotton Pt, geca / recfi sh thence west of a line to the government wharf at Gambier Harbour on Gambier Island. 74 75 waters within Pacific Rim National Park Reserve are INFORMATION & SAFETY closed to scuba and skin dive fishing for all species, all year. CONSULTATION Spear fishing is fi shing by means of a spear propelled DFO coordinates and develops policy and manage by a spring, an elastic band, compressed air, a bow or by ment strategies for recreational fisheries for all species in hand. SPEAR FISHING FOR SALMON, TROUT, tidal waters of B.C and for salmon in freshwater. The De CHAR, STURGEON AND MOST SPECIES OF SHELL partment works closely with the Sport Fishing Advisory FISH IS PROHIBITED. Board (SFAB) on recommendations to conserve and pro tect fi sh and to enhance the recreational fishing experi The red and white flag car ence. ried on a buoy is used to The SFAB has been an advisory body to the Depart mark areas where skin div ment since 1964, providing advice to DFO and informing ing is in progress. Boaters the public on B.C sport fishing matters. Across the should reduce their speed province, there are approximately two dozen cornmunity and maintain a distance (ie: based advisory committees, made up of representatives of 100 m) from dive flags. local recreational fishing interests. If you are in terested in becoming an SFAB member or have a recreational fishing BE WHALE WISE concern, please contac t: Fisheries and Oceans Canada, Fisheries Management Branch, 200-401 Burrard Street, Guidelines for Watching Marine Wildlife Vancouver, B. C V6C 354. Phone: (604) 666-3271. Under the Fisheries Act, Fisheries and Oceans Canada is responsible for the management and protection of ma rine mammals. The Marine Mammal Regulations specifi SPECIES AT RISK cally prohibit disturbance of whales, therefore guidelines A growing number of wildlife species in Canada face for marine mammal viewing have been developed. a very real-and in many cases, immediate-threat of ex Do your part to protect marine mammals - follow the tinction. Some of these species are important to Canada's viewin g guidelines. For more information, visi t fi sheries and some of them are the last of their kind in the www.pac.dfo-mpo.gc.ca/marinemammals world. DFO is actively committed to protecting species at risk. The Species at Risk Act (SARA) was created to protect wildlife species from becoming extinct in two ways: • By providing for the recovery of species at risk due to human activity; and • By ensuring through sound management that species of special concern do not become endangered or threatened. The Act became law in June 2003. It includes prohibi tions against killing, harming, harassing, capturing or tak ing species at risk, and against destroying their critical habitats. Fishing activities may be restricted to protect species of concern. For more information about SARA and Pacific aqualic species, visil www.pac.dfo-mpo.gc.ca/ sara l default_e.htrn DIVERS Sport fishing regulations apply to collecting and spear fishing by divers. All divers are required to have a current Tidal Waters Sport Fishing Licence to harvest fin fish and shellfish. Refer to the table and individual species you wish to fish, for closures and limits. Note: All tidal 77 76 HELP PROTECT OUR WATERS Mitten Crab Mitten crabs, originally from Asia, are another exotic FROM EXOTIC SPECIES species to North America. This crab poses a serious threat Exotic species are plants and animals which do not to freshwater and tidal water ecosystems, and was first occur naturally in an area. In marine waters some exotic l discovered on the west coast of California in 1992. There species have been introduced for commercial reasons. The is reason to believe that they could migrate into B.C wa Japanese oyster (Crassostrea gigas) is a prime example of ters. such a species on the West Coast. Other, not so welcome, Mitten crabs live in freshwater but migrate to tidal exotic species - may arrive in the ballast water of foreign water to reproduce (they are the only freshwater crab in ships, on the propeller or hull of recreational boats, North America). They can eat salmon, trout and sturgeon through pet stores, research institutions, or with live im eggs and may threaten successful spawning of these ported bait or seafood. species. They have also been known to damage fish habi tat due to erosion of river banks. Green Crab These crabs are easily identifiable by two hairy, equal A marine exotic, the European green Crab (Carcil1l1s sized claws. They have a notch between the eyes and may maellfls), has arrived in B.C. waters with a few specimens be up to 100 mm wide. The colour of Mitten crabs varies collected annually from Esquimalt Harbour to Eperanza from light brown to olive green. Inlet over the past few years. The green crab was intro If you see what you believe is a Mitten crab, collect it, duced to the San Francisco estuary around 1989. This crab freeze it, record the precise date and location found, and is a voracious predator of many intertidal organisms, in contact Pat Lim, Fisheries and Oceans Canada, 200-401 cluding clams and oysters, so is a potential threat to these Burrard Street, Vancouver, B.C V6C 3S4, tel: 604-666- important commercial species. Identifying features of thiS 6529. crab include its size (up to four inches wide across the back of the shell), five spines between the widest point of the shell and each eye, and a flattened rear leg. If you see what you believe is a green crab, collect it (carefully, it pinches), freeze it, record the precise date and location found, and contact Glen Jamieson, Pacific Biolog ical Station, Fisheries and Oceans Canada, Nanaimo, B.C V9T 6N7, tel: 250-756-7223. Mittel! Crab Green crab 78 79 Remember: RESEARCH PROGRAMS Do not move any live marine animals from one body of water to another, or even from one part of the shore to Creel Survey another, as this may introduce exotics to new water bod Creel surveys are conducted along the coast of B.c. ies, or remove a native organism from its preferred habi and in some freshwater locations. Fishery technicians are tat. stationed at selected marinas, boat ramps and along rivers Whenever you move your boat from one waterbody in order to interview anglers at the end of their fishing to another, exotic species that can survive in air for some trips. The interview takes only a few minutes and in time, like zebra mussels or Asian milfoil, may tag along cludes general questions about anglers and their catch. Bi for the ride. This is particularly important in freshwater, ological samples such as lengths, weights and scales may as many lakes and rivers are geographically isolated from be taken from your catch. Your cooperation is appreciated each other, and exotic species can only be introduced to in these efforts to collect information important to the con them via humans. Please take precautions to prevent the servation of fish stocks in B.C. All information remains transport of harmful exotic species from one body of strictly confidential. water to another: For further information contact: Dick Nagtegaal, INSPECT your boat, motor, trailer and equipment Nanaimo, (250) 756-7063 collect. and remove visible debris; DRAIN water from the motor, livewell, bilge and Halibut Tagging transom wells while on land; The International Pacific Halibut Commission has an WASH / DRY your boat, tackle, downriggers, trailer ongoing tagging program to monitor halibut migration and diving equipment; and mortality. A plastic-coated wire tag is attached to the EMPTY your bait bucket on land before leaving any dark-side cheek tissue of the halibut. Dart tags may also water body; and be found on or near the head or embedded in the body. LEARN how to identify exotic species. Each tag has a unique number and IPHC printed on the side. Fishers should retain all tagged halibut. If you catch a tagged halibut, please: Record the ta g number, the recovery date, location and depth; fish length, sex, and include the ear bones if possible; remove the tag and send it, along with your name and address, to: International Pacific Halibut Com mission, P.O. Box 95009, Seattle, Washington, U.S.A. 98145-2009, phone (206) 634-1838. A reward will be given for each returned tag. Please indicate whether you wish to have the $5.00 reward or a baseball cap sent to you. Lingcod Tagging DFO's Pacific Biological Station has tagged lingcod to determine migration and abundance. The tag is a small yellow plastic tube inserted on the left side just below the first dorsal fin. If you catch a tagged lingcod, please make a note of the date, loca tion and method of ca pture, then 80 81 contact one of the following persons (collect): Schon Ache Coded-wire tag so n~ Vancouver, B.Cl'hone (604) 666-2658; or Maria Surry, Salmonid Sport Head Recovery Program PaCIfic BIOlogIcal StatIOn, Nanaimo, B.C V9T 6N7 phone (250) 756-7317. ' The Sport Head Recovery Program was created to re cover coded-wire tags implanted in juvenile salmon. A reward is offered for return of the tag with catch in Coded-wire tags are made using a laser which engraves a formation. unique tag code onto spools of stainless steel wire. The Sturgeon Tagging wire is cut into tiny individual ta gs that are injected into the nose cartilage of juvenile salmon prior to ocean mi The provincial fisheries program undertook studies gration. The adipose fin is removed to identify the pres from 1995-1999 to identify abundance, spawning areas, ence of a coded-wire tag. This marking allows the identi rrugratory patterns and habitat use of white sturgeon in fication of a tagged fish when it returns to the spawning the Fraser R,ver watershed. Part of these studies involved grounds or is caught as an adult in fresh or salt water. tagging fish with numbered, coloured plastic tags and/or Because coded-wire tags are so small, heads from adi a rad,o transmItter attached near the dorsal fin. As stur pose clipped salmon are collected and sent to a lab where geon are long-lived, anglers may continue to recover these tags for several more years and can assist in stur the tags are dissected and read. In recent years, hatcheries located in the South Coast geon conservation efforts by reporting tag information. have been removing the adipose fin from all coho salmon. If you capture a marked fish, before releasing, it This marking of coho makes it possible for anglers to dis please record: tinguish hatchery coho and provides opportunities for 1. location, date and gear used "hatchery only" coho fishing in southern B.C In some 2. colour and number of plastic tag cases, certain hatchery stocks are used to indicate the 3. number of radio tag. health of other stocks in the area. Tag recoveries not only Please do not remove tags. Forward the information help to indicate that stocks are healthy, but also that stocks to: Ministry of Water, Land and Air Protection, PO Box of concern could be improving. For this reason, all adi 9338, STN PROV GOVT, Victoria, B.C, V8W 9M1, Attn: pose clipped recoveries turned in by sport anglers are key Dr. T. Down, phone (250) 387-9715. to salmon assessment in B.C, even if they do not contain Salmon Tagging a coded-wire tag. In addition to marking hatchery salmon, a very small Spaghetti tag number of wild coho and chinook (less then 5%) are also . DFO is studying the migration and growth of salmon tagged and adipose clipped. In several areas of the British Columbia coast. Salmon that The Sport Head Recovery Program depends on the have been hooked and released from sport fi shing and cooperation of anglers to turn in the heads from salmon commeTCIal trolhng boats are marked with a red wi th a missing adipose fin to Salmonid Sport Head Re "spaghetti" tag just below the dorsal fin. If you catch one covery Depots located throughout the province. of these tagged fish, please return the tag to any Fisheries Anglers ca n recognize the presence of a coded-wire and .oceans Canada office or mail it to: Pacific Biological because of the missing adipose fin. If you have caught an Stahon, 3190 Hammond Bay Road, Nanaimo, B.C V9R adIpose fin clipped salmon, it is simply a matter of re 5K6. Attention: Doug Herriott. moving the head from the fi sh, completing a sport head Please include your name and address as well as the label (available at a depot), and then submitting the head date, location and fork length of the catch. A reward (cap to a depot in the area (for a li st of depots, turn to page 85). WIth the badge) will be given for each returned tag. By participating in the Sport Head Recovery Pro For further information, please contact: Doug Her gram, you will be entered into the Sport Head Recovery riott at (250) 756-7383. Prize Draw which takes place annually. ~----~~~...... ~ r %0 82 83 A Trip for Two to: SALMONID SPORT HEAD RECOVERY DEPOTS For more infonnation please ca ll 1-866-483-9994_ WIN! r.o...... ,.~. • ·.\t,,'if~_I-C.YOIa --~ t --~ OR " - NORTH VANCOUVER LOWER MAINLANO 1604) OR Capilano Hatchery 666-1790 FISHING TACKLE FROM ABBOTSFORO 4500 capitano Par1l: Road Fraser Valley Trout Hatchery 504-4709 Hlghwaler Tackle 986-3239 34345 Vye Rd_ 113 LonsdaleAve. FISHING,. ONE OF 10 Hub SpOr1S 859-8316 PORT COQUITLAM ~court"'!1 ' OR Sl-Il mRnO· 33719 Essendene Ave. Jaymer's Fishing Tackle 944-2479 AGASSIZ/K ENT 2847 Shaughnessy SI. ROD & REEL OUTFITS! Chehalis River Hatchery 796-2281 PORT MOOOY 16250 Morris Valley Rd. Reed Poinl Marina 931-2477 ADDITIONAL PRIZES AVAILABLE Kent Outdoor Spor1s 796-0006 850 Barnet Hwy. 7046 Pioneer Ave. RICHMONO BRACKENOALE 8erry's Bail and Tackle 273-5901 SALMONID SPORT HEAD Tenderfoot Hatchery 898-3657 14651 Westminster Hwy. 1000 Midnight Way RECOVERY PROGRAM Vancouver Marina 278-3300 BURNABY 8331 River Road Is one of your salmon or steelhead missing 8ob's Sporting Goods 298-8551 4150 E Hastings SQUAMISH its adipose fin? Paradise Valley Hardware lid. 892-3711 CHILLIWACK 1420 Winn ipeg SI. Chilliwack River Hatchery 858-7227 55205 Chilliwack Lake Road SURREY Location of C,escent8each Marina 538-9666 Adipose fin Chilliwack Oart & Tackle 793-9922 12. - 9120 Young Rd. 12555 Crescent Road / Fred 's Custom Tackle 858-7344 VANCOUVER #1- 5580 Vedder Rd. False Creek Marine bso 733-6731 1655 Whyte Ave. On the Way Store 858-5757 46484 Chilliwack lake Road J.D. Thomas and Associates 291-6401 1370 Koolenay SI. 1. Check any sport Po lnta Visla Cal6 & Gen . Store 824-1551 caught salmon or 48710 Chilliwack Lake Road Tad 's Sporting Goods 261-6540 steel head that you catch to 8570 Granville Street COQ UITLAM see If the ADIPOSE FIN is WEST VANCOUVER missing •.. Babcock Fly and Tackle 931-5044 1110-1140 Austin Ave. Fisherman 's Cove Marina 921-7333 5908 Marine Drive OELTA Bridgeview Marine 946-8566 Sunset Marina 921-7476 2 .... If so, bring this 8550 River Road 134 Sunse t Beach head to a Salmonid Stillwater Sports 946-9933 Sport Head Recovery 4849 Delta 51. SUNSHINE COAST (604) Depot and fill out a label. LIONS BAY EGMONT lions Bay Marina 921-7510 Bathgate Gen . Store & Marina 883-2222 60 lions Bay Ave. 6781 Bathgate Rd. MAPLE RIDGE Egmonl Marina Resort 883-2298 Cut oft the head E & 0 Sports 463-4412 11660 Backeddy Road 22338 Lougheed Hwy. GAROEN BAY Gone Fish'n Tackle 463-9520 Duncan Cove Resor1 883-2424 22776 Lougheed Hwy. 4686 Sinclair Bay Rd. By participating In the above-mentioned program, you will be entered Into MISSION/DEWONEY Irvlnes Land ing Marina 663-2296 the Sport Head Recovery prize draw which takes place annually. You will Irvines landing Rd. also receive Information on the origin of your fish. Belle's Sports 826-8050 7285 James 51. John Henry's Marina 883-2253 DFO greatly acknowledges these sponsors for their generous sup Oaw dney Trading Co . 826-2776 4907 Poot Lane port of the Salmonid Sport Head Recovery Program and their effort 37150 Lougheed Hwy. to encourage participation in salmon research and resource man GIBSONS agement. Inch Creek Hatchery 826-0244 Gibsons Marina 886-8686 3B620 8ell Road, Dewdney 675 Prowse Rd. 84 85 HALfMOON BAY HANSON ISLAND LADYSMITH Island Oulfitters 475-4969 Buccaneer Marina & Resort 885-788B Double Bay Resort 949-1911 4 All Seasons Resort 245-4243 3319 Douglas·SI. 5535 Sans Souce Rd., Secrel Cove HORNBY ISLAND 3464 Yellow Point Road James Bay Angler Assoc. 3B9-6123 Halfmoon Bay General Store 885-8555 Ford 's Cove Marina 335-2169 Ivy Green Marina 245-4521 75 Dallas Road 5642 Min tie Rd. Cen tral Rd. 12335 Rocky Cr. Road Oak Bay Marina 598-3369 1327 Beach Or. Secret Cove Marina 885-3533 MAYNE ISLAND Page Poinllon 245-2312 54 11 Secret Cove Rd. Active Pass Aulo & Marine 539-5411 4760 Brenton Page Rd. Ocean Fuels 381-5221 22 Huron 51. LUND 424 Femhill Rd. LAKE COWICHAN lund Holel 414-0474 NORTH BROUGHTON ISLAND H & H Guns & Sporting MADEIRA PARK Sullivan Bay Resort 949-2550 Supplies 749-4102 NORTH EAST VANCOUVER ISLAND (250) 883-22 48 19B Sou th Shore Rd. Coho Marina QUADRAISLAND ALERT BAY Shark lane April Poinllodge 285-2222 MILL8AY Shop-Rile 974-2777 Lowes Resort 883-2456 900 April Point Rd. Mill Bay Marina 743-4112 90 Fir Slreet 12841 lagoon Ad. Qualhiaski Cove 740 Handy Rd. BLACK CREEK/SARATOGA 8EACH POWELL RIVER Heriot Bay Inn 285-3322 NANOOSE 8AY Pacilic Playgrounds 337-5600 Beach Gardens Marina 485-7734 673 Holel Rd. Bea chcomber Marina 466-7222 9082 Clartson Or. 7074 Westminster Ave. REfUGE COVE 17-1600 8rynmarl Rd. Salmon Point Resort 923-6605 Marine Traders 485-4624 Reluge Cove Gen. Store 935-6659 Schooner Cove Marina 488-5364 2176 Salmon Point Rd. 6791 Wharl Street SALTSPRING ISLANO 3521 Dolphin Or. BOWSER Powell River Outdoors 485-2555 Newman's Great Outdoors 537-5860 NANAIMO AREA Deep Bay Fishing Resort 757-8424 4592 Marine Ave. 5315 Deep Bay Drive 1104-149 Fullard/Ganges Rd. Brechin Point Fuel Dock 753-6122 483-4111 Silammon Hatchery Sallspring Marine Rentals lid. 537-5810 195B Zortin Rd. Seacroft Resort 757-8474 Sliammon Road 85 Coburn Rd. 122A Upper Ganges Rd. Gone Flshtn' 758-7726 757-8399 SECHElT SONORA ISLAND 600·2980 N. Island Hwy. Ship & Shore Marine 180 Chrome Rd., Deep Bay Chapman Creek Hatchery 885-4136 Sea lion Rock lodge 203-0075 Pt. 4381 Parkway Dr. Johnson's Hardware 753-2531 Sonora Resort & 970-9494 39 Victoria Cres. CAMPBElL RIVER AREA 885-5562 923-1242 Sechell Hatchery Conlerence Centre Big Rock Store Boat Ramp E. Porpoise Bay Rd. Nanaimo River Hatchery 245-7780 907 South Island Hwy. 2775 Rugby Rd. Trail Bay Sports 885-2512 SOUTH PENDER ISLAND Brown's Bay Marina 286-3135 5504 Trail Ave. Canada Customs 629-3363 Pac l1lc Biological Stalion 756-7383 15021 Brown's Bay Road 9802 Spalding Rd., Bedwell Harbour 3190 Hammond Bay Road Campbell River Fishing PACifiC RANGE INlETS (250) Ofter Bay Marina 629-3579 Sealand Tackle 75 4-1432 Village 287-3630 23 11 Mackinnon Rd. 1840 Stewart Ave. 260 S. Island Hwy. KNIGHTINlET STUART ISLANO Knight In lei lodge 337-1953 SAANICH PENNINSULA Campbell River Big Bay Marina & Re sort 830-7524 Canoe Cove Marina 656-5566 Sportflsh Rentals 287-7279 flOATING LODGES (AREA 12) (250) Dent Island lodge 286-8105 2300 Canoe Cove Rd., Sidney Discovery Harbour Marina Freshwater Marina 286-0701 Eagle Creek lodge 203-0002 Goldstream Boathouse 478-4407 Sailcone Wilderne ss 2705 N. Island Hwy. Fishing lodge 334-8858 Morgan's landing 287-0237 3540 Trans Canada Highway 287·7641 (near Goldstream Part) HIdden Harbour Condos Nanook lodge 287-0902 2104 - 27 S. Island Hwy. GEORGIA STRAIT! Harvey's Sporting Goods 656-4393 Warm Springs 34 1-0886 Painters lodge 286-1102 JOHNSTONE SmAIT ISLANDS (250) 2507C Beacon Ave. TEXADA ISLAND Home Hardware 656-2712 1625 McDonald Rd. BERRY ISLAND Texada Boat Club 486-7435 2356 Beacon Ave ., Sidney Qulnsam River Hatchery 287-9564 Farewell Harbour Resort 974-8105 Stuart SI., Vananda 4217 Argonaut Rd. SOOKE THETIS ISLAND BROUGHTON ISLAND OHer Point Resort 383-4049 Tyee Marine 287·264 1 Thells Istand Marina 246-3464 Greenway Sound 23 - 7871 West Coast Rd. 880 Island Hwy. Harbour Rd. Marine Resort 949-2525 Pac l1lc lions Marina 642-3816 COMOX AREA CORTES ISLAND 241 Becher Bay Road Black Fin Marina 339-4664 SOUTH EAST VANCOUVER ISLAND (250) Cortes Bay MarIna 935-6361 Pedder Bay Marina 478-1771 132 Port Augusta St. Cortes Marie! 935-6626 COWICHAN BAY 925 Pedder Bay Rd King Coho Resort 339-2039 Mansons landing Pier 66 Marina 748·B444 Sooke Harbour Marina 642-3236 1250 Wally Road Gorge Harbour MarIna Resort 935-6433 1745 Cowichan Bay Rd. 6971 West Coast Rd. Oysler River hatchery 337-8955 Hunt Rd., Whatetown CROfTON Soo ke Sal. Enh . Society 642-0031 8670 Schjelderup Rd. Whaletown General Siore 935-6562 Crofton Hardware 246-9239 1740 Whiffenspit Rd. COURTENAY Whaletown 1586 Joan Ave. Su nny Shores Resort 642-5731 Bales Beach Boathouse 334-4154 EAST CRACROfT ISLAND DUNCAN 5621 Sooke Road 5726 Carat Road 334-4141 lagoon Cove MarIna Bucley 's Sport Shop 746-4923 VICTORIA Jasper's Fishing Res ort 5730 Coral Road GILfORD ISLAND 171 Craig Street Esquimalt Anglers Echo Bay Resort 956-2 121 Vancouver Is . Troul Hatchery 746-1425 Assoclallon 385-9604 Kilty Coleman Beach Pari 338-1332 Simoom Sound 1080 Wharncliffe Rd . 1101 MunroSI. (end 01 Whilaker Rd.) 86 87 Punlledge Hatchery 338-7444 PORT AL8ERNI AREA PR INCE RUPERT OUEEN CHARLOmS (250) Site 38, Powerhouse Rd. China Creek Marina 723-9812 Oldfi eld Creek Hatchery 624-6733 PARKSVILLE 2011 Franklin River Rd. 222 Wantage Road LANGARA ISLAND French Creek Store 248-8912 Clutesi Haven Marina 724-6837 Traylings Tackle Shop 624-9874 langara lodge Radio Telephone Masset 5-1025 Lee Road 5104 River Rd. 635-2nd Ave. Wesl Henslung Cove Ch. 24 Vancouver Office (604) 232-5532 PORT HARDY Gone Fishin 723-1172 SHEARWATER Jim's Hardy Sports 949-8382 5069 Johnson Rd. Shearwater Resort 957-2718 B.C. INTERIOR (250) 7125 Market SI. Poett Nook Marina 720-9572 SMITHERS Port Hardy Marine Hardware 949-6461 2178 Cameron Drive Tob oggan Creek Hatchery 847·4458 LUMBY 6465 Hardy Bay Road Robertson Creek Hatchery 724-652 1 8804 Owens Rd. Shuswap Hatchery 547-6673 847-3440 Shuswap Falls Rd. Quarterdeck Marine 949-6551 Grea t Central Lake Road Tr out Creek General Store Highway 16W. Trout Creek 6555 Hardy 8ay Road PORT ALICE MERRITT Spius Creek Hatchery 378-2992 Qualse River Hatchery 949-9022 FP Foods 284-3525 TERRACE 635-6496 4369 Sunshine Valley Rd ., W 5050 Hardy Bay Road 1071 Marine Drive Northcoasl Anglers 3217 Kalum SI. SICAMOUS PORT MCNEILL PORT RENFREW Spirit Pond Sports 836-4782 Alder Bay Campsile 956-4117 San Juan "12" 749-6708 401 Finlayson SI. Beaver Cove Rd. Beach Drive Shell Marina IC.A.B.) 956-4044 Port Renfrew Marina 478-3674 FISHERIES & OCEANS OFFICES SPORT DEPOT PARTICIPANTS (250) 1488 Beach Drive Gordon River Rd. Chilliwack (604) 702 -2278 Prince Rupert 627-3409 Timberland Sports 956-3544 TAHSIS Masse! 626-3316 Terrace 615-5353 12 Poineer Mall Conuma Hatchery 283-7148 Queen Charlotte City 559-4413 Madeira Park 883-2313 OUALICUM BEACH Head Bay Rd. Kamloops 851-4950 Victoria 363-3252 Big Qualicum Hatchery 757-8412 Westview Marina 934-7672 215 Fisheries Rd. 775 S. Maquinna Prince George 561-5533 Campbell River B50-5701 ComOl 339-2031 Salmon Arm 804-7000 Costa Lotta Campground 757-8483 TOFINO 957-2363 300 - 5251 West Island Hwy. Method Marine Supply 725-3251 Port Hardy 949-6422 Bella Bella Nanaimo 756-7383 Tolino 725-3468 SAYWARD 380 Main SI. Salmon River Motet 282-3364 Weigh West Marine Resort 725-3277 963 Cheryl l ynn Road Charter OHice White River Court 282-3265 634 Campbell SI. 1673 Sayward Rd. UCLUELET SOINTULA Canadian Princess Re sort 726-7771 Sund's lodge 973-6381 1943 Peninsula Rd. TELEGRAPH COVE West Coast Fish 726-8221 Telegraph Cove Re sort 928-3131 Port Albion UNION BAY Baynes Sound Oyster Co . 335-2111 NORTHERN MAINLAND (250) 5848 Istand Hwy. BELLA COOLA AREA Union Bay Sialion 335-0312 Bella Coola Valley Seafoods 982-2713 5545 Island Hwy. Kopas Store 799-5553 438 MacKenzie Hwy. WEST COAST VANCOUVER ISLAND (250) Hagensborg Shop Easy 982-2637 BAM FIELD 1801 Hwy.20 Barnfield Klnglisher Marina 728-3228 Small CraM Harbour Ollice 799-5633 331 Barnfield Rd. MacKenzie Hwy. Seabeam Fishing Re sort 728-3286 Snoolli Hatchery 982-22 14 342 Grappler Rd. Tweed smuir lodge 982-2402 OOLD RIVER HOUSTON Chlnootka lodge 283-7286 Paradise Sports 845-2892 Crifter Cove Marina 283-7364 3443 9' SI. Gold River Petraean 283-7334 KITIMAT 501 Muchalat Drive City Cenler Hardware 632-3522 NITINAT 360 City Center Nillnat Hatchery 745-3321 Killmat Hatchery 639-9888 NOOTKA SOUND 283 Haisla Blvd. Nootka Istand lodge 286-2694 KLEMTU Nootka Witderness lodge B50-1500 Kilasoo Hatchery 839-1220 88 89