REGION 6 - Skeena CONTACT INFORMATION Fish and Wildlife Regional Office Salmon Information: (250) 847-7260 Bag 5000, 3726 Alfred Ave Fisheries and Oceans Canada Smithers BC V0J 2N0 District Offices (DFO) Conservation Officer Service Terrace: (250) 615-5350 Please call 1-877-952-7277 for recorded Smithers: (250) 847-2312 information or to make an appointment at New Aiyansh: (250) 633-2408 any of the following Field Offices: North Coast Atlin, Burns Lake, Dease Lake, Smithers (Prince Rupert): (250) 627-3499 and Terrace Whitehorse (MU’s 6-19 to 6-29): (867) 393-6722 R.A.P.P. Report All Poachers and Polluters Conservation Officer 24 Hour Hotline STAY UP TO DATE: 1-877-952-RAPP (7277) Check website for in-season changes or Cellular Dial #7277 closure dates for the 2021-2023 season Please refer to page 78 for more information at: www.gov.bc.ca/FishingRegulations rapp.bc.ca A L S Bennett E L K 6-28 Atlin YUKON (CANADA) R Tagish Lower Post Teslin 6-29 SKAGW AY Atlin R Lake R Lake E V I R R 7-53 E E U L 6-27 I V 6-25 L Lake A B I T R 7-55 E D R S ATLIN L LYNN PARK I Cassiar F O N R T 6-24 E S R A CANA D E K L MUN CH O 7-54 E C R LAKE H I N I U K R 6-23 L K PARK K I N E 7-49 R A A V T R I Tulsequah E R V I STON E MOUN TAI N R Dease PARK 6-26 N 7-52 Lake I 7-51 D JUNEAU A N U O G S A M S N U O S A R C R U S T K STEPHENS Y R W U I A T V E R C H I C H A G O F R 6-22 I V 7-50 E E ADMIR ALTY N R I Telegraph 6-19 PASSAGE I S L K Creek A N D C I MOUN T H ISL K A AND KWAD AC HA T ALASKA (USA) L T A H S SPATSIZI WILDE RNE SS P A ED ZIZA R O I PARK P M P S R A T N A PLATEAU P B A PARK R R A S N O F E 7-42 6-20 R V I 7-41 V I R WILDERNESS Y Sitka E PARK R I R A 7-40 V L E N R I I S L A S N D 6-21 F K U P R E A N O F TATL ATUI S N T 7-57 Tatlatui R I S L A A N D L A I S N G E I T PARK N I U K T Thutade I S K S A Lake R K R U 7-39 N R U 6-17 7-37 Bowser L T R M U 7-36 E E 6-18 S T I L I N K A R V S I U V I E S PAC IFIC OCEAN R R 7-38 WILLISTON PRINCE O R M I N R EW ART I E L ST E C V OF A A V LA 6-16 I N E 6-7 A R R REVILLAGIGEDO C 7-29 WALES Germans en La nding 6-30 ISLAND A ISLAND KETCHICAN N Takla D E R N E A OBSE RVATORY K 7-28 HAZELTON L 7-27 T I O N AIYANSH S Tchentlo A T N B Lake L R U O INLET Nisga'a_Lands L P K L E Babine Y 7-26 6-15 SMITHE GRANISLE RS Trembleur L 7-24 6-8 Tezzeron 6-14 L DUNDAS TELKWA Lake R I Pinchi D I X O ISLAND V 7-25 N TERRACE E R L E N T R Stuart A N C E Lake FORT Cape Knox ST JAMES PRINCE RUPERT 6-9 HOUSTON 6-6 BURNS 7-14 S T U IMPORTANT NOTICE Freshwater angling regulations and MASSET LAKE A R T 6-10 6-5 7-13 NAIKOON Morice GR KITIMAT VAN D E 6-13 AHAM Fraser fisheries management for Haida Gwaii (Management Units PARK Lake 6-4 Francois, Lake Lake DOUGLAS Ootsa PO Lake O RT CLEMENTS K A Tahtsa H 7-12 6-12 and 6-13) are now within Region 1. Refer to the Region PITT CHANNEL L C E N ISLAND H 6-11 ISLAND Whitesail C H E GARDNE R Kem ano L BANKS 1 section (page 12) for angling regulations on Haida Gwaii QUEEN C 7-11 CHARLOTTE 6-2 A ISLAND T Tetachuck Eutsuk and contact Region 1 for any Haida Gwaii angling enquiries. E CANAL L D Lake A Butedale K O I R T L O 6-3 P TWEEDSMUIR 6-1 T LOU ISE I E S Naz E PRIN CESS W O See pages 74 and 75 for information on aquatic invasive R N A MORESBY D ROYA L N 5-13 M A A N E A U D C O S LYELL I ISLAND L R E SOU TH I species and cleaning, draining, and drying your boat. N ARIS V TAZA BA L 5-10 N E A S ISLAND PAR K R MORESBY C H 6-12 T ISLAND 5-9 R NATIONAL O Anahim L ake D N O O L A A OCEAN C E D A L A R R N E B E L I A U FALLS D L O d S n Bella Coola PARK T a 5-12 C l K s Charlotte N I 5-11 KUNGHIT I A D g L B N Bella BURKE L U n I O i M S Bella K CHANNEL Cape St James 5-6 5-8 R E V O K Namu I L Q U R E E N I Owikeno L H C I The Management Unit boundaries indicated on the map above are shown only as a reference to help anglers locate waters in the region.Tatlayoko N CALVERT 5-7 I C H A L R L O L T T E Chilko K 5-5 ISLA ND A R N O For more precise Management Unit boundaries, please consult one of the commercial Recreational Atlases available for B.C. I SMITH K Lake L H T S K O U N D SOUND A M Cape O H Caution 1-14 1-15 1-13 Allison Harbour 2-15 2-14 2021-2023 BC Freshwater Fishing Regulations Synopsis 49 REGION 6 - Skeena Regional Regulations INVASIVE SPECIES ALERT Region 6 Daily Quotas Skeena Quality Waters Strategy (See tables for exceptions) Atlantic Salmon The Skeena Quality Waters Strategy Please refer to the salmon section, Arctic grayling: 3 (QWS) seeks to address concerns around p. 78 overcrowding and conflict during the Burbot: 5 steelhead fishery. Specific QWS water Inconnu: 1 specific regulations are in place on the Bulkley, Babine, Morice, Kispiox, Suskwa, Kokanee: 10 (none from streams) Kitseguecla, Kitwanga, Skeena, Zymoetz, Northern pike: 5 Lakelse and Kitsumkalum Rivers. Whitefish: 15 (all species combined) For more information visit http://www.env. General Regulations gov.bc.ca/skeena/qws/ Bait Ban: Nass River including tributaries White sturgeon: CLOSED TO ALL FISHING and the Skeena River including tributaries Trout/char: 5, but not more than from Sept. 7 to June 15 • 1 over 50 cm (quota includes hatchery HIGH REWARD ($100) TAGGING PROGRAMS No fishing: in all rivers and streams for steelhead) • 3 Dolly Varden/bull trout and/or lake trout The Skeena Fisheries team has multiple steelhead, May 15-June 15. Exemptions ongoing $100 reward tagging programs. include mainstem portions of the Skeena combined • 1 trout from streams July 1-Oct 31 It is possible to catch a tagged fish of any River, Nass River, Iskut River, Stikine River species anywhere in the Skeena Region, and Taku River, not currently closed And you must release: so check your catch carefully! Tags can be under the existing winter/spring closure • all Dolly Varden/bull trout from streams difficult to see, and can be covered in algae regulation. all year or slime. If you capture a tagged fish, do not No Fishing: In the Skeena River, including • Trout under 30 cm from any stream allow the tag to influence your decision to tributaries, for steelhead from October 12 • Trout of any size from streams, Nov 1-June kill or release the fish. If you had intended to June 15. 30 to release the fish prior to seeing the tag, • Lake trout from Fraser and Skeena do so. If you had intended to keep the fish No fishing: in any stream in the watersheds Watersheds, Sept 15-Nov 30 as part of your legal bag limit prior to seeing of the Skeena River upstream of Cedarvale • all wild steelhead the tag, do so. In either circumstance, or Nass River upstream of Kitsault Bridge, record the tag number, tag colour, species, Jan 1-June 15 (NOTE: Nass River mainstem is Possession Quotas location and date of capture. If you are EXEMPT and Skeena River mainstem releasing the fish, do not remove the tag. Possession quotas = 2 daily quotas. upstream of Cedarvale is only closed Jan 1- Reward payments can be received by (See tables for exceptions) May 31). See tables for other exceptions. reporting capture information to the Skeena No fishing: in any stream in the Iskut River Fisheries team.