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Effective March 1, 2020 until further notice: - The maximum length for halibut is 126 cm (97 cm head-off). - The daily limit for halibut is one (1). - The possession limit for halibut is either of: ---- one (1) halibut measuring 90 cm to 126 cm in length (69 cm to 97 cm head- off), OR ---- two...

I prefer keeping the switch to Pacific Standard time each October as I do not like the idea of it being dark in the morning at 8 am. You can sign a petition saying no to the change being considered here; http://chng.it/JP96fXjTHv

https://www.adfg.alaska.gov/index.cfm?adfg=commercialbyfisherysalmon.bluesheet

We in Canada have so much to be thankful for!!! There's "no place like it"!!!!

Only 200 or so more Open Net Pet closures needed!! https://www.cheknews.ca/closure-of-up-to-17-fish-farms-by-2023-in-broughton-archipelago-province-announces-517190/

"Millions of tonnes of sardines, anchovies, mackerel, herring, krill and other species are caught and ground into fishmeal and fish oil, known as FMFO. This is fed to salmon caged in hundreds of farms along the west coast."...

Looks like insanity will prevail, not only in Canada, but in the USA. https://abcnews.go.com/Technology/wireStory/lawsuit-seeks-protection-zone-northwest-orcas-65063933 "New lawsuit seeks protection zone for Northwest orcas" "Researchers say the whales have been largely missing from their usual...

Lets help DFO and let them know if we see any Orcas while we are on the water. We fish Renfrew today and did not see any!! How about the Sidney, Oak Bay and Sooke guys?? Time, how many and location and Whale Watchers if any.

Fish Farm Problems A great paper if you want to take the time to read it. https://fishfarmnews.blogspot.com/2019/07/fish-farm-problems-on-global-scale-inka.html

Now that Canada will not allow Shark Fins to be imported how about Dogfish fin soup. No shortage of Dogfish around here!!

This story is well worth a read. Take what you choose…truth or ‘false news’..ha ha that seems to be the new buzz word. Incidental Catch in the Salmon Farming Industry...

“This has been a six-year battle and so it is very unexpected to see a fisheries minister take such a bold and unprecedented step,” http://digital.timescolonist.com/epaper/viewer.aspx

Anyone else see the 11, yes 11 whale watching boats off Burial Island down to Sansum Pt. Monday afternoon between 3:30 and 5. A large pod of Orcas were feeding and the Whale Watchers were right in the midst of them for the whole time. No self enforcement of the rules. And no DFO of course.

I was told several years ago the DFO demanded that the very successful Esquimalt Chinook Net Pen program be discontinued. The pen was stocked with Nitinat Chinook for many years and provided consistent sport fishing opportunities and a regular feeding spot for the Southern Orcas who came thru...

“Right now, across our beautiful province, juvenile pink and chum salmon are emerging from rivers and streams and migrating through our coastal waters.” “One of the big salmon farm threats comes from the parasitic salmon lice that multiply and spread on salmon farms.” The Fish Farms know it's a...

By Chief Bob Chamberlin When Canada’s Federal Court recently ruled against the minister of fisheries and oceans and disallowed putting Atlantic salmon smolts infected with the Piscine orthoreovirus (PRV) into open-net fish farms, the purpose was clear: to save our wild Pacific salmon from a...

https://www.watershed-watch.org/ We have a moment of opportunity right now to make things better for B.C.’s wild salmon, and you can help by taking action now. Premier Horgan’s government has taken some positive steps for wild salmon—like the provincial collaboration with First Nations to move...

You gota love it...that is if you are a fisherman with common sense. That would be a seal bomb, not dynamite! An underwater firecracker. https://bc.ctvnews.ca/video?clipId=1629317 now this is WAY TOO funny...just post by DFO 12 hours or so after the ctv news story. can't say DFO doesn't react...

2019 Halibut quota for B.C is 683 M and recreations fishery gets 15% or 1.0245 M Last year we got 1.12 M We Victoria guys are hoping for a March 1 opening.

Safe Passage Campaign Update: Stan Proboszcz This entry was posted in Science and Research, Take Action, Watershed Watch Activities and tagged a, aquaculture, salmon farming, Stan Proboszcz, Watershed Watch Salmon Society, Wild Salmon. It’s never a dull moment, when it comes to our salmon...