quote:Fishery Notice - Fisheries and Oceans Canada
Subject: FN0627-RECREATIONAL - Salmon - Area 14 - Baynes Sound - Chinook Salmon Opportunities
The fall Chinook returns to the Puntledge River are expected to exceed spawner
requirements. The following local recreational fishery opportunity for Chinook
salmon is being provided:
Effective 00:01 hours August 20, 2010 until 23:59 hours December 31, 2010, in
the following areas, the daily limit for recreationally caught Chinook salmon
is two (2) per day, minimum size limit of 62 cm:
-Subarea 14-11 [Baynes Sound inside a line from the Cape Lazo light, then to
the P-54 Bell Buoy on Comox Bar, then to Longbeak Point, then to the mouth of
Hart (Washer) Creek].
Notes:
Sport anglers are encouraged to participate in the Salmon Sport Head Recovery
program by labeling and submitting heads from adipose fin-clipped (Hatchery
Marked) chinook and coho salmon. Recovery of coded-wire tags provides critical
information for coast-wide stock assessment. Contact the Salmon Sport Head
Recovery Program at (866) 483-9994 for further information. The location of
the Head Recovery Depots can be found at the following site:
http://www.pac.dfo-
mpo.gc.ca/fm-gp/rec/tag-etiquette/prize-prix-eng.htm.
Anglers are requested to release any hatchery marked sockeye. These fish are
hatchery raised sockeye and part of a recovery program designed to increase the
numbers of Cultus Lake and Sakinaw Lake Sockeye.
The term "hatchery marked" means a fish that has a healed scar in place of the
adipose fin.
Barbless hooks are required when fishing for salmon in tidal and non-tidal
waters of British Columbia. This includes all species of fish in the Fraser
River.
