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Category(s):
RECREATIONAL - Salmon
Fishery Notice - Fisheries and Oceans Canada
Subject: FN0380-RECREATIONAL - Salmon - Fraser River Spring Chinook-Areas 18, 19, 20 and 29 - Recreational Fishery Management Actions
Further to FN0128, the Department will be implementing a “chinook corridor”
containing additional management measures to protect Fraser River Spring and
Summer Chinook populations as they pass through the Strait of Juan de Fuca to
the Fraser River during June and early July. Details of these measures are
outlined below.
1. Subareas 19-1 to 19-4, and 20-5.
Effective immediately until 23:59 hours June 15, 2012, the daily limit is two
(2) chinook salmon per day which may be wild or hatchery marked between 45 cm
and 67 cm or hatchery marked only chinook over 67 cm in length.
2. Subareas 18-1 to 18-6, 18-9, 18-11, 19-5, and a portion of 29-4, and 29-5
that lies south from a point on the east side of Valdes Island located at
49.05.562N/123.39.989W then extending 57 degrees True for 5 nautical miles to a
point at 49.08.316N/123.33.669W.
Effective immediately until 23:59 hours June 15, 2012 the daily limit is two
(2) chinook salmon per day of which only one (1) chinook may be greater than 67
cm. The minimum size limit in these areas is 62cm.
Note: Management measures to protect and conserve Fraser River Spring and
Summer 5-2 Chinook stocks of concern may also be required after June 15. An
update on these management measures will be announced in a subsequent fishery
notice.
Variation Orders: 2012-182 and 2012-184.
Notes:
1. Sport anglers are encouraged to participate in the Salmon Sport Head
Recovery program by labelling 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
2. 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 sockeye.
The term "hatchery marked" means a fish that has a healed scar in place of the
adipose fin.
3. 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.
4. Rockfish Conservation Areas that are currently in effect and are closed to
all fin fishing. Descriptions of these closures, and other recreational
fishing information, can be found on the Internet at:
http://www.pac.dfo-mpo.gc.ca/fm-gp/rec/index-eng.htm
5. Did you witness suspicious fishing activity or a violation? If so, please
call the Fisheries and Ocean Canada 24-hour toll free Observe, Record, Report
line at: (800) 465-4336.
6. For the 24 hour recorded opening and closure line, call toll free at: (866)
431-FISH.
FOR MORE INFORMATION:
Contact the local DFO office in your area for further information.
Fisheries and Oceans Canada Operations Center - FN0380
Sent May 3, 2012 at 14:06
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