Category(s):
RECREATIONAL - Salmon
Fishery Notice - Fisheries and Oceans Canada
Subject: FN0346-Recreational Fishery - Strait of Georgia Chinook Conservation Measures
The following is a description of conservation measures which are implemented annually to protect Lower Georgia Strait chinook, in particular Cowichan River chinook. The chinook conservation measures are implemented in Areas 13 to 15 and 17 to 19 in the Strait of Georgia. The dates for initiating the conservation measures are presented below:
Coloured maps area available online for all areas described below.
Coloured maps can be found at:
http://www.pac.dfo-mpo.gc.ca/recfish/Opportunities/salmon_tidal_e.htm
Area 13 Fin Fish Closure
Effective July 15 to August 31 the following waters will be closed to fishing for all finfish:
In those waters inside a line from the float at Yaculta Indian Village on Quadra Island true west one nautical mile, thence southeast 1600 true to the intersection with a line drawn from the fishing boundary sign on Willow Point to the Wilby Shoal light buoy, thence to the Cape Mudge light on Quadra Island.
Areas 14, 15, 17, 18, 19 Chinook Salmon Non-retention
Area 14
Effective May 1 to August 31 there is non-retention of chinook salmon in the following waters:
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].
Effective June 1 to June 30 there is non-retention of chinook salmon in the following waters:
Those waters, inside a line from 49 46.74’N and 124 59.06’W near the boat launch at Kitty Coleman Provincial Park, thence north-easterly to 49 47.35’N and 124 57.68’W, thence southerly to 49 45.14’N and 124 54.32’W, thence southwest to the navigation light at the Little River Ferry Dock.
Those waters of Sentry Shoals within a 1.50Nm radius of the Sentry Shoal Marker
Buoy.
Effective June 15 to August 15 there is non-retention of chinook salmon in the following waters:
Those waters of Lambert channel bounded from a marker off Nile Creek, north along Vancouver shoreline to Mapleguard Point, thence along the Harbour limit boundary to southern point of Chrome Island, then to southern tip of Denman
Island, thence north along shore to Whalebone Point, thence to Shingle Spit on Hornby Island, thence along the shore to Norman Point, thence south from Norman Point 2.4Nm to a position (49 28.25’N and 124 36.54’W), and back to Nile Creek marker.
Area 15
Effective June 15 to August 15 there is non-retention of chinook salmon in the following waters:
Those waters of Algerine and Shearwater Passages bounded by a line from the southern most point of Harwood Island southerly to the navigational light on
Rebecca Rocks hence northwest to the easterly most point to Vivian Island then northerly to the navigational marker at Mystery Reef hence west to the navigational marker on Atrevida Reef then southerly to the northern most point of Harwood Island then hence along the western shore of Harwood Island back to the point of commencement at the most southerly tip of Harwood Island.
Effective May 29 to September 30 there is non-retention of chinook salmon in the following waters:
In Subarea 15-6 [Toba Inlet] those waters easterly of a line from Snout Point to a boundary sign on the opposite shore.
Area 17
Effective August 1 to October 15 there is non-retention of chinook salmon in the following waters:
In Subarea 17-4, except for those waters southeasterly of a line from Shingle Point to Pilkey Point and Subareas 17-5 to 17-7, 17-9, 17-13 to 17-17,[Northumberland Channel, Pylades Channel, Stuart Channel], thence a portion of Subarea 17-12 inside a line from Tinson Point to Snake Island Light(RCA boundary) to the outer Five Finger Island group to Neck Point.
In Subareas 17-18 to 17-20 and a portion of 17-12 those waters inside a line from Icarus Point on Vancouver Island true north 2 nm, thence northwesterly to the Navy buoy in Ballenas Channel, thence to Nankivell Point at the entrance to Schooner Cove on Vancouver Island.
Area 18
Effective August 1 to October 15 there is non-retention of chinook salmon in the following waters:
In Subareas 18-6 to 18-8, 18-10 (Fulford Harbour, Satellite Channel, Shute Passage, Sansum Narrows).
In Subareas 18-7 and 18-8, that portion of Subarea 18-7 that lies northerly of a line from a square white boundary sign on Vancouver Island, near 48°46.179’N and 123°34.654’W, to a square white boundary sign on Saltspring Island SE of
Burial Islet, near 48°45.992’N and 123°33.777’W, and southerly of a line from a square white boundary sign on Saltspring Island approximately 1.5 nautical miles ESE of Musgrave Point, near 48°43.982’N and 123°31.418’W, to a square white boundary sign on Vancouver Island approximately 0.5 nautical miles NW of
Cherry Point, near 48°43.197’N and 123°33.708’W.
Area 19
Effective August 1 to October 15 there is non-retention of chinook salmon in the following waters
In Subareas 19-7 to 19-10.
FOR MORE INFORMATION:
Contact the nearest of Fisheries and Oceans Canada Office.
RECREATIONAL - Salmon
Fishery Notice - Fisheries and Oceans Canada
Subject: FN0346-Recreational Fishery - Strait of Georgia Chinook Conservation Measures
The following is a description of conservation measures which are implemented annually to protect Lower Georgia Strait chinook, in particular Cowichan River chinook. The chinook conservation measures are implemented in Areas 13 to 15 and 17 to 19 in the Strait of Georgia. The dates for initiating the conservation measures are presented below:
Coloured maps area available online for all areas described below.
Coloured maps can be found at:
http://www.pac.dfo-mpo.gc.ca/recfish/Opportunities/salmon_tidal_e.htm
Area 13 Fin Fish Closure
Effective July 15 to August 31 the following waters will be closed to fishing for all finfish:
In those waters inside a line from the float at Yaculta Indian Village on Quadra Island true west one nautical mile, thence southeast 1600 true to the intersection with a line drawn from the fishing boundary sign on Willow Point to the Wilby Shoal light buoy, thence to the Cape Mudge light on Quadra Island.
Areas 14, 15, 17, 18, 19 Chinook Salmon Non-retention
Area 14
Effective May 1 to August 31 there is non-retention of chinook salmon in the following waters:
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].
Effective June 1 to June 30 there is non-retention of chinook salmon in the following waters:
Those waters, inside a line from 49 46.74’N and 124 59.06’W near the boat launch at Kitty Coleman Provincial Park, thence north-easterly to 49 47.35’N and 124 57.68’W, thence southerly to 49 45.14’N and 124 54.32’W, thence southwest to the navigation light at the Little River Ferry Dock.
Those waters of Sentry Shoals within a 1.50Nm radius of the Sentry Shoal Marker
Buoy.
Effective June 15 to August 15 there is non-retention of chinook salmon in the following waters:
Those waters of Lambert channel bounded from a marker off Nile Creek, north along Vancouver shoreline to Mapleguard Point, thence along the Harbour limit boundary to southern point of Chrome Island, then to southern tip of Denman
Island, thence north along shore to Whalebone Point, thence to Shingle Spit on Hornby Island, thence along the shore to Norman Point, thence south from Norman Point 2.4Nm to a position (49 28.25’N and 124 36.54’W), and back to Nile Creek marker.
Area 15
Effective June 15 to August 15 there is non-retention of chinook salmon in the following waters:
Those waters of Algerine and Shearwater Passages bounded by a line from the southern most point of Harwood Island southerly to the navigational light on
Rebecca Rocks hence northwest to the easterly most point to Vivian Island then northerly to the navigational marker at Mystery Reef hence west to the navigational marker on Atrevida Reef then southerly to the northern most point of Harwood Island then hence along the western shore of Harwood Island back to the point of commencement at the most southerly tip of Harwood Island.
Effective May 29 to September 30 there is non-retention of chinook salmon in the following waters:
In Subarea 15-6 [Toba Inlet] those waters easterly of a line from Snout Point to a boundary sign on the opposite shore.
Area 17
Effective August 1 to October 15 there is non-retention of chinook salmon in the following waters:
In Subarea 17-4, except for those waters southeasterly of a line from Shingle Point to Pilkey Point and Subareas 17-5 to 17-7, 17-9, 17-13 to 17-17,[Northumberland Channel, Pylades Channel, Stuart Channel], thence a portion of Subarea 17-12 inside a line from Tinson Point to Snake Island Light(RCA boundary) to the outer Five Finger Island group to Neck Point.
In Subareas 17-18 to 17-20 and a portion of 17-12 those waters inside a line from Icarus Point on Vancouver Island true north 2 nm, thence northwesterly to the Navy buoy in Ballenas Channel, thence to Nankivell Point at the entrance to Schooner Cove on Vancouver Island.
Area 18
Effective August 1 to October 15 there is non-retention of chinook salmon in the following waters:
In Subareas 18-6 to 18-8, 18-10 (Fulford Harbour, Satellite Channel, Shute Passage, Sansum Narrows).
In Subareas 18-7 and 18-8, that portion of Subarea 18-7 that lies northerly of a line from a square white boundary sign on Vancouver Island, near 48°46.179’N and 123°34.654’W, to a square white boundary sign on Saltspring Island SE of
Burial Islet, near 48°45.992’N and 123°33.777’W, and southerly of a line from a square white boundary sign on Saltspring Island approximately 1.5 nautical miles ESE of Musgrave Point, near 48°43.982’N and 123°31.418’W, to a square white boundary sign on Vancouver Island approximately 0.5 nautical miles NW of
Cherry Point, near 48°43.197’N and 123°33.708’W.
Area 19
Effective August 1 to October 15 there is non-retention of chinook salmon in the following waters
In Subareas 19-7 to 19-10.
FOR MORE INFORMATION:
Contact the nearest of Fisheries and Oceans Canada Office.
