Fishery Notice - Fisheries and Oceans Canada Subject: FN0457-RECREATIONAL - Salmon - Coho - Areas 11 to 20, 111, and Subareas 29-1 to 29-5 - Coho Management Measures - Effective June 1, 2024 Unless otherwise specified below, the daily limit for Coho is two (2) per day, hatchery marked only, effective 00:01 hours June 1, 2024, to 23:59 hours December 31, 2024, in Areas 11 to 20, 111, and Subareas 29-1 to 29-5. These measures exclude finfish closed areas, Rockfish Conservation Areas (RCAs), and areas closed to salmon fishing to protect Southern Resident Killer Whales. Please check the DFO website referenced at the bottom of this notice for more information. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Area 111 and Subareas 11-1, 11-2, and 12-14 (Portion of Queen Charlotte Sound): Effective 00:01 hours June 1, 2024, until 23:59 hours July 31, 2024, you may retain two (2) Coho per day (hatchery marked or unmarked). Effective 00:01 hours August 1, 2024, until 23:59 hours December 31, 2024, you may retain two (2) Coho per day, of which only one (1) may be unmarked. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Subareas 11-3 to 11-10 (inside Nakwakto Rapids): Effective 00:01 hours April 1, 2024, until 23:59 hours December 31, 2024, you may retain two (2) Coho per day (hatchery marked or unmarked). ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Subareas 12-3 to 12-13, 12-15, 12-16 (except for the Hardy Bay portion described separately below), 12-17 to 12-19, and 12-21 to 12-23: Effective 00:01 hours June 1, 2024, until 23:59 hours July 31, 2024, you may retain two (2) Coho per day, of which only one (1) may be unmarked. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- That portion of Subarea 12-16 (Hardy Bay) inside of a line from Duval Point to Daphne Point: Effective 00:01 hours August 1, 2024, until 23:59 hours December 31, 2024, you may retain four (4) hatchery marked Coho per day. In Subarea 12-16, the mouth of the Keogh River within a 400 m radius of the shore bounded by fishing boundary signs posted approximately 400 m north and 400 m south of the river's mouth: Effective 00:01 hours August 1, 2024, until 23:59 hours October 31, 2024, Coho non-retention. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Subareas 12-26 to 12-48 (Portion of the Mainland Inlets): Effective 00:01 hours June 1, 2024, until 23:59 hours December 31, 2024, you may retain two (2) Coho per day, of which only one (1) may be unmarked. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Subareas 13-20, 13-21, and that portion of Subarea 13-22 described as those waters in Bute Inlet from the RCA boundary sign at Littleton Point across to the opposite shore at 50 degrees 49.90' N and 124 degrees 51.63' W.(East Side of Stuart Island and a portion of Bute Inlet): Effective 00:01 hours August 1, 2024, until 23:59 hours September 30, 2024, you may retain two (2) Coho per day, of which only one (1) may be unmarked. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Subarea 14-11: Effective 00:01 hours September 1, 2024, until 23:59 hours December 31, 2024, you may retain two (2) Coho per day, of which only one (1) may be unmarked. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------- That portion of Subarea 15-1 (Lang Creek) north of a line from Albion Point (locally known as Black Point) to Scotch Fir Point: Effective 00:01 hours August 15, 2024, until 23:59 hours October 15, 2024, you may retain two (2) Coho per day (hatchery marked or unmarked). ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Subarea 16-5 and that portion of Subarea 16-6 (Sechelt Inlet and Porpoise Bay) south of a line from Nine Mile Point true west to a boundary marker on the opposite shore: Effective 00:01 hours June 1, 2024, until 23:59 hours December 31, 2024, you may retain four (4) Coho per day (hatchery marked or unmarked). ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- That portion of Subarea 18-8 inside of a line between Separation Point and Cherry Point: Effective 00:01 hours November 1, 2024, until 23:59 hours December 31, 2024, you may retain two (2) Coho per day, of which only one (1) may be unmarked. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Area 19: Effective 00:01 hours October 1, 2024, until 23:59 hours December 31, 2024, in Area 19, you may retain two (2) Coho per day, of which only one (1) may be unmarked. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Subarea 20-2 and that portion of Subarea 20-1 shoreward of a line between a square white boundary sign at Owen Point, the Port San Juan Light and Whistle Buoy, and San Juan Point: Effective 00:01 hours September 5, 2024, until 23:59 hours December 31, 2024 you may retain four (4) Coho per day, of which only two (2) may be unmarked. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Subareas 20-3 to 20-7 and that portion of Subarea 20-1 seaward of a line between a square white boundary sign at Owen Point to the Port San Juan Light and then to the Whistle Buoy and San Juan Point (excluding those portions of Subareas 20-1, 20-4 and 20-5 that are closed to salmon fishing to support Southern Resident killer whale recovery). Please see DFO website and/or Fishery Notice(s) for details of measures to protect Southern Resident Killer Whales): Effective 00:01 hours October 1, 2024, until 23:59 hours December 31, 2024, you may retain four (4) Coho per day, of which only one (1) may be unmarked ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ That portion of Subarea 29-1 in front of Chapman Creek of Davis Bay and Trail Bay, inside a half mile ribbon boundary (1/2 mile offshore), commencing from one half mile true South of the Western boundary of Snickett Park (49 degrees 27.625'N and 123 degrees 45.903'W to one half mile true South of the marker at the entrance to the Port Stalashin Marina (49 degrees 25.875'N and 123 degrees 42.824'W): Effective 00:01 hours June 1, 2024, until 23:59 hours December 31, 2024, you may retain two (2) Coho per day (hatchery marked or unmarked). ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Variation Orders: 2024-RFQ-065 Fishers are reminded the minimum size for Coho is 30 cm. NOTES AND REMINDERS: Barbless hooks are required when fishing for salmon in tidal and non-tidal waters of British Columbia. The term "marked", "hatchery marked", or "adipose fin clipped" means a fish that has a healed scar in place of the adipose fin. All anglers must have a licence to fish in tidal waters in BC. Apply for your BC tidal waters recreational fishing licence and salmon conservation stamp at: https://www.pac.dfo-mpo.gc.ca/fm-gp/rec/licence-permis/index-eng.html. Anglers are advised to check http://bcsportfishguide.ca for fishing closures and other recreational fishing information. Rockfish Conservation Areas (RCAs) are currently in effect and are closed to all fin-fishing. Descriptions of RCAs and other closures such as finfish closed areas, salmon non-retention areas, and other recreational fishing information, can be found on the internet at: https://www.pac.dfo-mpo.gc.ca/fm-gp/rec/index-eng.html https://www.pac.dfo-mpo.gc.ca/fm-gp/rec/index-eng.html Fishers are encouraged to participate in the Salmon Sport Head Recovery program by labelling and submitting heads from hatchery marked Chinook and Coho Salmon to head depots. The head-off measurement can be used by enforcement officers to assess compliance on size limits if you remove the head from Chinook or Coho. Recovery of microscopic coded-wire tags found inside hatchery marked Chinook and Coho heads provide critical information for coast-wide Salmon stock assessment programs. Contact
