Fishery Notice

Amendment to FN 0476: Update to Management Zone and appropriate management 
actions. The full corrected version of the notice follows.

The Department has continued to monitor catches of chinook in the Albion test 
fishery to assess returns of Fraser River Spring 5-2 and Summer 5-2 chinook.  
Based on a preliminary assessment of the most recent test fishery information, 
the estimated abundance of Fraser Spring 5-2 and Summer 5-2 chinook will be 
between 45 and 85 thousand chinook (zone 2 management).   Information on the 
final in-season estimate of abundance will be provided on June 16, 2014

Management measures for the recreational fishery in portions of Areas 19 and 20 
are outlined below. 

June 14 to July 18, 2014 management actions:
 
Effective 00:01 hours Saturday, June 14 until 23:59 hours Friday, July 18, 2014 
in Subareas 19-1 to 19-4 and Subarea 20-5 (those waters near Victoria between 
Cadboro Pt to Sheringham Pt.), the daily limit is two (2) chinook salmon per 
day of which only one (1) may be greater than 67 cm.  The minimum size limit in 
these areas is 45 cm in length. 


Notes:

Barbless hooks are required when fishing for salmon in tidal and non-tidal 
waters of British Columbia.  

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.

Sport anglers are encouraged to participate in the voluntary Salmon Sport Head 
Recovery program by labelling and submitting heads from adipose fin-clipped 
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.

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:

www.pac.dfo-mpo.gc.ca/recfish

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.

For the 24 hour recorded opening and closure line, call toll free at 
1-(866)431-FISH (3474).


Variation order 2014-288.

Contact the local DFO office in your area for further information. 

Fisheries & Oceans Operations Center - FN0486
Sent June 13, 2014 at 1614

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