Fishery Notice

This notice provides management actions to December 31, 2019. Fishing is 
permitted on the Fraser River during daylight* hours only in Region 2. 

Further to FN1071, the coast-wide returns of Chum salmon have been very poor 
and the current in-season estimate for the return to the Fraser River is 
564,000 Chum. There is an 80% probability that the run is between 421,000 and 
752,000, and a 6% probability that the run will exceed the escapement goal of 
800,000. At this run size recreational chum fisheries will not take place on 
the Fraser River mainstem.

Waters: Fraser River in Region 2 from the downstream side of the CPR Bridge at 
Mission, BC to the Highway 1 Bridge at Hope, BC.
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Effective until November 2, 2019 at 23:59 hours, you may not fish for salmon. 

Effective November 3 at 00:01 hours until December 31, 2019 at 23:59 hours:

- The daily limit for Coho salmon is two (2) hatchery marked fish only. You may 
not retain wild Coho.
- You may not retain Chinook, Chum, Sockeye or Pink salmon.


Waters:  The Fraser River in Region 2 upstream from the Highway 1 Bridge at 
Hope, BC.
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This area will remain closed to fishing for salmon until further notice.


Day light hours only refers to (One hour before sunrise to one hour after 
sunset).  Reference to sunrise and sunset means the times for those events as 
calculated by the National Research Council of Canada and published daily at 
http://weather.gc.ca/city/pages/bc-45_metric_e.html.

Please note that salmon fishing will not open until late July 2020 at the 
earliest on the Fraser River.

Variation Order No.  2019-RFQ-574, 2019-RCT-579


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 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 
toll free at (866) 483-9994 for further information.

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).


FOR MORE INFORMATION:

Contact the nearest Fisheries and Oceans Canada office or visit our website at 
http://www.pac.dfo-mpo.gc.ca.

Fisheries & Oceans Operations Center - FN1078
Sent October 18, 2019 at 1122

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