Fishery Notice

Catch and effort information is important to ensure fisheries resources are 
managed in a sustainable manner.  It also provides valuable information for 
maintaining fishing access and opportunities.

The Tidal Waters Sport Fishing Licence outlines the catch records that must be 
kept for chinook and halibut caught in any Area and, lingcod caught in the 
Strait of Georgia Areas 12 to 19 (excluding Subarea 12-14), Subareas 20-5 to 20-
7 and 29-5.

In addition, the licence holder shall provide accurate information regarding 
their catch and fishing activities upon request of a Creel Surveyor or an 
online surveyor, authorities designated under s. 61(5) of the Fisheries Act.  


DFO and the Sport Fishing Advisory Board (SFAB) continue to work on improving 
recreational catch monitoring and reporting programs. 

These programs and the types of collection tools to be used are based on a pre-
season fishery risk assessment which examines fishing effort and fishery 
priorities by time, area and species.  

The collection tools include: Dockside monitoring, creel surveys, internet 
surveys (iREC), logbooks, buoy counts and trailer counts.

The Internet Recreational Effort and Catch Survey (iREC) program is a selection 
of recreational licence holders that are contacted via email and asked to 
provide information about their recreational fishing activity over a specified 
period. This information is provided using an internet survey accessed using an 
individual survey link emailed to the licence holder.

It is important to report if you did not fish or did not catch any fish as this 
ensures that the study is representative of the fishery and its participants.
 
For more information about iREC, please see the DFO website:

http://www.pac.dfo-mpo.gc.ca/fm-gp/rec/irec/index-eng.html


FOR MORE INFORMATION: 

Please contact: Brad Beaith (250)756-7190, Angela Mahboubi (250) 627-3409 and 
Devona Adams (604)666-3271.

Fisheries & Oceans Operations Center - FN0722
Sent July 31, 2014 at 0851

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