Fishery Notice

This Fishery Notice supersedes Fishery Notice FN0486.

In consideration that the Interior Fraser coho migration is nearly complete 
through the South Coast marine waters, the following coho changes are in effect:
 
Effective 00:01 hours September 11, 2015 until 23:59 hours December 31, 2015, 
unless otherwise specified below, the daily limit for coho is two (2) per day, 
of which one (1) may be wild (unmarked) in Subareas 12-1 and 12-2, Areas 13 to 
17, and Subarea 29-1 (Lower Johnstone Strait and Strait of Georgia).

Portion of Subarea 14-11 (Baynes Sound):
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Effective 00:01 hours September 1, 2015 until 23:59 hours December 31, 2015 in 
that portion of 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, you may retain two (2) coho per day, one (1) 
of which may be wild (unmarked).

Portion of Subarea 15-1 (Lang Creek):
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Effective 00:01 hours August 15, 2015 until 23:59 hours October 15, 2015 in 
that portion of Subarea 15-1 east of a line from Albion Point (locally known as 
Black Point) to Scotchfir Point, you may retain (2) coho per day (hatchery 
marked or unmarked).

Subarea 16-5 and Portion of Subarea 16-6 (Sechelt Inlet and Porpoise Bay):
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Effective 00:01 hours June 1, 2015 until 23:59 hours December 31, 2015 in 
Subarea 16-5 and a portion of Subarea 16-6 (Sechelt Inlet and Porpoise Bay), 
southerly of a line from Nine Mile Point to a boundary sign on the opposite 
shore you may retain four (4) coho per day (hatchery marked or unmarked).

Areas 18 and 19:
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Effective 00:01 hours October 1, 2015 until 23:59 hours December 31, 2015 in 
Area 18 and 19, you may retain two (2) coho per day, one (1) of which may be 
wild (unmarked).
Portion of Subarea 18-8 (Separation Point):
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Effective 00:01 hours November 1, 2015 until 23:59 hours December 31, 2015 in 
that portion of Subarea 18-8, inside of a line between Separation Point and 
Cherry Point, you may retain two (2) coho per day (hatchery marked or unmarked).

Subarea 20-2 and portion of Subarea 20-1 (Port San Juan):
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Effective 00:01 hours September 5, 2015 until 23:59 hours December 31, 2015 in 
Subarea 20-2 and a 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, you may retain four (4) coho per day, two (2) of which may 
be wild (unmarked).

Portion of Subarea 20-1, Subareas 20-3 to 20-7 (Juan De Fuca Strait):
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Effective 00:01 hours October 1, 2015 until 23:59 hours December 31, 2015 in 
that portion of Subarea 20-1 (seaward of a line between a square white boundary 
sign at Owen Point, the Port San Juan Light and Whistle Buoy, and San Juan 
Point) and Subareas 20-3 to 20-7, you may retain four (4) coho per day, one (1) 
of which may be wild (unmarked).

Portion of Subarea 29-1 (Chapman Creek):
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Effective 00:01 hours September 15, 2015 until 23:59 hours December 31, 2015 in 
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°27.625'N 
and 123°45.903'W to one half mile true South of the marker at the entrance to 
the Port Stalashin Marina (49°25.875'N and 123°42.824'W), you may retain (2) 
coho per day (hatchery marked or unmarked).

Please be aware that these limits do not apply to salmon non-retention areas 
and/or fin-fish closed areas. Please check the DFO website referenced at the 
bottom of this notice for further information. 

Please note that as per Fishery Notice FN0786, the following Subareas have been 
closed to salmon retention from August 4, 2015 until further notice:
Subareas 17-5 to 17-7, 17-9
Subareas 18-6 to 18-8
Subareas 19-7 to 19-12

Refer to the following website link for a description of the Area and Subarea 
maps and for information on salmon non-retention areas and fishing closures:

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

Variation Order No. 2015-435

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 labeling 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.

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 1-800-465-4336.

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 - FN0989
Sent September 4, 2015 at 1617

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