Fishery Notice
Category(s):
RECREATIONAL - Salmon
Subject:
FN0300-RECREATIONAL - Salmon: Chinook - Subarea 13-22 - Bute Inlet - Extended Opening for Chinook Retention
Subarea 13-22 commonly known and described as those waters of Bute Inlet lying north of a line running from a marker at Alpha Bluff to a marker on the opposite shore, will remain open to the retention of chinook for the month of May, 2016. Note the head of Bute Inlet is a Rockfish Conservation Area defined as those waters of Subarea 13-22 that lie northerly of a line from Littleton Point to a point on the opposite shoreline located at 50 degrees 49.900 minutes North by 124 degrees 51.629 minutes West. This opening extension is predicated on fishers participating in the DFO log book and sampling programs. Subarea 13-22 will revert to the non-retention of chinook effective 00:01 hours June 1 to 23:59 hours September 30, 2016. If you wish to obtain a log book and sampling kit please call 250-286-5814. Log books and sampling kits are also available at the Department of Fisheries and Oceans Office located at 940 Alder Street in Campbell River. Variation Order No. 2016-185 Notes: Barbless hooks are required when fishing for salmon in tidal waters of British Columbia. The term "marked" means a hatchery 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. 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 Tidal Water Sport Fishing Licences can be purchased via any computer connected to the internet at https://www-ops2.pac.dfo-mpo.gc.ca/nrls-sndpp/index-eng.cfm or by using online search key words "Recfish Licence". 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: Matt Mortimer, Resource Manager, (250) 286-5814
Fisheries & Oceans Operations Center - FN0300
Sent April 6, 2016 at 1540
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