Fishery Notice

This Fishery Notice is a reminder of recreational management actions for 
Chinook salmon that will come in effect at 00:01 hours on August 1, 2019 in 
South Coast marine waters.

West Coast Vancouver Island (WCVI) - Areas 21 to 27, and offshore Areas 121, 
123 to 127: 
 
- 00:01 hours August 1 to 23:59 hours December 31, 2019, 2 Chinook per day
- Please refer to FN0657 and FN0652 for further measures on fin-fish closures 
and chinook non-retention areas in WCVI waters. 

Queen Charlotte and Johnstone Straits (Subareas 12-1 to 12-13, 12-15 to 12-48):
 
- 00:01 hours August 1 to 23:59 hours August 29, 2019, 1 Chinook per day;
- 00:01 hours August 30 to 23:59 hours December 31, 2 Chinook per day.

Strait of Georgia - North - Areas 13 to 17, Area 28 and Subareas 29-1 and 29-2:
 
- 00:01 hours August 1 to 23:59 hours August 29, 2019, 1 Chinook per day;
- 00:01 hours August 30 to 23:59 hours December 31, 2 Chinook per day.

Please note that the annual fin-fish closure near Cape Mudge on Quadra Island 
and the Chinook non-retention closures near Harwood, Denman, and Hornby Islands 
are no longer in effect.        

Strait of Georgia - South and Juan de Fuca - Areas 18, 19 and portions of 
Subareas 20-1 and 20-2 (excluding those waters north of a line from Owen Point 
to the Port San Juan Light/Whistle Buoy, then to Woods Nose), 20-5, 29-3 to 29-
5 and 29-8:
 
- 00:01 hours August 1 to 23:59 hours August 29, 2019, 1 Chinook per day;
- 00:01 hours August 30 to 23:59 hours December 31, 2019, 2 Chinook per day.
- As per Fishery Notices 0507 and 0696, management measures for Southern 
Resident Killer Whales are in place in portions of Areas 18, 20, and 121. These 
measures include no salmon fishing in Subareas 20-3, 20-4, 18-9, and portions 
of Subareas 18-2, 18-4, and 18-5 and sanctuary closures (vessel prohibition 
zones) in portions of Subareas 18-4, 121-1, 121-2. Please refer to FN0507 and 
FN0696 for full details.
- Subareas 20-6 and 20-7 are Chinook non-retention August 1, 2019 to October 
15, 2019.

Fraser River mouth, tidal and non-tidal waters - Subareas 29-6, 29-7, 29-9 to 
29-17 and those waters of the Fraser River upstream from the Highway Bridge at 
Mission, BC to the Alexandria Bridge:

- Jan. 1 to Aug. 23, No fishing for salmon.
- Aug. 23 to Dec. 31, Chinook non-retention.   

After August 23, dependent on in-season information fisheries may be announced 
targeting other species. These will also be subject to any measures required 
for other stocks of concern such as Interior Fraser Coho or Steelhead salmon.
 
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Coastwide Recreational Fisheries:
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For the recreational fishery, the annual aggregate limit for Chinook salmon is 
ten (10) coastwide in all tidal waters.

Further information on specific management actions will be communicated by 
separate Fishery Notices. You can view or subscribe to fisheries notices at:  
http://notices.dfo-mpo.gc.ca/fns-sap/index-eng.cfm 


FOR MORE INFORMATION:

Contact your local DFO office
http://www.dfo-mpo.gc.ca/contact/regions/pacific-pacifique-eng.html

Fisheries & Oceans Operations Center - FN0731
Sent July 31, 2019 at 1626

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