FN0490 Recreational Chinook Salmon Daily Limits in the North Coast Areas 3 to 5

FN0490-RECREATIONAL – Salmon – North Coast – Areas 3 to 5 – Chinook Salmon Daily Limits

Effective May 31, 2020 at 23:59:59 hours through July 14, 2020 at 23:59:59, recreational daily limit for Chinook salmon in Areas 3, 4, and 5 will be reduced one (1) Chinook per day. The Daily limit for Chinook salmon will return to two (2) per day on July 15, 2020.

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These management measures are being implemented to address on-going concerns for Skeena Chinook.

Variation Order Number: 2020-RFQ-235

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Notes:

Possession limits are two times the daily limits.

Barbless hooks are required when fishing for salmon in tidal waters of British Columbia.

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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.

Anglers are advised to check http://bcsportfishguide.ca for fishing closures and other recreational fishing information.

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 Google search key words “Recfish Licence”.