Effective immediately until 23:59 October 15, 2022, the recreational finfish fishing area within Subarea 25-1 will be changed to the...
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Neil Cameron / Courier-Islander
March 27, 2013
Both salt water and fresh water fishing licences and various conservation tags are due by April 1, but Department of Fisheries and Oceans has said the hard copies of salt water licences will be delayed for at least three weeks.
The new halibut regulations - which...
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Of course sockeye fishing as currently practiced in the Fraser system is sport fishing. Federal government regulations define sport fishing as “fishing for recreational purposes” with anglers prohibited from commercializing their catch by sale, trade or barter.
The current status of the Fraser River Sockeye salmon return provides for recreational Sockeye retention opportunities in the Fraser River....
The 16th annual Family Fishing weekend is coming up June 19-21, 2015
The Storm On Nov. 13, an atmospheric river descended on BC’s south coast and the southwest interior. There were warnings...
Fisheries and Oceans announces details on pinks in the Nanaimo and Departure Bay areas.
See the full Fishery Notice here.
Find that from August 1 to September 30 the daily pink salmon retention limit is at four with retention at zero listed for specific areas.
Within the Notice is a list of important...
The recreational fishery for salmon in the non-tidal waters of the Fraser River will open as noted below. The Department...
Leatherback turtles are listed as endangered under Canada’s Species at Risk Act (SARA) and they have a critically endangered listing on a worldwide basis. They are found in all of the major oceans in the world, except in the most extreme northern and southern latitudes, and consist of four major populations divided into Atlantic, Pacific, Indian and South China Sea groupings. One of the reasons they are so widely distributed is because they have the unique ability amongst reptiles to internally regulate their body heat. This means they can adapt to colder sea temperatures which they encounter once they move away from the tropical latitudes on either side of the equator. These turtles are true ocean wanderers, often following the currents for up to 15,000 km a year. One tagged specimen apparently traveled just over 30,000 km in a single year.
The BC Salmon Integrated Fisheries Management Plans (IFMPs) for 2020/2021 have been released. These plans (one for coastal and interior...