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Species |
Min Size |
Daily Limit |
Possess. Limit |
Annual Limit |
Season Open |
Gear Permitted |
Chinook | 62 cm | 2 | 4 | 15 | All Year | Hook & Line |
Chum | 30 cm | 4 | 8 | N/A | All Year | Hook & Line |
Hatchery Coho | 30 cm | 2 | 4 | N/A | June 1-Dec 31 | Hook & Line |
Pink | 30 cm | 4 | 8 | N/A | All Year | Hook & Line |
Sockeye | 30 cm | To be determined | To be determined | N/A | All Year | Hook & Line |
The combined daily limit for all species of Pacific salmon from tidal waters is 4. Coastwide daily limit for chinook is 2. Aggregate daily limit for all species of Pacific salmon from tidal and non-tidal waters combined is 4. |
Chinook
Coho
For other finfish limits, please visit the species and limits table.
Barbless hooks are required when fishing for ALL finfish in the tidal waters of the Fraser River.
Rockfish Conservation Areas | |
McCall Bank | Halibut Bank |
Valdes Island East |
Galiano Island North |
Rockfish and lingcod: Effective October 1, 2008, the recreational fishery for lingcod and rockfish by hook and line and dive in Areas 13 to 19, 28 and 29 and Subareas 20-5, 20-6 and 20-7 is closed. Listed on 25/04/2007 FN0733
Subareas 29-1 to 29-4 and 29-6 to 29-16 will remain closed to rockfish and lingcod for the remainder of the year. Listed on 22/04/2008 FN0270
Halibut: Effective March 1, 2009, recreational fishing for halibut will be opened coastwide. The daily limit at the start of the season is one (1) per day with a possession limit of two (2). Listed on 27/02/2009 FN0111
See the Shellfish Table for limits.
Please see important Additional Shellfish Information.
Be sure to check for both PSP and Sanitary Contamination Closures if you plan on consuming any shellfish.
Subareas 29-6 to 29-11 (Boundary Bay and the mouth of the Fraser River) are closed to the harvest of bivalve molluscs, all year.
Shellfish Contamination
Chaster Creek to Gower Point; Boundary, Mud and Semiahmoo Bays;
Sand Heads to U.S. Boundary by Tsawwassen; Sergeant Bay; and Whaler Bay.
Brunette River: Burlington Northern Railway Bridge
Campbell River: Burlington Northern Railway Bridge
Capilano River: BCR Bridge
Coquitlam River: Mary Hill Bypass Bridge
Fraser River: CPR Bridge at Mission
Kanaka Creek: CPR Bridge
Nathan Creek: CNR Bridge
Nicomekl River: Burlington Northern Railway Bridge
Pitt River: CPR Bridge
Serpentine River: Burlington Northern Railway Bridge
Seymour River: CNR Bridge
Squamish River: A line drawn true west from the tip of the Squamish Dyke
(Windsurfer Spit).
Stave River: CPR Bridge
West Creek: CN Railway Bridge
Whonnock Creek: CP Rail line
York Creek: CP Rail line
The tidal portion of the Fraser River includes the Fraser River downstream of the CPR bridge at Mission to a line drawn from a fishing boundary sign near the entrance to Canoe Passage, thence to a fishing boundary sign on Westham Island, thence following the westerly shoreline of Westham Island and Reifel Island to Pelly Point on Reifel Island, thence to Garry Point on Lulu Island, thence following the westerly shoreline of that island to the most northwesterly point of Lulu Island, thence to the most southwesterly point of Sea Island; thence following the westerly shoreline of that island to the Iona Island Road Causeway, thence following that causeway and continuing in a straight line in a northerly direction to a fishing boundary sign on the north shore of Iona Island, thence in a straight line in a northerly direction to a fishing boundary sign on the mainland. It also includes those waters of the Pitt River downstream of the CPR Bridge.
It is prohibited to use more than one line when sport fishing in the tidal waters of the Fraser River. While only one line per angler may be used, gear designed to catch a maximum of two fish at one time (bar rig) is permitted in this area, provided that two single barbless hooks are being used.
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