The current status of the Fraser River Sockeye salmon return provides for recreational Sockeye retention opportunities in the Fraser River. Waters:  Non-tidal waters of the Fraser River from the downstream side of the CPR Bridge at Mission, BC to the Highway 1 Bridge at Hope, BC. Management measures: Effective September 9 until September 18, 2022: The daily limit for Sockeye salmon is two (2). You may not retain Chinook, Coho, Chum, or Pink salmon. You may not use bait when fishing for salmon. Daily Limits:  The aggregate daily limit for all species of Pacific salmon from tidal and ..read more

The current status of the Fraser River Sockeye salmon return provides for recreational Sockeye retention opportunities in the Tidal Waters of the Fraser River. Waters:  Tidal waters of the Fraser River (downstream edge of the CPR Bridge at Mission to the mouth). Management measures: Effective September 9 until September 18, 2022: The daily limit for Sockeye salmon is four (4). You may not retain Chinook, Coho, Chum, or Pink salmon. You may not use bait when fishing for salmon. Daily Limits:  The aggregate daily limit for all species of Pacific salmon from tidal and non-tidal waters ..read more

The Fraser River Panel met August 30, 2022, to receive an update on the migration of the Fraser Sockeye run to date and review the status of migration conditions in the Fraser River watershed. Recent marine test fishing catches in the Area 12 purse seine have remained low over the last 4 days ranging between 128 and 366. It should be noted that the Area 12 purse seine test vessel did not fish on August 27 due to weather and only 5 sets and 4 sets were completed on August 26 and August 29, respectively. Recent test fishing catches in Juan de Fuca have also been low over the last 4 days with cat ..read more

Effective one hour before sunrise on August 29, 2022 until one hour after sunset on September 15, 2022, you may retain two (2) Sockeye salmon per day in that portion of the Nechako River from the downstream edge of the Foothills Boulevard Bridge to the boundary signs at the confluence with the Fraser River. Fishing is permitted during daylight hours only. Day light hours only refers to one hour before sunrise to one hour after sunset. Reference to sunrise and sunset means the times for those events as calculated by the National Research Council of Canada and published daily at https://weather ..read more

Effective one hour before sunrise on August 29, 2022 until one hour after sunset on September 15, 2022, you may retain two (2) Sockeye salmon per day in that the portion of Quesnel Lake known as Horsefly Bay, inside a line connecting white triangular fishing boundary signs located on opposite shorelines at the entrance to the bay. Fishing is permitted during daylight hours only. Day light hours only refers to one hour before sunrise to one hour after sunset. Reference to sunrise and sunset means the times for those events as calculated by the National Research Council of Canada and published d ..read more

Effective one hour before sunrise on August 27, 2022, until one hour after sunset on September 15, 2022, you may retain two (2) Sockeye salmon per day in that portion of the Fraser River from the confluence with the Seton River downstream to the fishing boundary signs located on both sides of the river approximately 4 km downstream of the town of Lillooet. Fishing is permitted during daylight hours only. Day light hours only refers to (One hour before sunrise to one hour after sunset). Reference to sunrise and sunset means the times for those events as calculated by the National Research Counc ..read more

Okanagan Sockeye will be entering the Okanagan River to spawn in mid-September. This notice announces the closure of the Osoyoos Lake sockeye fishery. Osoyoos Lake Effective one hour after sunset on August 31, 2022, you may not fish for or retain Sockeye salmon in Osoyoos Lake. Daylight Hours only refers to (One hour before sunrise to one hour after sunset).  Reference to sunrise and sunset means the times for those events as calculated by the National Research Council of Canada and published daily in the Kelowna Daily Courier. This reflects a change to the BC Freshwater Salmon Supplement ..read more

The Fraser River Panel met August 26, 2022, to receive an update on the migration of the Fraser Sockeye run to date and review the status of migration conditions in the Fraser River watershed. Recent marine test fishing catches in the Area 12 purse seine fluctuated with catches of 622, 3,281, and 353 for August 23 to 25, respectively. Recent test fishing catches in Juan de Fuca have declined over the last 3 days, with catches of 2,003, 534 and 210 for August 23 to 25, respectively. It should be noted that the August 25 catch of 210 Sockeye was based on 3 sets and not the typical 6 sets. The ma ..read more

Effective immediately until 23:59 October 15, 2022, the recreational finfish fishing area within Subarea 25-1 will be changed to the following: That portion of Subarea 25-1 located easterly of a line drawn from a point located at 49 ° 40.264’N  126 ° 10.955’W near McCurdy Creek across Muchalat Inlet to the light on Victor Island then to a point located at 49 ° 39.496’N 126 ° 08.581’W; and south westerly of a line drawn from the Vancouver Island shoreline located at 49 ° 40.790’N 126 ° 07.232’W then southerly to a point located at 49 ° 40.620’N 126 ° 07.087’W then easterly to a point locat ..read more

In the 2022/23 Southern BC Salmon Integrated Fisheries Management Plan (IFMP) the Department proposed the continuation of an assessment fishery to assist in the development of status information for Georgia Basin Coho. The purpose of the assessment is to use additional fishery sampling to support the determination of the status of natural origin Coho. The Department will use Food, Social, and Ceremonial (FSC), and recreational Coho fisheries to collect samples of both marked and unmarked (wild) Coho by allowing some retention of unmarked Coho (in addition to existing hatchery-marked retention ..read more