Pacific Fishery Regulations, 1993 (SOR/93-54)

Regulations are current to 2013-04-29 and last amended on 2013-03-08. Previous Versions

Salmon Size Limits

  • 55. (1) No person who is trolling for salmon shall catch and retain a coho salmon that is less than

    • (a) 30 cm in length, measured from the tip of the nose to the fork of the tail; or

    • (b) where the head has been removed, 26 cm in length, measured along the shortest length of the body to the fork of the tail.

  • (2) No person who is trolling for salmon shall

    • (a) in any area seaward of the surfline or in any of Areas 1 to 12 or 19 to 27, catch and retain a chinook salmon that is less than

      • (i) 67 cm in length, measured from the tip of the nose to the fork of the tail, or

      • (ii) where the head has been removed, 56 cm in length, measured along the shortest length of the body to the fork of the tail; or

    • (b) in any of Areas 13 to 18, 28 or 29, catch and retain a chinook salmon that is less than

      • (i) 62 cm in length, measured from the tip of the nose to the fork of the tail, or

      • (ii) where the head has been removed, 51 cm in length, measured along the shortest length of the body to the fork of the tail.

Salmon Trolling

  • 56. (1) [Repealed, SOR/99-296, s. 15]

  • (2) [Repealed, SOR/96-330, s. 3]

  • (3) and (4) [Repealed, SOR/99-296, s. 15]

  • (5) No person shall, while trolling in an area in which trolling for a species of salmon is prohibited, have on board a vessel any salmon of that species.

  • SOR/96-330, s. 3;
  • SOR/99-296, s. 15.

Salmon Gill Nets

  • 57. (1) No person shall fish for salmon in the waters set out in column I of an item of the table to this section during the close time set out in column II of that item from a vessel where the aggregate length of gill net on the drum or drums of the vessel and in the water is greater than the net length set out in column III of that item.

    TABLE

    ItemColumn IColumn IIColumn III
    WatersClose TimeNet Length
    1.Stikine RiverAll Year135 m
    2.Subarea 23-1(a) Aug. 14 to Sept. 30(a) 183 m
    (b) Oct. 1 to Aug. 13(b) 375 m
    3.Area 22(a) Jan. 1 to Sept. 30(a) 183 m
    (b) Oct. 1 to Dec. 31(b) 375 m
    4.Area 20All Year550 m
    5.Any waters not referred to in items 1 to 4All Year375 m

  • (2) No person who is fishing for salmon shall

    • (a) set a gill net in the water and leave it unattended; or

    • (b) use an anchored gill net in any waters except those of Subarea 10-11 or the Taku or Stikine Rivers.

  • (3) [Repealed, SOR/97-365, s. 1]

  • (4) [Repealed, SOR/94-391, s. 4]

  • SOR/94-391, s. 4;
  • SOR/97-365, s. 1.