British Columbia Sport Fishing Regulations, 1996 (SOR/96-137)

Regulations are current to 2013-05-20 and last amended on 2010-05-27. Previous Versions

 No person shall set, operate or leave unattended in the water any ring net or any crab, shrimp or octopus trap unless the tag, float or buoy attached to the ring net or trap bears the operator’s name.

  • SOR/2002-380, s. 6.

PART IV

FISHING FOR SALMON IN TIDAL AND NON-TIDAL WATERS

Application

 This Part applies to fishing for salmon in tidal and non-tidal waters.

Close Times

 No person shall fish for salmon of a species set out in column I of an item of Schedule VI, in any Subarea, lake or stream, during the close time set out in column V of that item.

Daily Quotas for Individual Species

 No person shall catch and retain in a day more salmon of a species set out in column I of an item of Schedule VI, of an overall length set out in column III of that item, in any Subarea, lake or stream, than the daily quota set out in column IV of that item.

Aggregate Daily Quotas

  •  (1) No person shall catch and retain in a day, in any Subarea, lake or stream, more than

    • (a) four hatchery chinook salmon and wild chinook salmon, in the aggregate, that measure 50 cm or less in overall length;

    • (b) two hatchery chinook salmon and wild chinook salmon, in the aggregate, that measure more than 50 cm in overall length;

    • (c) four hatchery chinook salmon and wild chinook salmon, in the aggregate;

    • (d) four hatchery coho salmon and wild coho salmon, in the aggregate, that measure 35 m or less in overall length;

    • (e) two hatchery coho salmon and wild coho salmon, in the aggregate, that measure more than 35 m in overall length; or

    • (f) four hatchery coho salmon and wild coho salmon, in the aggregate.

  • (2) No person shall catch and retain in a day more than four salmon, in the aggregate, from all waters.

  • SOR/2001-156, s. 10(E).

Monthly Quota for Chinook Salmon

 No person shall catch and retain in a month in any lake or stream, more than 10 chinook salmon, in the aggregate, that measure more than 50 cm in overall length.

  • SOR/2002-380, s. 7(E).

Aggregate Annual Quotas

 No person shall catch and retain in a year more than:

  • (a) 20 chinook salmon, in the aggregate, from the waters of Subareas 19-1 to 19-4 and 20-5 to 20-7;

  • (b) 15 chinook salmon, in the aggregate, from the waters of Area 12 (not including Subarea 12-14), Areas 13 to 18, Area 19 (not including Subareas 19-1 to 19-4), Area 28 and Area 29 (not including the tidal portion of the Fraser River);

  • (c) 10 chinook salmon that measure more than 50 cm in overall length from the tidal portion of the Fraser River;

  • (d) 30 chinook salmon, in the aggregate, from all tidal waters, not including chinook salmon that measure 50 cm or less in overall length that are taken from the tidal portion of the Fraser River; or

  • (e) 10 chinook salmon that measure more than 50 cm in overall length from all non-tidal waters.