Fishery Notice - Fisheries and Oceans Canada
Subject: FN0651-RECREATIONAL – Salmon – Chinook – Southwest Vancouver Island – Areas 21 to 24 and 121 to 124 – West Coast Vancouver Island Chinook Management Measures
This notice has been edited to only include Area 23 (Barkley Sound) and Area 123 offshore waters
The following is a description of those Chinook management measures, which include finfish closures, salmon non-retention areas and Chinook non-retention areas for Area 23 (Barkley Sound), and associated offshore waters in Area 123
Area 23
The daily limit is two (2) Chinook, with a minimum size limit of 45cm (17.7inches): Area 23
FINFISH CLOSURES: Effective June 30, 2019 until October 31, 2019 the following areas closed to fishing for all finfish: Uchucklesit Inlet - that portion of Subarea 23-3 northwest of a line between boundary signs at Brooksby Point and Burrough Point Effective August 1, 2019 until September 30, 2019 the following areas closed to fishing for all finfish: Numukamis Bay - that portion of Subarea 23-4 inside a line from a boundary sign on the eastern shore near the entrance to Poett Nook harbour to San Jose Islets light then to a boundary sign on Vancouver Island 0.3 nm east of the southern tip of Congreve Island. Rainy Bay - that portion of Subarea 23-4 northeast of a line between a boundary sign at Chup Point and a boundary sign on Seddall Island excluding the channel draining Fatty Basin. San Mateo Bay - that portion of Subarea 23-3 northeast of a line between a boundary sign at Mutine Point and the Chup Point light and southwest of a line drawn between Star Point and a boundary sign near the mouth of Handy Creek. Nahmint Bay - that portion of Subarea 23-2 north of a line between a boundary sign near Chesnucknuw Creek west to a boundary sign on the opposite shore and southwest of a line drawn from Hocking Point 127 degrees true to a boundary sign on the opposite shore. Toquart Bay - that portion of Subarea 23-10 shoreward of a line beginning at a point on the Vancouver Island shoreline located at 49 degrees 01.170’N and 125 degrees 21.497’W then to the southern tip of Snowden Island then across to the southern tip of Refuge Island then ending at a point on the Vancouver Island shoreline located at 49 degrees 01.691’N and 125 degrees 18.624’W CHINOOK NON-RETENTION AREAS: Effective August 1, 2019 until September 30, 2019 the following areas are Chinook non-retention areas: Approach waters to Nahmint - that portion of Subarea 23-3 east of a line drawn between Star Point and a boundary sign near the mouth of Handy Creek, and south of a line drawn between a boundary sign near Chesnucknuw Creek to a boundary sign on the opposite shore Effingham Inlet - that portion of Subarea 23-6 shoreward of from a line beginning at a point on the Vancouver Island shoreline at 48 degrees 59.963’N and 125 degrees 11.526’W across to the western tip of Webster Island, continuing along the shoreline to the northeastern tip of Webster Island then across to a point on the Vancouver Island shoreline located at 49 degrees 00.295’N and 125 degrees 10.445’W Area 123 DAILY QUOTA AND SIZE RESTRICTION: That portion of Area 123 seaward of the 1 nm Boundary Line-Effective July 15 to July 31, 2019 the daily limit is two (2) Chinook, with a minimum size limit of 45 cm, and a maximum size limit of 80 cm.
The Boundary Line is approximately 1nm seaward of the surf line.
Full Description of the one (1) nautical mile boundary seaward of the surf line for Areas 123 and 124: The Boundary Line is approximately 1nm seaward of the surf line and is defined as follows: A line that begins at Pachena Point lighthouse at 48 degrees 43.327’ N 125 degrees 05.855’ W then to 48 degrees 42.456’ N 125 degrees 06.583’ W seaward of Pachena Point, then to 48 degrees 46.420’ N 125 degrees 13.997’ W seaward of Cape Beale, then to 48 degrees 54.572’ N 125 degrees 33.622’ W seaward of Amphitrite Point, then to 49 degrees 05.100’ N 125 degrees 54.646’ W seaward of Cox Point, then to 49 degrees 10.280’ N 126 degrees 04.790’ W seaward of Blunden Island, then to 49 degrees 16.472’ N 126 degrees 15.140’ W seaward of Rafael Point, then to 49 degrees 20.008’ N 126 degrees 17.188’ W seaward of Sydney Inlet, then to 49 degrees 23.807’ N 126 degrees 24.483’ W seaward of Hesquiat Point, then to 49 degrees 21.620’ N 126 degrees 28.478’ W seaward of Matlahaw Point, then to 49 degrees 22.113’ N 126 degrees 33.508’ W seaward of Estevan Point. Variation Orders: 2019-RCT-391 and 2019–RFQ-392.