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Rockfish Conservation Areas
Area 17 - Saltspring Island North - Chart 3463

This map is for information only and should not be used for fishing, navigation or other purposes.

Map - Saltspring Island North

Those waters of Subareas 17-2 and 17-6 that lie inside a line that:

begins at 48°56.000'N 123°35.850'W Saltspring Island
then to 48°56.343'N 123°36.165'W Grappler Rock Light
then to 48°57.533'N 123°35.486'W most norhterly of the Secretary Islands

then following the southerly shoreline in an easterly direction to the intersection with the parallel passing through 48°57.600' north latitude, then true east to the most southerly of the Secretary Islands, then following the westerly shoreline in a southerly direction:

to 48°57.400'N 123°34.628'W Secretary Islands
then to 48°57.398'N 123°34.453'W Chivers Point
then following the westerly
shoreline of Wallace island to
48°55.895'N 123°32.102'W Panther Point
then to 48°55.183'N 123°32.904'W Saltspring Island

then northerly and westerly following the shoreline of Saltspring Island to the beginning point.

Regulations

Prohibited fisheries activities

The fisheries activities listed below are restricted in order to help protect rockfish from mortality and to support their conservation. By following regulations in Rockfish Conservation Areas, you are actively helping to protect these species.

Commercial harvesters may not fish for:

  • salmon by troll
  • groundfish by means of bottom trawl, hook and line, mid-water trawl, or trap
  • tuna by hook and line
  • shrimp by trawl

Recreational fishers may not fish for:

  • any species by spearfishing
  • groundfish by angling
  • salmon by trolling, jigging or mooching
  • octopus by angling
  • squid by jigging

Permitted fisheries activities

Some other fisheries activities may be allowed in RCAs. Check our fishery notice system and our sport fishing guide for current details about fishing opportunities, closures and regulations in the area you want to fish in. Make sure you know and follow your conditions of licence every time you head out to fish.

The use of descending devices is mandatory when recreational anglers release rockfish. Learn more about barotrauma and how you can help protect rockfish.

Related links

Learn more about rockfish and Rockfish Conservation Areas

RCA inset map Saltspring Island North

Click on the map above to see other RCAs in this region.

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