Finfish Species and Limits Table
(Other than salmon)

This table is a guideline only. Expect in-season changes.

During the year, a number of important regulation changes may happen in specific waters. Immediately prior to fishing, refer back to this table and check the fishing area you will be fishing in for closures and updates that affect limits.

For Fraser River salmon, go to the Fraser River Salmon Limits.

You may also check with your local DFO office for possible regulation changes or phone 604-666-2828.

Species	Area	Daily Limit	Open Times	Gear	Management Measures
Codfish	1 to 29	8	Apr 1 - Mar 31	Hook and line, spear	Includes: Pacific Cod, Pollock and Hake. Does not include Lingcod.
Eulachon	1 to 29	0	Closed	N/A	Due to conservation concerns harvesting of eulachon is prohibited.
Greenling	1 to 29	3	Apr 1 - Mar 31	Hook and line, spear
Halibut	1 to 29	See coastwide halibut measures for 2013.
Herring	1 to 29	20 kg	Apr 1 - Mar 31	Dip net, herring jib, herring rake, cast net	Harvesting of herring roe from marine plants or plants placed in the water for the purpose of harvesting herring roe is prohibited.
Lingcod	1 to 10, 101 to 110, 130 & 142	3	Apr 1 - Mar 31	Hook and line, spear
	12-1 to 12-3, 12-5 to 12-48, 20	1	TBA	Hook and line, spear	Annual limit of ten (10). Minimum length is 65 cm with head on and 53 cm for head off including the tail. Subarea 12-4 excluded. Area 20 east of a line from Sheringham Point to the International Boundary.
	13 to 19, Subarea 29-5	1	TBA	Hook and line, spear	Annual limit of ten (10). Minimum length is 65 cm with head on and 53 cm for head off including the tail. Record catch on your licence.
	11, 12-4, 20* to 27	3	Apr 1 - Nov 15	Hook and line, spear	* Area 20 west of a line from Sheringham Point to the International Boundary.
	28, 29 (except for Subarea 29-5)	0	Closed	N/A	Due to conservation concerns there is no fishing for lingcod in these areas.
Mackerel	1 to 29	100	Apr 1 - Mar 31	Hook and line, dip net, herring jig, cast net
Northern Anchovy	1 to 29	20 kg	Apr 1 - Mar 31	Hook and line, dip net, herring jig, cast net	See gear in Points to Remember for restrictions that pertain to dipnets.
Pacific Sand Lance	1 to 29	5 kg	Apr 1 - Mar 31	Hook and line, dip net, herring jig, cast net	Also known as Needlefish. See gear in Points to Remember for restrictions that pertain to dipnets.
Pacific Sardine	1 to 29	100	Apr 1 - Mar 31	Hook and line, dip net, herring jig, cast net	Also known as Pilchard. See gear in Points to Remember for restrictions that pertain to dipnets.
Perch	1 to 29	8	Apr 1 - Mar 31	Hook and line	Includes all species of perch, pile perch and shiners.
Rockfish	1 to 10	5	Apr 1 - Mar 31	Hook and line, spear	Aggregate daily limit for all rockfish is 5, no more than 3 may be yelloweye.
	12 to 20*	1	TBA	Hook and line, spear	*Special management zone in Area 20 that applies here is east of a line from Sheringham Point to the International boundary.
	13 to 19, Subarea 29-5	1	TBA	Hook and line, spear
	11, 20* to 27	3	Apr 1 - Mar 31	Hook and line, spear	Aggregate daily limit for all rockfish is 3, no more than 2 may be yelloweye. *Special management zone in Area 20 that applies here is west of a line from Sheringham Point to the International boundary.
	28, 29-1 to 29-4 and 29-6 to 29-17	0	Closed	N/A	Due to conservation concerns, there is no fishing for rockfish.
Rockfish: Bocaccio	Management measures for bocaccio rockfish are being considered. Notice of future measures to protect bocaccio will be posted here. Details
Sablefish	1 to 29	4	Apr 1 - Mar 31	Hook and line	Also known as Blackcod.
Sculpin	1 to 29	8	Apr 1 - Mar 31	Hook and line	Includes Cabezon, Pacific Staghorn Sculpin and all other sculpin species.
Shark including Basking, Tope, Bluntnose, Sixgill, Blue, Brown Cat and Great White	1 to 29	0	Closed	N/A	There is no fishing for these species of shark.
Salmon Shark	1 to 29	1	Apr 1 - Mar 31	Hook and line,  spear fishing while diving.
Spiny Dogfish	1 to 29	4	Apr 1 - Mar 31	Hook and line
All other shark species	1 to 29	0	Closed	N/A	Other shark species incidentally encountered must be released.
Skate	1 to 29	1	Apr 1 - Mar 31	Hook and line
Smelt	1 to 27	20 kg	Apr 1 - Mar 31	Gill net, dip net	See gear in Points to Remember for restrictions that pertain to dip nets and gill nets.
	28 and 29	20 kg	Aug 16 - Dec 31	Gill net, dip net	Fishery is open only from 8 AM Thursday to 8 AM Monday. See gear in Points to Remember for restrictions that pertain to dip nets and gill nets.
Sole/Flounder	1 to 29	8	Apr 1 - Mar 31	Hook and line, spear fishing while diving	Includes all species of flounder and sole but not halibut.
Sturgeon	1 to 29	0	Apr 1 - Mar 31	Hook and line	Catch and release only.
Trout	1 to 10	2	Apr 1 - Mar 31	Hook and line	Species includes hatchery steelhead only, and hatchery or wild cutthroat, brown and dolly varden. Only 1 fish per day may be greater than 50 cm. Daily limit is 0 in the tidal waters of the Tlell River in Area 2. Minimum length is 30 cm.
	11 to 29	2	Apr 1 - Mar 31	Hook and line	Retention of hatchery marked fish only. No retention of wild fish south of Cape Caution. Minimum length is 30 cm.
Tuna, Albacore	1 to 29	20		Hook and line
Tuna, All other species	1 to 29	20		Hook and line
Wolfeel	1 to 29	0	Apr 1 - Mar 31	N/A	Catch and release only.
Other species	1 to 29	20	Apr 1 - Mar 31	Hook and line