Area 13 (Campbell River and Cortes/Sonora/Quadra Islands)

Salmon Limits, Openings and Closures

• Combined daily limit for all salmon species from all waters: 4
• Coastwide daily limit for chinook: 2

Salmon Limits, Openings & Closures

Species	Min Size	Daily Limit	Possession Limit	Annual Limit	Season	Gear
Chinook Additional info	62 cm	2	4	30	April 1 - March 31	Barbless Hook & Line Additional restrictions
Chum	30 cm	4	8	N/A	April 1 - March 31	Barbless Hook & Line Additional restrictions
Hatchery Coho (Marked)	30 cm	2	4	N/A	June 1 - December 31	Barbless Hook & Line Additional restrictions
Wild Coho	30 cm	See below for in-season decisions.			June 1 - December 31	Barbless Hook & Line Additional restrictions
Pink	30 cm	4	8	N/A	April 1 - March 31	Barbless Hook & Line Additional restrictions
Sockeye	30 cm	See below for in-season decisions.			April 1 - March 31	Barbless Hook & Line Additional restrictions

Gear Restrictions

• July 15 to September 30
  • All Salmon
  • Subareas 13-3 and 13-5 - waters of Discovery Passage and the Campbell River between Orange Point, Hidden Harbour breakwater and Quadra Island.
  • No person shall angle with a fishing line or downrigger line which is attached to a weight that is greater than 168 grams (6 ounces) or an attracting device that is not affixed directly to a hook.

Tyee Pool Motor Power Restriction

Between July 15 and September 15 vessels under motor power are prohibited in the Tyee Pool

• Includes those waters bounded on the south by a line from a sign bearing the graphic of a crossed-out propeller on Tyee Spit 185 m east in line with Shag Rock on Quadra Island, on the north by a line from the tip of Tyee Spit 185 m east in line with April Point and on the west by a line from the low water mark between the north and south boundaries.
  
• Ordered under regulations of the Canada Shipping Act.

Chinook

• June 1 ( FN0309 2013-04-19) to September 30: No retention of chinook in Subarea 13-22 waters in Bute Inlet from Alpha Bluff to Littleton Point and across to boundary signs to the head of the inlet.
• Keeping your chinook salmon? You must record (in ink) all retained catch on your Tidal Waters Sport Fishing Licence.

Coho

• Hatchery coho (marked): Coho salmon with a healed scar in place of the adipose fin.
• Coho in-season decisions will be posted here.

Sockeye

• Sockeye in-season decisions will be posted here.

Finfish (Other than Salmon)

For finfish limits, check the species and limits table

Halibut: 2013 and 2013 coastwide limits plus closure and opening dates.

Lingcod in Areas: 12-1 to 12-13, 12-15 to 12-48, 13 to 19, 20-5 to 20-7 and 29-5.

Closed: Until April 30, 2013
Open: May 1 - Sept. 30, 2013
Limits, sizes and gear:
Daily limit: one
Possession limit: two
Size limit: 65cm
Annual limit: ten
Gear: angling (hook and line) and spear fishing while diving.

Rockfish in Areas: 12 to 19, 20-5 to 20-7 and 29-5

Closed: Until April 30, 2013
Open: May 1 - Sept. 30, 2013
Limits, sizes and gear:
Daily limit: one
Possession limit: two
Size limit: none
Annual limite: none
Gear: angling (hook and line) and spear fishing while diving.
(Rockfish and Yelloweye Rockfish in the aggregate)

FN0305 2013-04-19

Shellfish

• BC-Wide Shellfish Limits Table
• Before you harvest shellfish check
  • Red Tide (PSP) and Sanitary Contamination Closures for Area 13

The waters within 0.5 nautical miles of Mitlenatch Island, are closed to harvesting clams and oysters, all year.

The waters of Discovery Passage and the Campbell River bounded by a line east of Orange Point to the middle of the channel then southeast to the intersection of a line east to a marker on Tyee Spit, are closed to crab harvesting all year.

Due to sanitary contamination concerns, there is no harvesting of bivalve shellfish in:

Dioxin contamination

Campbell River (Elk Falls)

• consumption of crab hepatopancreas harvested from Discovery Passage should not exceed 100 g/week
• this includes waters north of a line from the Cape Mudge Lighthouse on Quadra Island true west to the shore of Vancouver Island and south of a line from Separation Head (Quadra Island) true west to Vancouver Island
• harvesters are reminded that the mouth of the Campbell River is closed to all crab fishing all year

Deepwater Bay

• consumption of crab hepatopancreas should not exceed 100 g/week in the waters of Deepwater Bay
• this includes waters southeast of a line from Separation Head on Quadra Island 50° true to the opposite shore.

Quadra Island

• Crab hepatopancreas should not be consumed from the area bounded by the eastern shore of Quadra Island from Francisco Point, thence 5 km north along the shore, thence east from the shoreline to the 200 m contour.
• Consumption of crab hepatopancreas should not exceed 135 g/week in the waters east of a line on Quadra Island from Chonat Point south to the opposite bay (Chonat Bay) and from Kanish Bay, Quadra Island, east of a line from Granite Point to Bodega Point.

Sonora Island/Owen Bay

• consumption of crab hepatopancreas should not exceed 13 g/week in the waters north of a line extending from Walters Point on Sonora Island true east to a point on the opposite shore (Owen Bay).

All Species, Closures and Special Measures

NOTICE TO DIVERS
The following waters are closed to the harvest of all marine life by divers for the preservation of unique underwater habitat:

• Discovery Passage, in the Campbell River Area, bounded by a straight line from North Bluff on Quadra Island, across Seymour Narrows and south by a line from the light on the end of the south government dock breakwater at Campbell River to Cape Mudge Lighthouse.

Closed to all finfish fishing all year

• The waters in Loughborough Inlet from Cosby Point to head of inlet.
• Deepwater Bay inside a line from a fishing boundary sign at Separation Head to a fishing boundary sign at the northerly entrance of Deepwater Bay
• Subarea 13-24 [The waters of Phillips Arm northerly of a line from Hewitt Point north easterly to Shirley Creek on the opposite shore]

Closed to all finfish fishing June 1 to December 31

• The waters of Salmon Bay bounded on the north by a line from Graveyard Point to the ferry landing on the opposite shore, and on the south by the downstream side of the first bridge upstream on the Salmon River.

Closed to all finfish fishing June 30 to October 31

• The waters of Village Bay inside a line from a fishing boundary sign at the north entrance of Village Bay, Quadra Island, to a boundary sign at the south entrance of Village Bay.

Closed to all finfish fishing from July 15 to August 31

• Those waters inside a line from the float at the Cape Mudge Indian Village on Quadra Island to the Cape Mudge Light on Quadra Island.
• Specific co-ordinates for this closure.

Closed to all finfish fishing October 1 to October 31

• Discovery Passage and the Campbell River waters
• includes from inside a line true east of the fishing boundary sign at Orange Point to the middle of the channel, then southeasterly down the middle of the channel to the intersection of a line running from a boundary sign on the southern end of Hidden Harbour breakwater, then true east to Quadra Island.
• excludes the Campbell River Discovery Pier. The area around the Discovery Pier will remain open inside a line running true east 50 m into Discovery Passage at the north end of the pier, then southeasterly down the Discovery Passage to the intersection of a line running true east 50 m at the south end of the Discovery Pier.