Area 16 (Sechelt Inlet/Jervis Inlet/Texada Island)

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
Chum	30 cm	4	8	N/A	April 1 - March 31	Barbless Hook & Line
Hatchery Coho (Marked)	30 cm	2	4	N/A	June 1 - December 31	Barbless Hook & Line
Wild Coho	30 cm	See below for in-season decisions.			June 1 - December 31	Barbless Hook & Line
Pink	30 cm	4	8	N/A	April 1 - March 31	Barbless Hook & Line
Sockeye	30 cm	See below for in-season decisions.			April 1 - March 31	Barbless Hook & Line

• Only a single barbless hook may be used in the tidal portions of all streams.

Chinook

• 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 16

Crab restrictions

• The waters of Gunboat Bay inside a line from the B.C. Hydro lines at the entrance to Gunboat Bay, are closed to harvesting crab, all year.
• It is prohibited to use any gear other than ring nets or dip nets
  • in Pender Harbour, east of a line between Henry Point and Francis Peninsula; and
  • in the waters of Bargain Bay
    • inside a line that begins at 49°36.995′N 124°01.988′W [Bargain Narrows] then true south to 49°36.985′N 124°01.988′W [Bargain Narrows] then southerly following the shoreline to 49°36.315′N 124°02.238′W [Francis Peninsula] then to 49°36.447′N 124°01.901′W [Edgecombe I.] then to 49°36.527′N 124°01.695′W [Sechelt Peninsula] then northerly following the shoreline to the beginning point.

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

All Species, Closures and Special Measures

Closed to fishing for all finfish, June 15 to September 15:

• The waters at the mouth of Sakinaw Creek, east of a line between boundary signs on the north and south sides of Sakinaw Bay.