Area 19 (Sidney/Victoria)

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	No retention unless specified below		15/20	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				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

Chinook

• In Subareas 18-1 to 18-6, 18-9 and 18-11, Subarea 19-5, and that portion of Subareas 29-4 and 29-5 that lies south of a line from a point on the east side of Valdes Island located at 49.05.562N/123.39.989W then extending 57 degrees True for 5 nautical miles to a point at 49.08.316N/123.33.669W: until June 14, 2013: 2 chinook per day of which only 1 may be greater than 67 cm. FN0376  2013-05-16
• Subareas 19-1 to 19-4 and Subarea 20-5 (waters near Victoria between Cadboro Point to Sheringham Point): Until June 14, 2013:
  • 2 chinook per day, wild or hatchery marked between 45 cm and 67 cm or hatchery marked greater than 67 cm in length.
  • June 15 - July 19, 2013: 2 chinook per day, wild or hatchery marked less than 85 cm, or hatchery marked greater than 85 cm in length. FN0156 2013-03-13
• The annual limit for chinook caught north of Cadboro Point is 15. The minimum size limit is 62 cm.
• The annual limit for chinook caught south of Cadboro Point is 20. Opening dates for this area will be posted here.
• August 1 to October 15 there is no retention of chinook in the Saanich Inlet (19-7 to 19-10)
• 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.

Closed to fishing for all finfish:

• September 15 to November 30 - Saanich Inlet inside a line from Whiskey Point to Verdier Point (19-8)
• September 1 to November 30 - Waters of Finlayson Arm south of a line drawn east from Christmas Point to the opposite shore.

Non-retention of cutthroat trout all year in the waters of Haro Strait shoreward of a line from the Sidney-Anacortest ferry dock in Sidney to the most easter point of Cordova Spit.

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 19

Prawn and shrimp: Closure and opening dates.

The waters in this area are closed to the harvest of butter clams, all year.

Harvesting of shellfish is prohibited in these waters:

• Ogden Point: Inside a line from the navigation light at the western end of the Ogden Point Causeway then to Brotchie Ledge Light, then to Holland Point on Vancouver Island
• Race Rocks: Within 0.5 nautical miles of Great Race Rock
• Ten Mile Pt: Within 0.4 nautical miles of Cadboro Pt navigation light

Tsehum Harbour
There is a restricted fishing area in the Tsehum Harbour to provide a channel fro navigation. Crab floats (buoys) must remain outside of the restricted area at tall times.

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

Dioxin contamination

• Victoria Harbour
  Consumption of crab hepatopancreas harvested in those waters of Victoria Harbour north of a line from Macaulay Point to the navigation light at the western end of the Ogden Point breakwater to a line from Chapman Point southwesterly to the opposite shore should not exceed 135 g/week.

Shellfish Consumption Advisory: Esquimalt Harbour

In all waters north of a line connecting Fisgard Light House, Scroggs Rocks, and Duntze Head: Maximum weekly intakes for various seafoods recommended by Health Canada.

Seafood	Toddlers (1 to 4 yrs old) Recommended maximum consumption		Adults Recommended maximum consumption
	Grams per week	Meals per week	Grams per week	Meals per week
Dungeness Crab hepatopancreas	24 g	1	109 g	5
Dungeness Crab muscle	200 g	3	905 g	8
Red Rock Crab hepatopancreas	22 g	1	102 g	4
Red Rock Crab muscle	416 g	6	1879 g	18
Sea Urchin roe	288 g	6	1302 g	28
Rockfish muscle	182 g	1.5	825 g	5

All Species, Closures and Special Measures

September 1 to November 30 closed to fishing for all finfish: Those waters of Finlayson Arm southerly of a line drawn true east from Christmas Point to the opposite shore.

September 15 to November 30 closed to fishing for all finfish: Saanich Inlet inside a line from Whiskey Point to Verdier Point.

No retention of cutthroat trout all year in the waters of Haro Strait shoreward of a line from the Sidney-Anacortes ferry dock in Sidney, to the most eastern point of Cordova Spit.

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

• inside a line from the navigation light at the western end of the Ogden Point Causeway thence to Brotchie Ledge Light, thence to Holland Point on Vancouver Island.