Areas 25 and 125 (Nootka Sound/Esperanza Inlet)

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	45 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

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.

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

Shellfish

• BC-Wide Shellfish Limits Table
• Before you harvest shellfish check
  • Red Tide (PSP) and Sanitary Contamination Closures for Area 25

Area 125 is closed to the harvest of all bivalve shellfish.

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

Dioxin contamination - Gold River

Consumption of crab hepatopancreas should not exceed 70g/week in those waters of Muchalat Inlet lying east of the Gold River Harbour limit, and in those waters of Muchalat Inlet lying east of a line between Anderson Point and Atrevida Point.

All Species, Closures and Special Measures

July 15 to October 15 closed to fishing for all finfish:

• Subarea 25-1 (Waters of Muchalat Inlet lying east of the Gold River Harbour Limit)
• Portion of Subarea 25-4 inside a line drawn between square white fishing boundary signs on opposite sides of the entrance to Hisnit Inlet
• Portion of Subarea 25-4 east of a line from a boundary sign located on Bligh Island at Concepcion Point to a boundary sign on the opposite shore of Hanna Channel to a boundary sign in Subarea 25-14 in Zuciarte Channel across to a boundary sign on the opposite shore of Zuciarte Channel.
• Portion of Subarea 25-5 inside a line drawn between square white fishing boundary signs on opposite sides of the entrance to Nesook Bay
• Portion of Subarea 25-5 inside a line drawn between square white fishing boundary signs on the opposite sides of the entrance to Head Bay
• Portion of Subarea 25-8 northwest of a line drawn between a boundary sign located on Nootka Island, northwest of Bodega Island to a boundary sign on the opposite shore of Tahsis Inle
• Portion of Subarea 25-9 in Zeballos Inlet northwest of a line drawn from a flashing green light on Vancouver Island to a boundary sign located on the opposite shore of Zeballos Inlet
• All of Subarea 25-10
• Portion of Subarea 25-11 [Espinosa Inlet] northwest of a line drawn from a point located on Vancouver Island to a boundary sign located on the opposite shore of Espinosa Inlet
• All of Subarea 25-12
• All of Subarea 25-16