Area 29 (Lower Mainland & Sunshine Coast)

Salmon Limits, Openings & Closures

  • Combined daily limit for all salmon species from all waters: 4
  • Coastwide daily limit for chinook: 2
Salmon Limits, Openings & Closures
Species Subarea Min Size Daily Limit Possession Limit Annual Limit Season Gear
Chinook
 Additional info		   62 cm. 2 4 15 April 1 - March 31 Barbless Hook & Line
Chum   30 cm 4 8 N/A April 1 - March 31 Barbless Hook & Line
Hatchery Coho
(Marked)		 29-3 and 29-10 30 cm 2 4 N/A April 1 - March 31
 Barbless Hook & Line
Hatchery Coho
(Marked)		   See below for in-season decisions June 1 - December 31 Barbless Hook & Line
Wild Coho
   See below for in-season decisions June 1-December 31 Barbless Hook & Line
Pink   30 cm 4 8 N/A Apilr 1-March 31 Barbless Hook & Line
Sockeye   See below for in-season decisions April 1-March 31 Barbless Hook & Line

Gear Restriction: in Area 29 other than the tidal portion of the Fraser River angling gear permitted for salmon fishing shall include a lure or bait with only one single barbless hook.

Chinook

  • Subareas 29-6, 29-7, 29-9 and 29-10: until July 15, 2013: non-retention of chinook salmon. FN0379  2013-05-16
  • 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
  • Annual limit of 15 chinook from the waters of Areas 28 and 29. Also see the annual limit for the tidal waters of the Fraser River.
  • 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.
  • All year - Subareas 29-3 and 29-10
  • No retention of coho in the tidal waters of the Fraser River until mid-October.

Pink

  • In-season decisions will be posted here.

Sockeye

  • In-season decisions will be posted here.

Finfish (Other than Salmon)

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)

Note: No fishing for lingcod or rockfish (including catch and release) for Areas 28 and 29 (except of Subarea 29-5). FN0305 2013-04-19

Shellfish

Area 29 is closed to the harvest of all bivalve shellfish.

Navigational Closure Tsawassen Ferry Terminal and Deltaport

  • Crab fishing is prohibited in the areas surrounding the Tsawwassen Fery Terminal and Deltaport.
  • Co-ordinates for closure
  • Click on below map illustrating closure to enlarge

Map: Crab fishing Closure Deltaport

Permanent shellfish closures due to sanitary contamination:

  • Boundary, Mud and Semiahmoo Bays
  • Chaster Creek to Gower Point
  • Sand Heads to U.S. Boundary by Tsawwassen
  • Sergeant Bay
  • Whaler Bay

All Species, Closures and Special Measures

Rockfish Conservation Areas

Galiano Island North
Halibut Bank
Mayne Island North
McCall Bank
Valdes Island East

RCAs are closed to all recreational fishing except:

  • invertebrates by hand picking or dive
  • crab by trap
  • shrimp/prawn by trap
  • smelt by gillnet

Tidal boundaries on rivers in Areas 28 and 29

Brunette River: Burlington Northern Railway Bridge
Campbell River: Burlington Northern Railway Bridge
Capilano River: BCR Bridge
Chapman Creek: Highway 101 Bridge
Coquitlam River: Mary Hill Bypass Bridge
Fraser River: CPR Bridge at Mission
Kanaka Creek: CPR Bridge
Nathan Creek: CNR Bridge
Nicomekl River: Burlington Northern Railway Bridge
Pitt River: CPR Bridge
Serpentine River: Burlington Northern Railway Bridge
Seymour River: CNR Bridge
Squamish River: A line between signs on the rock bluff on the west side of the river mouth, on a piling in the river mouth, and at the site of the former FMC chemical plant on the east side of the river mouth.
Stave River: CPR Bridge
West Creek: CN Railway Bridge
Whonnock Creek: CP Rail line
York Creek: CP Rail line