Rockfish Conservation Areas
Area 17 - Trincomali Channel - Chart 3463

Those waters of Subareas 17-2 that lies southeasterly inside a line that:

begins at	48°58.758'N	123°34.125'W	Chivers Point
then to	48°57.394'N	123°34.428'W	Spot Light Cove
then southerly following the Galiano Island shoreline to	48°53.732'N	123°24.648'W	Grey Peninsula
then to	48°53.618'N	123°24.802'W	Parker Island
then following the northerly shoreline of Parker Island to	48°53.594'N	123°25.716'W	Parker Island
then to	48°53.949'N	123°26.513'W	Wise Island
then following the norhterly shoreline of Wise Island to	48°54.187'N	123°26.877'W	Wise Island
then to	48°55.411'N	123°29.667'W	Walker Rock
then to	48°55.900'N	123°32.109'W	Panther Point

then following the northerly shoreline of Wallace Island to the beginning point.

Regulations

Prohibited fisheries activities

The fisheries activities listed below are restricted in order to help protect rockfish from mortality and to support their conservation. By following regulations in Rockfish Conservation Areas, you are actively helping to protect these species.

Commercial harvesters may not fish for:

• salmon by troll
• groundfish by means of bottom trawl, hook and line, mid-water trawl, or trap
• tuna by hook and line
• shrimp by trawl

Recreational fishers may not fish for:

• any species by spearfishing
• groundfish by angling
• salmon by trolling, jigging or mooching
• octopus by angling
• squid by jigging

Permitted fisheries activities

Some other fisheries activities may be allowed in RCAs. Check our fishery notice system and our sport fishing guide for current details about fishing opportunities, closures and regulations in the area you want to fish in. Make sure you know and follow your conditions of licence every time you head out to fish.

The use of descending devices is mandatory when recreational anglers release rockfish. Learn more about barotrauma and how you can help protect rockfish.

Related links

Learn more about rockfish and Rockfish Conservation Areas