Whole in the Water
Well-Known Member
Subject: FN0593-Recreational - Salmon - Chinook Management Measures - Southeast Vancouver Island - Areas 18, 19, 20, - effective August 1, 2025; and Subareas 20-1, 20-2, effective July 15, 2025.
This notice advises fishers of the recreational Chinook fishing opportunities for Areas 18, 19, 20, – effective August 1, 2025. This notice also includes measures in effect July 15, 2025, for Subareas 20-1, 20-2.
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AREA 18 NO FISHING AREAS:
Those waters around the Gulf Islands (portions of Subarea 18-4, 18-5 and 18-11) previously announced are closed to all fishing Effective 00:01 hours June 1 until 23:59 hours November 30, 2025, to support Southern Resident Killer Whale Recovery (see Fishery Notice 0478).
AREA 18 SALMON FISHING CLOSURES:
Those waters around the Gulf Islands (Subarea 18-9, and those portions of 18-2, 18-4, and 18-5) may close to salmon fishing in-season until 23:59 hours November 30, 2025, to support Southern Resident Killer Whale recovery. Please watch for a subsequent Fishery Notice.
AREA 18 FINFISH CLOSURES:
The following areas are closed to fishing for finfish:
Effective 00:01 hours August 1 until 23:59 hours October 15, 2025 - that portion of Subarea 18-7 that lies southerly of a line from a square white boundary sign on Vancouver Island, near 48°46.179’N and 123°34.654’W, to a square white boundary sign on Saltspring Island SE of Burial Islet, near 48°45.992’N and 123°33.777’W, AND northerly of a line from a square white boundary sign on Saltspring Island approximately 1.5 nautical miles ESE of Musgrave Point, near 48°43.982’N and 123°31.418’W, to a square white boundary sign on Vancouver Island approximately 0.5 nautical miles NW of Cherry Point, near 48°43.197’N and 123°33.708’W.
That portion of Subarea 18-8 that lies easterly of a line from a square white boundary sign at Separation Point to a square white boundary sign at Wilcuma Wharf in Cowichan Bay.
Effective 00:01 hours August 1 until 23:59 hours October 31, 2025 – that portion of Subarea 18-8, the waters of Cowichan Bay inside a line from a fishing boundary sign near Separation Point on Vancouver Island to Wilcuma Wharf.
AREA 18 CHINOOK NON-RETENTION AREAS:
Effective 00:01 hours August 1 until 23:59 hours October 15, 2025, the following areas are Chinook non-retention:
Subarea 18-6
That portion of Subarea 18-7 that lies northerly of a line from a square white boundary sign on Vancouver Island, near 48°46.179'N and 123°34.654'W, to a square white boundary sign on Saltspring Island SE of Burial Islet, near 48°45.992'N and 123°33.777'W, AND southerly of a line from a square white boundary sign on Saltspring Island approximately 1.5 nautical miles ESE of Musgrave Point, near 48°43.982'N and 123°31.418'W, to a square white boundary sign on Vancouver Island approximately 0.5 nautical miles NW of Cherry Point, near 48°43.197'N and 123°33.708'W and;
That portion of Subarea 18-8 that lies easterly of a line from a square white boundary sign at Wilcuma Wharf in Cowichan Bay and;
Subarea 18-10
AREA 18 CHINOOK RETENTION OPPORTUNITIES (EXCLUDING THOSE CLOSED AND NON-RETENTION AREAS/PERIODS LISTED ABOVE):
Effective 00:01 hours August 1 to 23:59 hours August 31, 2025: One (1) Chinook per day with a maximum size limit of 80 cm on marked and unmarked Chinook.
Effective 00:01 hours September 1 to 23:59 hours December 31, 2025: Two (2) Chinook per day, no maximum size limit.
REMINDER: Chinook minimum size limit is 62 cm in Area 18.
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AREA 19 NO FISHING AREAS:
Subarea 19-2 is closed to all fishing activity all year due to ongoing pollution.
AREA 19 FINFISH CLOSURES:
The following areas are closed to fishing for finfish:
Effective 00:01 hours September 1 until 23:59 hours November 30, 2025 - Subarea 19-12 [Saanich Inlet, south of Christmas Point].
Effective 00:01 hours September 15 until 23:59 hours November 30, 2025 - Whiskey Point: The waters of Saanich Inlet in Subarea 19-8 inside a line from Whiskey Point to Verdier Point.
AREA 19 CHINOOK NON-RETENTION:
Effective 00:01 hours August 1 until 23:59 hours October 15, 2025, the following areas are Chinook non-retention areas:
Subareas 19-7 to 19-12 [Saanich Inlet]
AREA 19 CHINOOK RETENTION OPPORTUNITIES (EXCLUDING THOSE CLOSED AND NON-RETENTION AREAS/PERIODS LISTED ABOVE):
Effective 00:01 hours August 1 to 23:59 hours August 31, 2025: One (1) Chinook per day with a maximum size limit of 80 cm on marked and unmarked Chinook.
Effective 00:01 hours September 1 to 23:59 hours December 31, 2025: Two (2) Chinook per day, no maximum size limit.
REMINDER: Chinook minimum size limit is 45 cm in Subareas 19-1, 19-3, and 19-4. The Chinook minimum size limit in Subareas 19-5 to 19-12 is 62 cm.
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AREA 20 SALMON FISHING CLOSURES:
Fishers are advised that portions of Subarea 20-1 are closed to salmon fishing from 00:01 hours July 15 to 23:59 hours October 31, 2025. Portions of Subareas 20-4 and 20-5 are closed to salmon fishing from 00:01 hours August 1 to 23:59 hours October 31, 2025. These measures are in place to support Southern Resident Killer Whale Recovery. More details will be announced in a subsequent Fishery Notice.
Area 20 FINFISH CLOSURES:
The following areas are closed to fishing for finfish:
Effective 00:01 hours August 15 until 23:59 hours September 4, 2025 - in Area 20, those waters that are inside a line that begins at a white square boundary sign located approximately .8 nautical miles west of Owen Point, then to 48°32.45’ north latitude and 124°32.05’ west longitude, then to the Port San Juan Light and Whistle Buoy, then to Woods Nose, then across Port San Juan to a white square boundary sign at 48°33.23’ north latitude and 124°28.55’ west longitude.
Area 20 CHINOOK NON-RETENTION AREAS:
Effective 00:01 hours July 15 until 23:59 hours October 25, 2025 - those portions of Subareas 20-1 and 20-2 shoreward of a line between a square white boundary sign at Owen Point, the Port San Juan Light, and Whistle Buoy, and to Woods Nose.
Effective 00:01 hours August 1 until 23:59 hours October 15, 2025 - Subareas 20-6 and 20-7.
AREA 20 CHINOOK RETENTION OPPORTUNITIES (EXCLUDING THOSE CLOSED AND NON-RETENTION PERIODS LISTED ABOVE):
Subareas 20-1 and 20-2 (excluding those portions listed above):
Effective 00:01 hours July 15 to 23:59 hours July 31, 2025: One (1) Chinook per day with a maximum size limit of 80 cm on marked and unmarked Chinook.
Effective 00:01 hours August 1 to 23:59 hours December 31, 2025: Two (2) Chinook per day, no maximum size limit.
Subareas 20-3 to 20-7 (excluding those portions listed above):
Effective 00:01 hours August 1 to 23:59 hours August 31, 2025: One (1) Chinook per day with a maximum size limit of 80 cm on marked and unmarked Chinook.
Effective 00:01 hours September 1 to 23:59 hours December 31, 2025: Two (2) Chinook per day, no maximum size limit.
REMINDER: Chinook minimum size limit is 45 cm in Area 20.
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This notice advises fishers of the recreational Chinook fishing opportunities for Areas 18, 19, 20, – effective August 1, 2025. This notice also includes measures in effect July 15, 2025, for Subareas 20-1, 20-2.
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AREA 18 NO FISHING AREAS:
Those waters around the Gulf Islands (portions of Subarea 18-4, 18-5 and 18-11) previously announced are closed to all fishing Effective 00:01 hours June 1 until 23:59 hours November 30, 2025, to support Southern Resident Killer Whale Recovery (see Fishery Notice 0478).
AREA 18 SALMON FISHING CLOSURES:
Those waters around the Gulf Islands (Subarea 18-9, and those portions of 18-2, 18-4, and 18-5) may close to salmon fishing in-season until 23:59 hours November 30, 2025, to support Southern Resident Killer Whale recovery. Please watch for a subsequent Fishery Notice.
AREA 18 FINFISH CLOSURES:
The following areas are closed to fishing for finfish:
Effective 00:01 hours August 1 until 23:59 hours October 15, 2025 - that portion of Subarea 18-7 that lies southerly of a line from a square white boundary sign on Vancouver Island, near 48°46.179’N and 123°34.654’W, to a square white boundary sign on Saltspring Island SE of Burial Islet, near 48°45.992’N and 123°33.777’W, AND northerly of a line from a square white boundary sign on Saltspring Island approximately 1.5 nautical miles ESE of Musgrave Point, near 48°43.982’N and 123°31.418’W, to a square white boundary sign on Vancouver Island approximately 0.5 nautical miles NW of Cherry Point, near 48°43.197’N and 123°33.708’W.
That portion of Subarea 18-8 that lies easterly of a line from a square white boundary sign at Separation Point to a square white boundary sign at Wilcuma Wharf in Cowichan Bay.
Effective 00:01 hours August 1 until 23:59 hours October 31, 2025 – that portion of Subarea 18-8, the waters of Cowichan Bay inside a line from a fishing boundary sign near Separation Point on Vancouver Island to Wilcuma Wharf.
AREA 18 CHINOOK NON-RETENTION AREAS:
Effective 00:01 hours August 1 until 23:59 hours October 15, 2025, the following areas are Chinook non-retention:
Subarea 18-6
That portion of Subarea 18-7 that lies northerly of a line from a square white boundary sign on Vancouver Island, near 48°46.179'N and 123°34.654'W, to a square white boundary sign on Saltspring Island SE of Burial Islet, near 48°45.992'N and 123°33.777'W, AND southerly of a line from a square white boundary sign on Saltspring Island approximately 1.5 nautical miles ESE of Musgrave Point, near 48°43.982'N and 123°31.418'W, to a square white boundary sign on Vancouver Island approximately 0.5 nautical miles NW of Cherry Point, near 48°43.197'N and 123°33.708'W and;
That portion of Subarea 18-8 that lies easterly of a line from a square white boundary sign at Wilcuma Wharf in Cowichan Bay and;
Subarea 18-10
AREA 18 CHINOOK RETENTION OPPORTUNITIES (EXCLUDING THOSE CLOSED AND NON-RETENTION AREAS/PERIODS LISTED ABOVE):
Effective 00:01 hours August 1 to 23:59 hours August 31, 2025: One (1) Chinook per day with a maximum size limit of 80 cm on marked and unmarked Chinook.
Effective 00:01 hours September 1 to 23:59 hours December 31, 2025: Two (2) Chinook per day, no maximum size limit.
REMINDER: Chinook minimum size limit is 62 cm in Area 18.
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AREA 19 NO FISHING AREAS:
Subarea 19-2 is closed to all fishing activity all year due to ongoing pollution.
AREA 19 FINFISH CLOSURES:
The following areas are closed to fishing for finfish:
Effective 00:01 hours September 1 until 23:59 hours November 30, 2025 - Subarea 19-12 [Saanich Inlet, south of Christmas Point].
Effective 00:01 hours September 15 until 23:59 hours November 30, 2025 - Whiskey Point: The waters of Saanich Inlet in Subarea 19-8 inside a line from Whiskey Point to Verdier Point.
AREA 19 CHINOOK NON-RETENTION:
Effective 00:01 hours August 1 until 23:59 hours October 15, 2025, the following areas are Chinook non-retention areas:
Subareas 19-7 to 19-12 [Saanich Inlet]
AREA 19 CHINOOK RETENTION OPPORTUNITIES (EXCLUDING THOSE CLOSED AND NON-RETENTION AREAS/PERIODS LISTED ABOVE):
Effective 00:01 hours August 1 to 23:59 hours August 31, 2025: One (1) Chinook per day with a maximum size limit of 80 cm on marked and unmarked Chinook.
Effective 00:01 hours September 1 to 23:59 hours December 31, 2025: Two (2) Chinook per day, no maximum size limit.
REMINDER: Chinook minimum size limit is 45 cm in Subareas 19-1, 19-3, and 19-4. The Chinook minimum size limit in Subareas 19-5 to 19-12 is 62 cm.
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AREA 20 SALMON FISHING CLOSURES:
Fishers are advised that portions of Subarea 20-1 are closed to salmon fishing from 00:01 hours July 15 to 23:59 hours October 31, 2025. Portions of Subareas 20-4 and 20-5 are closed to salmon fishing from 00:01 hours August 1 to 23:59 hours October 31, 2025. These measures are in place to support Southern Resident Killer Whale Recovery. More details will be announced in a subsequent Fishery Notice.
Area 20 FINFISH CLOSURES:
The following areas are closed to fishing for finfish:
Effective 00:01 hours August 15 until 23:59 hours September 4, 2025 - in Area 20, those waters that are inside a line that begins at a white square boundary sign located approximately .8 nautical miles west of Owen Point, then to 48°32.45’ north latitude and 124°32.05’ west longitude, then to the Port San Juan Light and Whistle Buoy, then to Woods Nose, then across Port San Juan to a white square boundary sign at 48°33.23’ north latitude and 124°28.55’ west longitude.
Area 20 CHINOOK NON-RETENTION AREAS:
Effective 00:01 hours July 15 until 23:59 hours October 25, 2025 - those portions of Subareas 20-1 and 20-2 shoreward of a line between a square white boundary sign at Owen Point, the Port San Juan Light, and Whistle Buoy, and to Woods Nose.
Effective 00:01 hours August 1 until 23:59 hours October 15, 2025 - Subareas 20-6 and 20-7.
AREA 20 CHINOOK RETENTION OPPORTUNITIES (EXCLUDING THOSE CLOSED AND NON-RETENTION PERIODS LISTED ABOVE):
Subareas 20-1 and 20-2 (excluding those portions listed above):
Effective 00:01 hours July 15 to 23:59 hours July 31, 2025: One (1) Chinook per day with a maximum size limit of 80 cm on marked and unmarked Chinook.
Effective 00:01 hours August 1 to 23:59 hours December 31, 2025: Two (2) Chinook per day, no maximum size limit.
Subareas 20-3 to 20-7 (excluding those portions listed above):
Effective 00:01 hours August 1 to 23:59 hours August 31, 2025: One (1) Chinook per day with a maximum size limit of 80 cm on marked and unmarked Chinook.
Effective 00:01 hours September 1 to 23:59 hours December 31, 2025: Two (2) Chinook per day, no maximum size limit.
REMINDER: Chinook minimum size limit is 45 cm in Area 20.
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