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Due to the post about the Sooke closure extension, I decided to check the regs myself. First of all it seems almost impossible to directly find in season changes.Gone is the area searchable map with subareas. I took multiple pages to find what seems to be the relevant information, then one page says that the closure affects:
Restrictions
Species Areas Measure Type Measure Value
Salmon Coastwide Daily Limit Pieces 4
Chinook Salmon Coastwide Reminder Keeping your chinook salmon? You must record (in ink) all retained catch on your Tidal Waters Sport Fishing Licence.
Coastwide Daily Limit Pieces 2
Chinook Salmon (Wild) 20-4 to 20-7 Maximum Size (cm) 67 cm
Coho Salmon (Hatchery) Coastwide Reminder Hatchery coho (marked): Coho salmon with a healed scar in place of the adipose fin.
The other one says
Effective dates: 00:01 hours Wednesday, March 29 to 23:59 hours Friday, June
16, 2017
Waters: Subareas 20-6 and 20-7 (Sooke Harbour)
Management measures: You may retain two (2) chinook salmon per day. These
chinook may be either:
Wild or hatchery marked between 45 cm and 67 cm; or
Hatchery marked greater than 67 cm in length.
The minimum size limit in these waters is 45 cm in length.
Variation order 2017-183
Management actions after June 16 will be announced in a second fishery notice.
So are areas 20-4 and 20-5 open to wild fish ?
Restrictions
Species Areas Measure Type Measure Value
Salmon Coastwide Daily Limit Pieces 4
Chinook Salmon Coastwide Reminder Keeping your chinook salmon? You must record (in ink) all retained catch on your Tidal Waters Sport Fishing Licence.
Coastwide Daily Limit Pieces 2
Chinook Salmon (Wild) 20-4 to 20-7 Maximum Size (cm) 67 cm
Coho Salmon (Hatchery) Coastwide Reminder Hatchery coho (marked): Coho salmon with a healed scar in place of the adipose fin.
The other one says
Effective dates: 00:01 hours Wednesday, March 29 to 23:59 hours Friday, June
16, 2017
Waters: Subareas 20-6 and 20-7 (Sooke Harbour)
Management measures: You may retain two (2) chinook salmon per day. These
chinook may be either:
Wild or hatchery marked between 45 cm and 67 cm; or
Hatchery marked greater than 67 cm in length.
The minimum size limit in these waters is 45 cm in length.
Variation order 2017-183
Management actions after June 16 will be announced in a second fishery notice.
So are areas 20-4 and 20-5 open to wild fish ?