Georgia Strait Coho Openings

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Fishery Notice

Category(s): RECREATIONAL - Salmon

Subject: FN0324-Recreational: Salmon - Coho Opportunities in Johnstone Strait, Strait of Georgia and Juan de Fuca

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ffective 00:01 June 1, until 23:59 December 31, 2005 the daily limit for coho
salmon in Areas 11 to 20 will be two (2) per day, both of which must be
hatchery marked.

In addition to the opportunity above:

Area 11/111:

Effective 00:01 June 1 to 23:59 December 31, 2005 the daily limit for coho
salmon in Subareas 11-1 and 11-2, 12-14 and Area 111 will be two (2) per day
one (1) of which can be unmarked.

Effective 00:01 April 1 to 23:59 December 31, 2005 the daily limit for coho
salmon in Subareas 11-3 to 11-10 will be four (4) per day.

Area 12:

Effective 00:01 June 1 to 23:59 August 1, 2005 the daily limit for coho salmon
in Subareas 12-3 to 12-13, 12-15 to 12-19 and 12-21 to 12-48 will be two (2)
per day one (1) of which can be unmarked.

Effective 00:01 August 2 to 23:59 December 31, 2005 the daily limit for coho
salmon in Subareas 12-26 to 12-48 will be two (2) per day one (1) of which can
be unmarked.

Eeffective 00:01 August 13 to 23:59 December 31, 2005 the daily limit for coho
salmon in Subareas 12-16, those waters of Hardy Bay inside a line from Daphne
Point to Duval Point where salmon is permitted will be four (4) hatchery marked
per day.

Effective 00:01 August 15 to December 31, 2005 that portion of Subarea 12-4
shoreward of a line running from Lewis Point to 50°32.839 north latitude and
126°50.122 west longitude near the southwest entrance to Telegraph Cove
commonly known as Beaver Cove; two (2) coho per day one (1) of which may be
wild unmarked.

Effective 00:01 August 15 to December 31, 2005 that portion of Subarea 12-19,
the waters of McNeill Bay inside a line from Ledge Point to the BC Ferry
Terminal; two (2) coho per day one (1) of which may be wild unmarked.

Area 13:

Effective 00:01 August 15 to 23:59 September 15, 2005 the daily limit for coho
salmon in Subareas 13-20 to 13-21 will be two (2) per day one (1) of which can
be unmarked.

Area 14:

Effective 00:01 September 1 to 23:59 December 31, 2005 the daily limit for coho
salmon in Subareas 14-11, Baynes Sound inside a line from the Cape Lazo Light,
then to the P-54 Bell Buoy on Comox Bar, then to Longbeak Point, then to the
mouth of Hart (Washer) Creek, will be two (2) per day one (1) of which can be
unmarked.

Area 15:

Effective 00:01 September 1 to 23:59 December 31, 2005 the daily limit for coho
salmon Sechelt Inlet and Porpoise Bay, southerly of a line from Nine Mile Point
to a boundary sign on the opposite shore.

Effective 00:01 January 1 to 23:59 December 31, 2005 the daily limit for coho
remains at zero (0) in Subarea 15-6 Toba Inlet.

Effective 00:01 August 1 to 23:59 October 15, 2005 the daily limit for all
salmon remains at zero (0) in Subarea 15-6 Toba Inlet.

Area 19:

Effective 00:01 October 1 to 23:59 December 31, 2005 the daily limit for coho
salmon in Area 19, will be two (2) per day one (1) of which can be unmarked.

Area 20:

Effective 00:01 September 6 to 23:59 December 31, 2005 the daily limit for coho
salmon in Subarea 20-2 and 20-1 (in the area shoreward of a line between a
square white boundary sign at Owen Point, Port San Juan Light/Whistle Buoy, and
San Juan Point) will be four (4) per day, of which only two (2) may be unmarked.

Effective 00:01 October 1 to 23:59 December 31, 2005 the daily limit for coho
salmon in a portion of Subarea 20-1 (seaward of a line between a square white
boundary sign at Owen Point, Port San Juan Light/Whistle Buoy, and San Juan
Point) and 20-3 to 20-7 will be four (4) per day, of which only one (1) may be
unmarked.

Anglers are reminded that these limits only apply in the waters open to fishing
for salmon, please contact the nearest Fisheries and Oceans Canada office or
visit the Internet site for information on salmon and finfish closures and for
descriptions of the Rockfish Conservation Areas, which remain closed year round.



Fisheries & Oceans Operations Center - FN0324
Sent June 1, 2005 at 1507


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