Livewell pump (saltwater) is illegal in BC?
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kingblazer84
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We always had live wells on our boats for mooching herring never had a complaint..
Marley
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I use mine for bleeding salmon also keeping prawns and crabs alive till we get back to the dock. It’s pretty handy.
jim morrow
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I thought it was; don't keep salmon alive in your livewell.
Rain City
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I thought that was the only rule that you can only keep bait fish alive.
Fisher_dude
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I use mine as a revive box. If a fish comes into my boat that will be let go, I put them in there while I’m getting the hook out and letting them catch a breath instead of them flopping around on the floor.
kingblazer84
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Only way we used to fish off epsom, sangster and Anderson bay before electric riggers lol
I believe the concern with putting target species, like say a salmon in a live well, is it opens the fisher to being suspected of High grading. And as i believe the rules state that any fish not being retained is to be immediately released in the least most harmful way. And the sea is certainly a better environment than a small fiberglass tank in our deck.
Having said that i believe commercial gillnetters have to have functioning revival tanks on deck to revive non retainable species prior to be put back in the sea. (so the seal don't get free meals) but that is not a high grading scenario as the fish in those tanks must eventually be thrown over board.
Having said that i believe commercial gillnetters have to have functioning revival tanks on deck to revive non retainable species prior to be put back in the sea. (so the seal don't get free meals) but that is not a high grading scenario as the fish in those tanks must eventually be thrown over board.
adanac
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Fish this way as much as I can , some of by best days have been mooching herring on anchor
There is no law against having a livewell. There are certain species designated as "baitfish" under the Fisheries Act. Herring is the main one. Small Rockfish and Greenling are not...
Highgrading is illegal. You cant keep caught fish alive and "release" them as you catch bigger ones.
Commercial vessels have "revival" tanks on board as a condition of licence..
This is NOT a route I would like to see for sportsfishing. Any fish in your "livewell" would count towards your limit and be considered to be in your possession. ie: dont put a wild coho in there to "revive" it.
Just my 2 cents and NOT legal advice
CR Greg
Highgrading is illegal. You cant keep caught fish alive and "release" them as you catch bigger ones.
Commercial vessels have "revival" tanks on board as a condition of licence..
This is NOT a route I would like to see for sportsfishing. Any fish in your "livewell" would count towards your limit and be considered to be in your possession. ie: dont put a wild coho in there to "revive" it.
Just my 2 cents and NOT legal advice
CR Greg
wildmanyeah
Crew Member
what about crab
Can't find any regulation on the posted 'regular guy' regulations synopsis against keeping retained fish alive as long as they are within your limit a and in season. Keeping rockfish live is a big deal to some cultures. Unfortunately, only those in the profession know the fisheries act, or would fully understand the legal legal.
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