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[Rodney]

The dates of the opening of hatchery coho salmon retention and lifting of bait ban for salmon fishing have been changed for the tidal and non-tidal portions of the Fraser River. Please read the following notice to see the new dates.

http://www-ops2.pac.dfo-mpo.gc.ca/fns-sap/index-eng.cfm?pg=view_notice&DOC_ID=164562&ID=all

Subareas 29-11 to 29-17 (Fraser River downstream of the CPR bridge at Mission,
BC)
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Effective at 00:01 hours on September 29, 2014 until December 31, 2014 in the
Fraser River downstream of the CPR bridge at Mission, BC, you may retain two
(2) hatchery marked coho per day and the use of bait while fishing for salmon
is permitted.


Region 2:  Fraser River non-tidal waters from the Highway No. 1 Bridge at Hope,
BC downstream to the CPR bridge at Mission, BC
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Effective one hour before sunrise on Wednesday, October 1 until December 31,
2014 in the Fraser River from the Highway No. 1 Bridge at Hope BC downstream to
the CPR bridge at Mission, BC, you may retain two (2) hatchery marked coho per
day and the use of bait while fishing for salmon is permitted.


Region 2:  Fraser River non-tidal waters from the confluence with Sawmill Creek
downstream to the Highway No. 1 Bridge at Hope, BC
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Effective one hour before sunrise on Monday, October 6 until December 31, 2014
in the Fraser River from the confluence with Sawmill Creek downstream to the
Highway No. 1 Bridge at Hope, BC, you may retain two (2) hatchery marked coho
per day and the use of bait while fishing for salmon is permitted.


VO #: 2014-430, 2014-431, 2014-432 and 2014-433.


Notes:

Barbless hooks are required when fishing for salmon in tidal and non-tidal
waters of British Columbia.

The term "marked" means a hatchery fish that has a healed scar in place of the
adipose fin.

Anglers are requested to release any hatchery marked sockeye.  These fish are
hatchery raised sockeye and part of a recovery program designed to increase the
numbers of Cultus Lake sockeye.

Sport anglers are encouraged to participate in the Salmon Sport Head Recovery
program by labelling and submitting heads from adipose fin-clipped chinook and
coho salmon.  Recovery of coded-wire tags provides critical information for
coast-wide stock assessment.  Contact the Salmon Sport Head Recovery Program
toll free at (866) 483-9994 for further information.

Did you witness suspicious fishing activity or a violation?  If so, please call
the Fisheries and Ocean Canada 24-hour toll free Observe, Record, Report line
at (800) 465-4336.

For the 24 hour recorded opening and closure line, call toll free at
1-(866)431-FISH (3474).



FOR MORE INFORMATION:

Contact the local DFO office in your area or Barbara Mueller, Resource Manager
at 604-666-2370.

Fisheries & Oceans Operations Center - FN1041
Sent September 22, 2014 at 1516

[Stratocaster]

I gather this is earlier than in past years?  I wonder why the change?  Is it that the interior coho stock is healthy enough to allow a bar fishery with bait on clipped fish?  The Whonnock test fisheries sure don't show this.