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[halcyonguitars]

This is my first year fishing for salmon, so I sometimes find the regs pretty confusing. I try to stay aware of updates and changes, but I sometimes see what appears to me as contradictions.

On the Fraser River regs, it says 'coastwide daily limit for chinook: 2

Then immediately underneath where it breaks down limit by species, it says daily limit for chinook is 4.

Anyone shed some light?

[redder]

I would always just go with the most restrictive rule, or statement.

[Rodney]

It indeed contradicts each other. The coast wide daily limit applies to saltwater areas. The tidal portion of a river is managed differently to the saltwater, that's why you see the same daily quota for both the tidal and non-tidal of the Fraser.

I'll send a memo in to make sure they make this correction tomorrow.

[Sandman]

This is my first year fishing for salmon, so I sometimes find the regs pretty confusing. I try to stay aware of updates and changes, but I sometimes see what appears to me as contradictions.

On the Fraser River regs, it says 'coastwide daily limit for chinook: 2

Then immediately underneath where it breaks down limit by species, it says daily limit for chinook is 4.

Anyone shed some light?

Not actually a contradiction at all.  It is similar to a provincial water specific regulation limiting the quota on a particular river being greater or less than the regional quota.  The first is what it says: a coast wide quota of two.  The Fraser quota was increase to 4 on August 29 under Fishery Notice 0991.

[Fish Assassin]

It indeed contradicts each other. The coast wide daily limit applies to saltwater areas. The tidal portion of a river is managed differently to the saltwater, that's why you see the same daily quota for both the tidal and non-tidal of the Fraser.

I'll send a memo in to make sure they make this correction tomorrow.

DFO should put you on their payroll to correct their mistakes.

[rjs]

i dunno know bout u guys... but sometimes i feel like consulting a lawyer before i go fish lol

[matrix111]

If you reach your limit of 2 pinks can you still fish? Catch and release? I saw 2 guys yelling at the other fisherman asking him to stop fishing since he had reached his limit of 2. He didn't keep more than 2 though. 

[DanL]

Absolutely legal. You can C&R pinks all day long if you want. The requirement to stop fishing once retaining your limit is for steelhead

[leapin' tyee]

If you reach your limit of 2 pinks can you still fish? Catch and release? I saw 2 guys yelling at the other fisherman asking him to stop fishing since he had reached his limit of 2. He didn't keep more than 2 though.

May be they want their fishing spot...

[Tenz85]

More of an ethical thing but I suppose he is now targeting springs... On the lower...

[RalphH]

A limit on springs over a certain size also applies. It's typically one fish over 50 or 62 cm depending on the river and the season.

[Zackattack]

If you reach your limit of 2 pinks can you still fish? Catch and release? I saw 2 guys yelling at the other fisherman asking him to stop fishing since he had reached his limit of 2. He didn't keep more than 2 though.

Haha gotta love the wanna-be fish cops who don't understand the rules themselves

[leapin' tyee]

Haha gotta love the wanna-be fish cops who don't understand the rules themselves

x2   They are everywhere..

[halcyonguitars]

So you can take 2 from the ocean but 4 from the rivers?

[Tenz85]

So you can take 2 from the ocean but 4 from the rivers?

I believe limit is generally 4 unless otherwise stated.  If it is stated in a particular area, then that is the limit you can take from that area. If the limit of pinks on the Vedder is 4 and fraser is 2, you can take 2 from fraser and 2 more that day from the Vedder or vise versa. The Limit of all salmon total is usually 4 per day.