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[avid angler]

https://www.pac.dfo-mpo.gc.ca/fm-gp/rec/fresh-douce/region2-eng.html

Has anyone heard anything about this? Rodney? Must be a mistake unless they took away hatchery fisheries too lol

[Fish Assassin]

You're forgetting today is April 1st right ?

[avid angler]

Unless that is a very elaborate fake link I don’t think it’s an April fools joke

[redside1]

I agree with Avid Angler. when looking at the DFO freshwater regualtions on line it appears the Chilliwack/vedder does not have a July 1 opening date or any opening date for that matter to fish chinooks.
 Maybe this is a bad April 1 joke but it doesn't look like it.

[Robert_G]

On a brighter note, it does allow for 1 hatchery Coho from the Mamquam River.
It just hasn't been updated yet.

[wildmanyeah]

Well somehow DFO has manged to freak people out more then covid.

I sent an email to DFO about this i will post up the response if i get one.

[RalphH]

https://www.pac.dfo-mpo.gc.ca/fm-gp/rec/fresh-douce/region2-eng.html

Has anyone heard anything about this? Rodney? Must be a mistake unless they took away hatchery fisheries too lol

pretty much the same for the Island.

https://www.pac.dfo-mpo.gc.ca/fm-gp/rec/fresh-douce/region1-eng.html

[wildmanyeah]

Things like Chilliwack are still planned to have a July 1 opening. Here is the response

Thanks for your email
 
Yes, this was intended to reflect that fisheries are closed at this time, effective today  (Apr.01), and until further notice.
You’ll recall that our LFV meeting we talked about reviewing regulations in all Region 2 tributaries and this will take place pre-season over the next few weeks.
 
Note: Dates column on our website will be updated  to read “Apr 01 until further notice”.

[Hike_and_fish]

I will be fishing hatchery Coho rivers with or without an opening AND I WILL be bonking hatchery fish. That's what I pay for. I honestly dont care. I'll take a fine or two per season. They can f**K right off if they think they can prevent me from retaining clipped fish that my license dollars pay for.

[Rodney]

FYI, your freshwater licence dollars don't pay for any of the anadromous salmonid enhancement. That money goes directly to FFSBC which operates six hatcheries across this province and is responsible for stocking several species of trout and char, as well as some steelhead and sturgeon. The salmon conservation surcharge which you pay with the licence goes to Habitat Conservation Trust Foundation, which is a proposal-driven organization providing grants to conservation-related projects across the province.

[wildmanyeah]

I will be fishing hatchery Coho rivers with or without an opening AND I WILL be bonking hatchery fish. That's what I pay for. I honestly dont care. I'll take a fine or two per season. They can f**K right off if they think they can prevent me from retaining clipped fish that my license dollars pay for.

They still plan to open most of the tribs on there regular scheduled dates. They are doing this because rivers like alouettee we’re open to chinook every year for no reason. So they are reviewing things like that.

All the main hatchery rivers will be business as usual.

[chris gadsden]

Things like Chilliwack are still planned to have a July 1 opening. Here is the response

Thanks for your email
 
Yes, this was intended to reflect that fisheries are closed at this time, effective today  (Apr.01), and until further notice.
You’ll recall that our LFV meeting we talked about reviewing regulations in all Region 2 tributaries and this will take place pre-season over the next few weeks.
 
Note: Dates column on our website will be updated  to read “Apr 01 until further notice”.

The full respons.

Folks

Perhaps we were not clear enough when we talked about this a the local SFAC meetings.  The intention is for DFO to work on a table for review  by the SFAC’s or a sub group as was suggested by myself at the meeting and once we have fished the DFO and SFAB review we can announce any revised fishery management measures that may come out of the review in a updated notice inseason.  Our goal was to have all of this done before the last set of SFAC’s but unfortunately we did not achieve this before we had to roll over the regulations for this year.  We are limited in the amount we can put on website which is why you can see   “April 1 until further notice”   given salmon don’t start arriving into the tribs until August at the earliest we still have plenty of time for this review to occur.

 

If you have any question please give me a call

Thank You,

 

Dean

Dean Allan

Area Chief Resource Management

Fraser and Interior Area

Fisheries and Oceans

Phone: 250-319-1976

 

[Rodney]

The full respons.

Folks

Perhaps we were not clear enough when we talked about this a the local SFAC meetings.  The intention is for DFO to work on a table for review  by the SFAC’s or a sub group as was suggested by myself at the meeting and once we have fished the DFO and SFAB review we can announce any revised fishery management measures that may come out of the review in a updated notice inseason.  Our goal was to have all of this done before the last set of SFAC’s but unfortunately we did not achieve this before we had to roll over the regulations for this year.  We are limited in the amount we can put on website which is why you can see   “April 1 until further notice”   given salmon don’t start arriving into the tribs until August at the earliest we still have plenty of time for this review to occur.

 

If you have any question please give me a call

Thank You,

 

Dean

Dean Allan

Area Chief Resource Management

Fraser and Interior Area

Fisheries and Oceans

Phone: 250-319-1976

You need to post my response too.

Thanks for the prompt response Dean. I was questioning because on the page it listed no fishing for salmon from April 1st until March 31st originally, not until further notice, which was perceived by the public as there would be no salmon fishing opportunities available at all this year.

I understand that we have a situation here which is going to hinder this review process, but I recommend that we have this completed ASAP because most of my colleagues on this email list rely on having these opportunities listed so the users can plan ahead of time (with some exceptions this year of course due to Covid19). The fisheries that are going to be impacted first by this review process is the Chilliwack/Vedder River and Chehalis River summer chinook salmon fisheries, which typically begin on July 1st, as well as the Capilano River coho salmon fishery which begins as early as now.

[RalphH]

They still plan to open most of the tribs on there regular scheduled dates. They are doing this because rivers like alouettee we’re open to chinook every year for no reason. So they are reviewing things like that.

All the main hatchery rivers will be business as usual.

Native stocks were extirpated after the dam construction though  there used to be chinook enhancement via the ARMS hatchery. I recall being shown a fish that was taken for brood stock that was 50lb plus. I have no idea if that still continues. The Nicomekl, Little Campbell and Serpentine also have small runs with short openings. The Sep and Nic' fish are primarily enhanced.

[wildmanyeah]

Native stocks were extirpated after the dam construction though  there used to be chinook enhancement via the ARMS hatchery. I recall being shown a fish that was taken for brood stock that was 50lb plus. I have no idea if that still continues. The Nicomekl, Little Campbell and Serpentine also have small runs with short openings. The Sep and Nic' fish are primarily enhanced.

They have been releasing 15000,  8-9 month old chilliwack whites smolts into the alouette. I don't think its been very successful.  They release them on fathers day every year. Its more of a community leaning event more then anything.