Tough catch restrictions won’t take bite out of B.C. salmon fishing experience

By Dirk Meissner / The Canadian Press
VICTORIA — The sign that welcomes anglers to Campbell River, B.C., “The Salmon Capital of the World,” isn’t going anywhere this summer despite tough, new federal catch restrictions protecting prized chinook salmon, says Murray Whelan, president of Tyee Marine and Fishing Supplies. In April, Federal Fisheries Minister Jonathan Wilkinson announced a recreational catch-and-release fishery until mid-July to allow maximum numbers of chinook salmon to reach their spawning grounds, followed by catch retention limits of up to two chinook depending on the fishing area and time of year.…

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June 3, 2019

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