| D&D PACIFIC FISHERIES - DAILY FISHERY SYNOPSIS | |||||
| Updated: | November 15 , 2025 11:46 AM | ||||
| 2025-26 RSU SEASON - OPEN | |||||
| RSU NORTH COAST FISHERY | Status | Comments (no activity unless posted) | Click here for Red Sea Urchin Area RQ's | ||
| North Coast Fishing protocol - (click here to view fishing protocol) | |||||
| RU01a Lepas Bay | CLOSED | ||||
| RU1b Frederick Island | CLOSED | ||||
| RU2a Langara Island | CLOSED | ||||
| RU02b Virago Sound | CLOSED | ||||
| RU03b Kunga Island | CLOSED | ||||
| RU04b Section Cove | CLOSED | ||||
| RU04c Murchison-Gogit | CLOSED | ||||
| RU05a Skincuttle Inlet | CLOSED | ||||
| RU05b Carpenter Bay | CLOSED | ||||
| RU06 Lower 2E | CLOSED | ||||
| RU07 Lower 2W | CLOSED | ||||
| RU8a Flamingo | CLOSED | ||||
| RU08b Englefield | CLOSED | ||||
| RU09 Van Inlet | CLOSED | ||||
| RU10 Rennel Sound | CLOSED | ||||
| RU11 Hippa Island | CLOSED | ||||
| RU12 Port Louis | CLOSED | ||||
| RU13a Dundas Island North | OPEN | NEXT QMA GROUP | |||
| RU13b Dundas Island South | OPEN | NEXT QMA GROUP | |||
| RU13c Melville Island | OPEN | NEXT QMA GROUP | |||
| RU13d Nares Island | OPEN | NEXT QMA GROUP | |||
| RU14 Tree Nob | OPEN | ||||
| RU15 Outside Stephens Island -BOUNDARY CHANGE SEE APP. 10 CHP - NEW QMA CHART ON D&D WEB | OPEN | ||||
| RU16 Inside Stephens Is. - | OPEN | ||||
| RU17 Kelp Pass - | OPEN | ||||
| RU18a Edeye Pass -BOUNDARY CHANGE SEE APP. 10 CHP - NEW QMA CHART ON D&D WEB | OPEN | ||||
| RU18b Oval Bay - BOUNDARY CHANGE SEE APP. 10 CHP - NEW QMA CHART ON D&D WEB | OPEN | ||||
| RU19 Porcher Inlet | OPEN | ||||
| RU20a Cape George | OPEN | ||||
| RU20b Freeman Pass. - | OPEN | ||||
| RU21 Willis Bay | OPEN | ||||
| RU22a Hankin Rock | OPEN | ||||
| RU22b Beaver Pass. | OPEN | ||||
| RU23 Upper Principe Ch. | OPEN | ||||
| RU24a Mid Principe Channel | OPEN | ||||
| RU24b Lower Principe Channel. | OPEN | ||||
| RU25 Petrel Channel | OPEN | ||||
| RU26 Larsen Hbr | OPEN | ||||
| RU27a Upper Banks Island | OPEN | ||||
| RU27b Mid Banks Island | OPEN | ||||
| RU28 Bonilla Is. | OPEN | ||||
| RU29 Kingkown Inlet | OPEN | ||||
| RU30 Lower Banks Island | OPEN | ||||
| RU31a/31b Moore Islands/Harvey Islands | OPEN | ||||
| RU32 Calamity Bay | OPEN | ||||
| RU33 Otter Pass - | OPEN | ||||
| RU34a Langley Pass. | OPEN | ||||
| RU34b Develin Bay | OPEN | ||||
| RU35 Oswald Bay | OPEN | ||||
| RU36a Estevan Group East | OPEN | ||||
| RU36b Estevan Group South | OPEN | ||||
| RU37 Rennison - | OPEN | ||||
| RU38a Campania Island West | OPEN | ||||
| RU38c Surf Inlet | OPEN | ||||
| RU38d Gil Island West | OPEN | BOUNDARY CHANGE SEE APP. 10 CHP - NEW QMA CHART ON D&D WEB | |||
| RU38e McKay Reach | OPEN | ||||
| RU38f Whale Channel | OPEN | ||||
| RU39 Upper West Aristazabal | OPEN | ||||
| RU40 Woodcock Islands | OPEN | ||||
| RU41 Normansell Islands - Quota combined with RU40 | OPEN | Quota combined with RU40 | |||
| RU42 Lower W. Aristazabal Island | OPEN | ||||
| RU43 Upper Laredo Ch. | OPEN | ||||
| RU44 Lower Laredo Ch. | OPEN | ||||
| RU45 Laredo Inlet | OPEN | ||||
| RU46a Laredo Sound | OPEN | ||||
| RU46b Prior Pass - quota combined with RU46a | CLOSED | ||||
| RU47b Day Point | CLOSED | ||||
| RU48 Milbanke Sound | CLOSED | ||||
| RU49 Finlayson Channel | CLOSED | ||||
| RU50 Mathieson Channel | CLOSED | ||||
| RU51 Seaforth Channel | CLOSED | ||||
| RU52 Tribal Group | CLOSED | ||||
| RU53 Spider/ Kildidt | CLOSED | ||||
| RU54 McNaughton Group | CLOSED | ||||
| RU55 Hakai Pass | CLOSED | ||||
| RU56a Nalau Pass | CLOSED | ||||
| RU56b Fitz Hugh Sound | CLOSED | ||||
| RU57A Rivers Inlet | CLOSED | ||||
| RU57b West Calvert Island | CLOSED | ||||
| RU57c Grief Bay | CLOSED | ||||
| RU58 Smiths Inlet | CLOSED | ||||
| RSU SOUTH COAST FISHERY | Status | Comments (no activity unless posted) | Click here for Red Sea Urchin Area RQ's | ||
| 11 Allison Harbour - Northern Vancouver Island Special Managment Area - FALLBACK | CLOSED | UPON REQUEST | |||
| 12A Bates Pass - Northern Vancouver Island Special Managment Area - FALLBACK | CLOSED | UPON REQUEST | |||
| 12B Christie-Browning Pass- Northern Vancouver Island Special Managment Area - FALLBACK | CLOSED | UPON REQUEST | |||
| 12C Port Hardy - Northern Vancouver Island Special Managment Area - FALLBACK | CLOSED | UPON REQUEST | |||
| 12F Deserters Group - Northern Vancouver Island Special Managent Area - FALLBACK | CLOSED | UPON REQUEST | |||
| 12H Northern Johnstone Strait | OPEN | ACTIVE | |||
| 12J Shadwell Pass - Northern Vancouver Island Special Managent Area - FALLBACK | CLOSED | UPON REQUEST | |||
| NEW - 12M Southern Queen Charlotte Strait - COMBINES 12E, 12G, 12K, 12L - DUE TO OTTERS | OPEN | COMBINES QMA 12E BLACKFISH - 12G WELLS PASS - 12K PORT McNEILL, 12L STEPHENSON ISLETS | |||
| 13A Kelsey Bay Proper | OPEN | ||||
| 13B Campbell River South | OPEN | ||||
| 13C Campbell River North - HALF OF QUOTA RESERVED FOR DECEMBER - REPLACES PT. McNEILL | OPEN | ACTIVE | |||
| 13D Campbell River East | OPEN | ||||
| 13E Cordero Channel | OPEN | ||||
| 13F Kelsey Bay East | OPEN | ||||
| 13G Stuart Island | OPEN | ||||
| 13J Discovery Pass - RESERVED FOR DECEMBER - REPLACES PORT McNEILL | CLOSED | ||||
| 14A Comox | CLOSED | QUOTA ACHIEVED | |||
| 14B Cape Lazo | CLOSED | QUOTA ACHIEVED | |||
| 17 Nanaimo - Portion set aside for Live Market Dock Sales - 50% | OPEN | LIVE MARKET DOCK SALES ONLY | |||
| 18A Sidney | CLOSED | QUOTA ACHIEVED | |||
| 18B Mayne/Saturna Is. - HALF OF QUOTA RESERVED FOR AFTER WHALE CLOSURE NOV 30 | CLOSED | HALF QUOTA ACHIEVED - REOPENS AFTER WHALE CLOSURE | |||
| 19 Victoria | CLOSED | QUOTA ACHIEVED | |||
| 20 Sooke | OPEN | ||||
| 23D Area 23 &123- 23ABC COMBINED | OPEN | ||||
| GSU FISHERY 2025-26 - OPEN | Status | Comments (no activity unless posted) | Click here for Green Sea Urchin Area RQ's | ||
| 11 All subareas in QMA 11 - EXPLORATORY - LANDINGS WILL COME OFF OTHER QMA'S | CLOSED | ||||
| 12A WEST -12-1 to 12-21, 12-24, 12-26, 12-39 - except any closures - | OPEN | ACTIVE THIS WEEK | |||
| 12B EAST - 12-22, 12-23, 12-27 to 12-38, 12-40 to 12-48 except any closures | OPEN | ||||
| 13A CAPE MUDGE - 13-1,13-14 and 13-15 | CLOSED | QUOTA ACHIEVED | |||
| 13B SOUTHERN JOHNSTONE STRAIT - aka Kelsey Bay subareas 13-27 to 13-35 | OPEN | ACTIVE THIS WEEK | |||
| 13C CORDERO CHANNEL - subareas 13-23 to 13-26 & 13-36 to 13-43 | OPEN | ACTIVE THIS WEEK | |||
| 13D SONORA / DISCOVERY PASS NORTH - - 13-07 to 13-13 & 13-16 to 13-22 | CLOSED | QUOTA ACHIEVED | |||
| 13E WILLOW POINT - 13-02 | CLOSED | QUOTA ACHIEVED | |||
| 13F DISCOVERY PASS SOUTH - 13-03, 13-04, 13-05 & 13-06 - NO FISHING IN FRONT OF VILLAGE | CLOSED | QUOTA ACHIEVED | |||
| 14 - All subareas in QMA 14 - | OPEN | ||||
| 16 - SUNSHINE COAST - 14-03, 15-01 to 15-05, 16-01 to 16-04, 16-09 to 16-12, 16-16 to 16-22, QMA 28 All subareas except any closures - EXPLORATORY - LANDINGS WILL COME OFF QMA 18 | OPEN | ||||
| 17 - NANAIMO - All subareas except closures & 29-05 NEW | OPEN | MOVED 3K OF QUOTA FROM 20B UNDER EXPLORATORY PROTOCOL | |||
| 18 SIDNEY - all subareas plus 29-04 NEW & 19-6 and that portion of 19-5 north of a line running due east from Cormorant Point | OPEN | ||||
| 19A EAST - All subareas except 19-3, 19-6 & that portion of 19-5 south of a line running east from Cormorant Point | OPEN | ACTIVE THIS WEEK | |||
| 19B WEST - 19-03 | OPEN | ||||
| 20A SOOKE EAST- Portion of 20-05 EAST of Otter Pt. - 20-06 & 20-07 | OPEN | ||||
| 20B SOOKE WEST- 20-01 to 20-04, & Portion of 20-05 WEST of Otter Pt. MOVED 3K OF QUOTA FROM 20B TO QMA 17 UNDER EXPLORATORY PROTOCOL | OPEN | ||||
| SEA CUCUMBER FISHERY 2025-26 - OPEN | Status | Comments: (no activity unless posted) | Click here for Sea Cucumber Area RQ's | ||
| NORTH COAST | |||||
| 5E ANGER ISLAND | CLOSED | QUOTA ACHIEVED | |||
| 5F PRINCIPE NORTH | CLOSED | QUOTA ACHIEVED | |||
| 5G PRINCIPE SOUTH | CLOSED | QUOTA ACHIEVED | |||
| 6A GIL ISLAND | CLOSED | QUOTA ACHIEVED | |||
| 6C TRUTCH ISLAND | CLOSED | QUOTA ACHIEVED | |||
| 6E PRINCESS ROYAL CHANNEL- KLEMTU PLANT | CLOSED | QUOTA ACHIEVED | |||
| 6F WEST ARISTAZABAL - KLEMTU PLANT | CLOSED | QUOTA ACHIEVED | |||
| 6J SURF INLET- KLEMTU PLANT | CLOSED | QUOTA ACHIEVED | |||
| 6L TOLMIE CHANNEL- KLEMTU PLANT | CLOSED | QUOTA ACHIEVED | |||
| CENTRAL COAST | |||||
| 7G SHEEP PASS - KLEMTU PLANT | CLOSED | QUOTA ACHIEVED | |||
| 7H UPPER MATHIESON - KLEMTU PLANT | CLOSED | QUOTA ACHIEVED | |||
| 7I LOWER MATHIESON - KLEMTU PLANT | CLOSED | QUOTA ACHIEVED | |||
| 7L ROSCOE INLET | CLOSED | QUOTA ACHIEVED | |||
| 7N FINLAYSON NORTH - KLEMTU PLANT | CLOSED | QUOTA ACHIEVED | |||
| 7O FINLAYSON SOUTH - KLEMTU PLANT | CLOSED | QUOTA ACHIEVED | |||
| 7P MILBANKE SOUND - KLEMTU PLANT | CLOSED | QUOTA ACHIEVED | |||
| 7Q SEAFORTH CHANNEL | CLOSED | QUOTA ACHIEVED | |||
| 7R QUEENS SOUND NORTH | CLOSED | QUOTA ACHIEVED - OTTER IMPACTED QMA - MOVED 9,045 lbs TO QMA 7S OCT 29 | |||
| 7S QUEENS SOUND SOUTH | CLOSED | MOVED 9,045 lbs FROM 7R TO 7S OCT 29 | |||
| 8C SPIDER / KILDIDT | CLOSED | QUOTA ACHIEVED | |||
| 9B SOUTH RIVERS INLET | CLOSED | QUOTA ACHIEVED | |||
| EAST COAST VANCOUVER ISLAND | |||||
| 12G SW QC STRAIT | CLOSED | QUOTA ACHIEVED | |||
| 12H TURNOUR ISLAND | CLOSED | QUOTA ACHIEVED | |||
| 12I GILFORD ISLAND NORTH | CLOSED | QUOTA ACHIEVED | |||
| 15A WEST REDONDA ISLAND | CLOSED | QUOTA ACHIEVED | |||
| 15B EAST REDONDA ISLAND | OPEN | ||||
| 15C SOUTH DESOLATION | OPEN | ||||
| 16A SECHELT INLET | CLOSED | QUOTA ACHIEVED | |||
| 16B JERVIS INLET | OPEN | ||||
| 16D LASQUETI ISLAND | OPEN | ACTIVE | |||
| 17A NORTH NANAIMO / NANOOSE - NEW | OPEN | ||||
| 18A GULF ISLANDS SOUTH | OPEN | ||||
| WEST COAST VANCOUVER ISLAND | |||||
| 24B SOUTH CLAYOQUOT | CLOSED | QUOTA ACHIEVED | |||
| 24C SYDNEY / SHELTER INLETS - NEW | CLOSED | QUOTA ACHIEVED | |||
| 25A NOOTKA / TAHSIS | CLOSED | ||||
| 25B MUCHALAT / TLUPANA | CLOSED | ||||
| EUPHAUSIID 2025 - OPEN | Status | Comments (no activity unless posted) | Click here for Krill Area RQ's | ||
| 16B STRAIT OF GEORGIA (15-1, 15-2, 15-3, 16-18 & ptn 16-11) | 1-Nov | ||||
| 12A KNIGHT INLET (12-28 to 12-34) | CLOSED | ||||
| 13A BUTE INLET (13-18 to 13-22) | CLOSED | ||||
| 45968 | CLOSED | ||||
| 15B TOBA INLET (15-6) | CLOSED | ||||
| 16A JERVIS INLET (16-11 to 16-15) | CLOSED | ||||
| PACIFIC OYSTER FISHERY 2024-25 - OPEN | REMAINING QUOTAS | ||||
| 2024-2025 PACIFIC OYSTER QUOTA BY MANAGEMENT AREA - EVCI - OPEN | |||||
| QUOTA AREA - BEACH LOCATION | QUOTA NUMBER | STAT & SUB AREA | STATUS | COMMENTS | |
| SOUTH OF COMOX HARBOUR | 1411 | 14-11 | OPEN | ||
| BIRD COVE | 5031 | 13-17 | OPEN | ||
| BLIND BAY | 5032 | 16-16 | OPEN | ||
| DAVIE BAY | 5036 | 16-21 | OPEN | ||
| EAST HERNANDO | 5037 | 15-3 | OPEN | ||
| HERNANDO REEF | 5042 | 15-3 | OPEN | ||
| KILLAM BAY | 5045 | 16-13 | OPEN | ||
| LLOYD POINT | 5047 | 15-5 | OPEN | ||
| MOUAT BAY | 5052 | 16-21 | OPEN | ||
| MYRTLE ROCKS | 5053 | 15-1 | OPEN | ||
| SEAFORD | 5058 | 15-5 | OPEN | ||
| SMELT BAY | 5061 | 13-15 | CLOSED | QUOTA ACHIEVED | |
| ST. VINCENT BAY (A&B) | 5062 | 16-12 | OPEN | ||
| STAG AND DOG BAYS | 5063 | 15-3 | OPEN | ||
| WEST HERNANDO | 5071 | 15-3 | OPEN | ||
| SHARK SPIT | 5122 | 13-15 | OPEN | ||
| TENEDOS BAY | 6001 | 15-5 | OPEN | ||
| SAVARY IS. (A&B) | 6005 | 15-2 | OPEN | ||
| SECHELT INLET (A&B) | 7000 | 16-2 | OPEN | ||
| ATREVIDA REEF | 7001 | 15-2 | OPEN | ||
| STORM BAY | 7002 | 16-8 | OPEN | ||
| 2024-2025 PACIFIC OYSTER QUOTA BY MANAGEMENT AREA - WVCI - OPEN | |||||
| QUOTA AREA - BEACH LOCATION | QUOTA NUMBER | STAT-SUB AREA | STATUS | COMMENTS | |
| HISNIT (A&B) | 5043 | 25-4 | OPEN | ||
| TOQUART (A,B&C) | 5068 | 23-10 | OPEN | ||
| MOOYAH BAY | 5118 | 25-3 | OPEN | ||
| PIPESTEM INLET (A,B&C) | 6007 | 23-10 | OPEN | ||
| TLAPANA INLET | 7003 | 25-5 | OPEN | ||
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