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2008 News Archive

December 2008

December 18/2008: Warming up for the annual Boxing Day Steelhead Derby
December 11/2008: STS Guiding Service's spring seminars
December 11/2008: Pacific Angler Christmas party and sale
December 02/2008: Hatch Match'r Christmas events

November 2008

November 20/2008: Wally Hall Junior Memorial Derby
November 19/2008: Reaction is expanding!
November 13/2008: Squamish River chinook salmon retention closure (DFO)
November 12/2008: Seymour Salmonid Society AGM
November 07/2008: Beginner flytying classes at Sea-Run Fly and Tackle
November 03/2008: Second session of "Coho Salmon on the Fly"
November 03/2008: Steelhead Society of BC AGM

October 2008

October 30/2008: Squamish River chum salmon retention closure (DFO)
October 28/2008: 11-foot-plus sturgeon hooked, landed and released
October 23/2008: "Coho Salmon on the Fly" by Todd Oishi
October 23/2008: Simms products now available at Berry's Bait and Tackle
October 23/2008: Coastwide halibut fishing closure (DFO)
October 23/2008: Cowichan Bay and Satellite Channel coho salmon daily limit change (DFO)
October 07/2008: Fraser River coho salmon retention openings (DFO)
October 06/2008: BC Federation of Driftfishers annual banquet
October 06/2008: Fly tying sessions in Maple Ridge
October 03/2008: Lingcod and rockfish closures in Strait of Georgia (DFO)
October 01/2008: Campbell and Quinsam Rivers coho salmon limit changes (DFO)
October 01/2008: Puntledge and Courtenay Rivers salmon limit changes (DFO)
October 01/2008: Big Qualicum River salmon limit changes (DFO)

September 2008

September 30/2008: Big Qualicum River closures (DFO)
September 17/2008: Upper Stamp River opening area changes (DFO)
September 15/2008: Thompson River salmon regulation changes (DFO)
September 15/2008: No salmon fishing above Sawmill Creek on the Fraser River (DFO)

August 2008

August 31/2008: Fraser River salmon management measures (DFO)
August 28/2008: Job opening at Pacific Angler
August 28/2008: Como Watershed Group Festival
August 26/2008: Fraser River sockeye update (DFO)
August 12/2008: Fraser River sockeye update (DFO)
August 12/2008: Fraser River sockeye salmon catch and release mortality study update (DFO)
August 11/2008: Volunteers needed for coho salmon clipping
August 11/2008: Mid Shuswap River salmon fishing closure (DFO)
August 08/2008: Slot-size limit lifted for chinook salmon in Fraser River (DFO)
August 08/2008: Fraser River sockeye update (DFO)
August 08/2008: Bella Coola/Atnarko chum salmon closure (DFO)
August 08/2008: Kitimat River chum salmon closure (DFO)
August 05/2008: Fraser River sockeye update (DFO)
August 05/2008: Volunteers needed at Seymour Salmon Hatchery
August 01/2008: Chilliwack River fishing boundary change (DFO)
August 01/2008: Fraser River sockeye update (DFO)

July 2008

July 31/2008: Region 6 sockeye salmon openings (DFO)
July 31/2008: Cowichan River gear regulation change (DFO)
July 31/2008: Cowichan River section closure (DFO)
July 31/2008: Cowichan River and Koksilah River chinook salmon non-retention (DFO)
July 31/2008: Nanaimo and Departure Bay pink salmon fishing opporunities (DFO)
July 31/2008: Southern BC tidal waters chinook salmon closures (DFO)
July 29/2008: Volunteers needed for sockeye catch and release study
July 29/2008: Fraser River sockeye update (DFO)
July 28/2008: Non-tidal Fraser River sockeye closure (DFO)
July 28/2008: Southern BC waters sockeye salmon closure (DFO)
July 25/2008: Thompson River chinook salmon opening (DFO)
July 25/2008: Non-tidal Fraser River sockeye opening (DFO)
July 25/2008: Southern BC sockeye salmon oepning (DFO)
July 22/2008: Fraser River sockeye update (DFO)
July 22/2008: White sturgeon license required from September 12th
July 18/2008: Fraser River sockeye update (DFO)
July 17/2008: North Thompson and Clearwater Rivers chinook salmon opening (DFO)
July 17/2008: Thompson River chinook salmon opening (DFO)
July 17/2008: Corrections to WCVI chinook salmon conservation measures (DFO)
July 15/2008: Fraser River sockeye update (DFO)
July 11/2008: Fraser River sockeye update (DFO)
July 10/2008: Fraser and Bowron Rivers chinook salmon openings (DFO)
July 10/2008: Cariboo, Chilko and Quesnel Rivers chinook salmon openings (DFO)
July 09/2008: WCVI chinook salmon conservation measures (DFO)
July 09/2008: Area 20 chinook salmon closures (DFO)
July 03/2008: Fish for the Future on July 12th

June 2008

June 24/2008: Johnstone and Georgia Strait coho and chinook salmon regulation changes (DFO)
June 20/2008: Region 3 Fraser River chinook management (DFO)
June 20/2008: Gingolx River chinook daily quota change (DFO)
June 18/2008: Reel ‘em in at the Annual Bullhead Derby
June 16/2008: Big catches at Greg Clark Memorial Family Fishing Derby
June 13/2008: Fraser River chinook salmon openings (DFO)
June 13/2008: Volunteers needed for McKay Creek restoration
June 13/2008: Area 20 lingcod and rockfish openings (DFO)
June 11/2008: Go Fish Rice Lake and Watershed Tours Kick-off this Father’s Day
June 11/2008: Greg Clark Memorial Family Fishing Derby
June 06/2008: Family fishing day at the Fraser Valley Trout Hatchery
June 05/2008: Try angling for free at a family fishing weekend event
June 04/2008: Fathers Day Sale at Berry's Bait and Tackle
June 02/2008: 10th annual Lafarge Lake fishing event

May 2008

May 30/2008: Area 29 chinook salmon restriction removals (DFO)
May 30/2008: Strait of Georgia chinook salmon conservation measures (DFO)
May 30/2008: WCVI coho limit changes (DFO)
May 30/2008: Johnstone and Georgia Strait coho limit changes (DFO)
May 29/2008: Sockeye salmon south coast closures (DFO)
May 28/2008: Strait of Georgia lingcod and rockfish regulation changes (DFO)
May 23/2008: Buddha and the Big Fish
May 15/2008: Area 23 sockeye salmon non-retention (DFO)

April 2008

April 25/2008: 2008's World Rivers Day is set for September 28th
April 25/2008: Seymour Salmon Hatchery job opening
April 23/2008: Upcoming Fraser River cleanups
April 23/2008: Strait of Georgia rockfish and lingcod regulation reminder (DFO)
April 20/2008: Seymour Salmon Hatchery volunteering updates
April 19/2008: Como Lake Kids Fishing Derby
April 16/2008: Freshwater Fisheries Society of BC launches new website
April 16/2008: Riverside River Daze on May 3rd and 4th
April 15/2008: Volunteers needed at high school flyfishing championship
April 11/2008: Sea-Run Fly and Tackle spring sale
April 11/2008: FFSBC launches "Fishing in the City" program
April 08/2008: Berry's Bait and Tackle spring sale
April 07/2008: Fisheries research technician/onboard observer job opening
April 04/2008: Cultus Lake sockeye smolt fence outmigration
April 03/2008: Join Us for a National Anglers "Phone Your MP" Day
April 02/2008: Early Fraser chinook management action (DFO)
April 02/2008: Emergency shellfish closure at Toquart Bay (DFO)
April 01/2008: Coastwide recreational prawn and shrimp trapping closures revoked (DFO)

March 2008

March 31/2008: Renew your fishing licenses
March 31/2008: Morten Creek chum salmon release on April 15th
March 28/2008: Areas 19 and 20 chinook salmon regulation changes (DFO)
March 18/2008: Make a big splash in Stoney Creek on May 10th!
March 18/2008: No fishing for eulachon
March 18/2008: The Freshman Flyfisher book launch
March 17/2008: Chilliwack River cleanup on April 5th, 2008
March 13/2008: Pacific Angler's 1 year anniversary sale
March 11/2008: Serpentine Enhancement Society Streamkeeper training
March 11/2008: Como Watershed Group AGM
March 11/2008: 2008 Region Two rainbow trout stocking information
March 10/2008: Early chinook salmon management changes (DFO)

February 2008

February 27/2008: Fraser Valley Boat & Sportsmen's Show ticket give-away
February 25/2008: Job openings at Burns Bog Conservation Society
February 21/2008: Halibut daily quota change (DFO)
February 18/2008: Help save Pinecone Burke Provincial Park and Upper Pitt River
February 12/2008: Snow days at the hatchery
February 11/2008: Lower Mainland Feature Lake Guide
February 11/2008: Join a salmon research team in the Broughton Archipelago!
February 11/2008: 'Cutts may make endangered list
February 09/2008: Tube fly demo night
February 09/2008: The Freshman Flyfisher - Book launch

January 2008

January 25/2008: Boat show tickets give-away
January 25/2008: Pacific Angler introduction to fly tying classes
January 25/2008: Tube fly demo with Ron Hjorth at Pacific Angler
January 24/2008: Pacific Angler Spey Course with Dana Sturn
January 23/2008: STS Guiding Service winter seminars
January 22/2008: Gravel permit leaves fish at risk: biologist (Chilliwack Progress)
January 15/2008: Nominate 2008's BC endangered rivers
January 14/2008: Area 28 night crabbing closure
January 14/2008: 2008 Chilliwack River steelhead broodstock collection begins
January 14/2008: Steelhead fishing clinics
January 11/2008: Beginner flyfishing course available at Searun Fly and Tackle
January 08/2008: Three Chilliwack River Cleanups in 2008
January 08/2008: STS Guiding Service offers sturgeon/steelhead package
January 03/2008: Run-of-river power projects concealed by a green curtain (canada.com)
January 03/2008: DFO audit must result in action
January 02/2008: Stealth Fishing introduces new floats
January 02/2008: Pacific Angler Tuffleye Demo Night

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