Chilliwack – Parts of the Chilliwack and Vedder River system are now off limits to catching salmon until September 30. The DFO Department of Fisheries and Oceans, put out the notice on Monday July 24.
This is a grid 200 metres on either side of the Vedder Bridge, which will not make local anglers happy. The concerns range from over fishing to the weather and the drought conditions.
“Due to current concerns around the impacts of observed non-compliance activities in portions of the Chilliwack/Vedder River, the Department is implementing the following boundary change to offer protection to co-migrating sockeye salmon.
Waters: Chilliwack River from the orange triangular boundary signs approximately 200 meters above Vedder Crossing bridge down to the cable car crossing approximately 200 meters bellow the Vedder Crossing bridge.”
The entire posting from DFO is here.
