DFO Area 13 Fishing Regulations & Limits

DFO Pacific Area 13 recreational fishing regulations

Current tidal-water recreational limits, sizes and closures for DFO Pacific Area 13 (Campbell River, Quadra & Cortes Islands), read from DFO’s own area page and refreshed daily. Last updated 2026-10-26. Openings change in-season and subarea boundaries are set by coordinates — always confirm on DFO before fishing.

Can you get out in Area 13?

Location	Today	Tomorrow	Save
Campbell River	Good5 kt · 0.1 ft	Good7 kt · 0.1 ft
Quadra & Cortes Islands	Good5 kt · 0.1 ft	Good6 kt · 0.1 ft

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Closures in effect today (October 31, 2026)

Ten closure areas are in effect. A closure overrides the area-wide limits wherever the two overlap.

Discovery Passage/Campbell River — closed to finfish - all other species, codfish, greenling, halibut, lingcod, sole or flounder, scallop - purple-hinged rock, scallop - pink and spiny, scallop - weathervane, crab - box, crab - dungeness, crab - red rock, crab - king, crab - puget sound king, barnacles - giant, octopus, sea cucumber, sea urchin, shrimp including prawn, sea star or starfish and shellfish - all other species (year round)
Mitlenatch Island — closed to clam - butter, clam - horse, clam - littleneck, clam - manila, clam - razor, clam - softshell, clam - varnish, clam - all species combined, cockles, geoduck, oyster - olympia and oyster - all species except olympia (year round)
Proposed Homayno Marine Refuge - Northern Portion — closed to finfish and shellfish (no end date given)
Proposed Homayno Marine Refuge - Southern portion — closed to salmon and shellfish (no end date given)
Approach Waters to Campbell River — closed to finfish (Oct 8 – Oct 31)
Discovery Passage — closed to finfish (year round)
Phillips Arm — closed to finfish (year round)
Salmon Bay — closed to finfish (Jun 1 – Dec 31)
Village Bay — closed to finfish (Jul 1 – Oct 31)
Coastwide — closed to eulachon (no end date given)

Salmon — area-wide limits

Species	Subareas	Min size	Daily	Status
Chinook salmon (hatchery and wild combined)	13	62cm	2	Open
Chum salmon	13	30cm	4	Open
Coho salmon (hatchery and wild combined)	13	30cm	2 Combined Total * Consisting of no more than: 2 - Hatchery - marked; 0 - Wild - unmarked	Open
Pink salmon	13	30cm	4	Open
Sockeye salmon	13	30cm	0	Non Retention

Finfish other than salmon — area-wide limits

Species	Subareas	Min size	Daily	Status
Codfish	13		8	Open
Eulachon	13		0kg	Closed
Finfish - all other species	13		20	Open
Greenling	13		3	Open
Halibut	13		2	Open
Herring	13		20kg	Open
Lingcod	13		0	Closed
Mackerel	13		100	Open
Northern Anchovy	13		20kg	Open
Pacific sand lance	13		5kg	Open
Pacific sardine	13		100	Open
Rockfish - Yelloweye	13		0	Non Retention
Rockfish - all species except Yelloweye	13		0	Closed
Sablefish	13		4	Open
Sculpin	13		8	Open
Shark - Basking	13		0	Closed
Shark - Blue	13		0	Closed
Shark - Brown Cat	13		0	Closed
Shark - Great White	13		0	Closed
Shark - Salmon	13		1	Open
Shark - Sixgill	13		0	Closed
Shark - Tope	13		0	Closed
Shark - all other species	13		0	Closed
Skate	13		1	Open
Smelt	13		20kg	Open
Sole or Flounder	13		8	Open
Spiny Dogfish	13		0	Non Retention
Surfperch	13		8	Open
Tuna - Albacore	13		20	Open
Tuna - Pacific bluefin	13		20	Open
Tuna - all other species	13		20	Open
White Sturgeon	13		0	Non Retention
Wolf Eel	13		0	Non Retention
Trout (hatchery and wild combined)	13	30cm	2 Combined Total * Consisting of no more than: 2 - Hatchery - marked; 0 - Wild - unmarked	Open

Bivalve shellfish and snails — area-wide limits

Species	Subareas	Daily
Clam - Butter	13	20
Clam - Horse	13	6
Clam - Littleneck	13	60
Clam - Manila	13	60
Clam - Razor	13	12
Clam - Softshell	13	25
Clam - Varnish	13	60
Clam - all species combined	13	60
Cockles	13	25
Geoduck	13	3
Mussel - Blue	13	75
Mussel - California	13	25
Mussels - all species combined	13	75
Oyster - Olympia	13	0
Oyster - all species except Olympia	13	12
Scallop - Pink and Spiny	13	75
Scallop - Purple-hinged rock	13	6
Scallop - Weathervane	13	6
Scallop - Weathervane and Purple-hinged rock combined	13	6
Snail - Moon	13	2
Snail - other	13	75
Whelks	13	75

Crab — area-wide limits

Species	Subareas	Min size	Daily	Status
Crab - Box	13-1 to 13-4 and 13-6 to 13-43		1	Open
Crab - Box	13-5		0	Closed
Crab - Dungeness	13-1 to 13-4 and 13-6 to 13-43	165mm	4	Open
Crab - Dungeness	13-5		0	Closed
Crab - Dungeness and Red Rock combined	13		4	Open
Crab - King	13		0	Closed
Crab - Puget Sound King	13-1 to 13-4 and 13-6 to 13-43		1	Open
Crab - Puget Sound King	13-5		0	Closed
Crab - Red Rock	13-1 to 13-4 and 13-6 to 13-43	115mm	4	Open
Crab - Red Rock	13-5		0	Closed
Crab - Shore	13		25	Open
Crab - other	13-1 to 13-4 and 13-6 to 13-43		4	Open
Crab - other	13-5		0	Closed

Other invertebrates — area-wide limits

Species	Subareas	Daily	Status
Abalone	13	0	Closed
Barnacles - Giant	13	6	Open
Barnacles - Goose	13	2kg	Open
Invertebrates - all other species	13	20	Open
Limpet	13	75	Open
Octopus	13	1	Open
Sand Dollar	13	6	Open
Sea Cucumber	13	12	Open
Sea Star or Starfish	13	6	Open
Sea Urchin	13	12	Open
Shellfish - all other species	13	20	Open
Shrimp - Ghost	13	50	Open
Shrimp including prawn	13	125	Open
Squid - Opal	13	200	Open
Squid - all other species	13	20	Open

Source: DFO Pacific Area 13 recreational fishing. Check the Fishery Notices for changes newer than the update date. This page is a reading of DFO’s page, not a substitute for it, and does not reproduce the coordinate-defined subarea boundaries.

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