DFO Area 2 Fishing Regulations & Limits

DFO Pacific Area 2 recreational fishing regulations

Current tidal-water recreational limits, sizes and closures for DFO Pacific Area 2 (Moresby Island), read from DFO’s own area page and refreshed daily. Last updated 2026-10-29. Openings change in-season and subarea boundaries are set by coordinates — always confirm on DFO before fishing.

Can you get out in Area 2?

Location	Today	Tomorrow	Save
Moresby Island	Rough15 kt · 2.1 ft	Rough22 kt · 3.8 ft
Queen Charlotte tides	Good10 kt · –	Good10 kt · –

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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.

Sachs Creek estuary — closed to chum and pink (Aug 15 – Oct 31)
Mathers Creek — closed to finfish (Aug 15 – Oct 31)
Coastwide — closed to eulachon (no end date given)
Gwaii Haanas - Burnaby Narrows — closed to shellfish (year round)
Gwaii Haanas - Cape Saint James — closed to shellfish (year round)
Gwaii Haanas - Flamingo Estuary — closed to shellfish (year round)
Gwaii Haanas - Gowgaia Estuary — closed to shellfish (year round)
Gwaii Haanas - Louscoone Estuary — closed to shellfish (year round)
Gwaii Haanas - SGang Gwaay — closed to shellfish (year round)
X̲aana K̲aahlii (Skidegate Inlet) Marine Refuge — closed to shellfish (no end date given)

Salmon — area-wide limits

Species	Subareas	Min size	Daily	Status
Chinook salmon (hatchery and wild combined)	2,102,130,142	45cm	2	Open
Chum salmon	2,102,130,142	30cm	4	Open
Coho salmon (hatchery and wild combined)	2,102,130,142	30cm	4	Open
Pink salmon	2,102,130,142	30cm	4	Open
Sockeye salmon	2,102,130,142	30cm	4	Open

Finfish other than salmon — area-wide limits

Species	Subareas	Min size	Daily	Status
Codfish	2,102,130,142		8	Open
Eulachon	2,102,130,142		0kg	Closed
Finfish - all other species	2,102,130,142		20	Open
Greenling	2,102,130,142		3	Open
Halibut	2,102,130,142		2	Open
Herring	2,102,130,142		20kg	Open
Lingcod	2,102,130,142	65cm	3	Open
Mackerel	2,102,130,142		100	Open
Northern Anchovy	2,102,130,142		20kg	Open
Pacific sand lance	2,102,130,142		5kg	Open
Pacific sardine	2,102,130,142		100	Open
Rockfish - Yelloweye	2,102,130,142		0	Non Retention
Rockfish - all species except Yelloweye	2,102,130,142		3	Open
Sablefish	2,102,130,142		4	Open
Sculpin	2,102,130,142		8	Open
Shark - Basking	2,102,130,142		0	Closed
Shark - Blue	2,102,130,142		0	Closed
Shark - Brown Cat	2,102,130,142		0	Closed
Shark - Great White	2,102,130,142		0	Closed
Shark - Salmon	2,102,130,142		1	Open
Shark - Sixgill	2,102,130,142		0	Closed
Shark - Tope	2,102,130,142		0	Closed
Shark - all other species	2,102,130,142		0	Closed
Skate	2,102,130,142		1	Open
Smelt	2,102,130,142		20kg	Open
Sole or Flounder	2,102,130,142		8	Open
Spiny Dogfish	2,102,130,142		0	Non Retention
Surfperch	2,102,130,142		8	Open
Tuna - Albacore	2,102,130,142		20	Open
Tuna - Pacific bluefin	2,102,130,142		20	Open
Tuna - all other species	2,102,130,142		20	Open
White Sturgeon	2,102,130,142		0	Non Retention
Wolf Eel	2,102,130,142		0	Non Retention
Trout (hatchery and wild combined)	2,102,130,142	30cm	2 Combined Total * Consisting of no more than: 2 - Hatchery - marked 50cm or less; 1 - Hatchery - marked over 50cm; 2 - Wild - unmarked 50cm or less; 0 - Wild - unmarked over 50cm	Open

Bivalve shellfish and snails — area-wide limits

Species	Subareas	Daily
Clam - Butter	2,102,130,142	0
Clam - Horse	2,102,130,142	0
Clam - Littleneck	2,102,130,142	0
Clam - Manila	2,102,130,142	0
Clam - Razor	2,102,130,142	0
Clam - Softshell	2,102,130,142	0
Clam - Varnish	2,102,130,142	0
Clam - all species combined	2,102,130,142	0
Cockles	2,102,130,142	0
Geoduck	2,102,130,142	0
Mussel - Blue	2,102,130,142	0
Mussel - California	2,102,130,142	0
Mussels - all species combined	2,102,130,142	0
Oyster - Olympia	2,102,130,142	0
Oyster - all species except Olympia	2,102,130,142	0
Scallop - Pink and Spiny	2,102,130,142	0
Scallop - Purple-hinged rock	2,102,130,142	0
Scallop - Weathervane	2,102,130,142	0
Scallop - Weathervane and Purple-hinged rock combined	2,102,130,142	0
Snail - Moon	2,102,130,142	2
Snail - other	2,102,130,142	75
Whelks	2,102,130,142	75

Crab — area-wide limits

Species	Subareas	Min size	Daily	Status
Crab - Box	2,102,130,142		1	Open
Crab - Dungeness	2,102,130,142	165mm	6	Open
Crab - Dungeness, Red Rock and King combined	2,102,130,142		6	Open
Crab - King	2,102,130,142		2	Open
Crab - Puget Sound King	2,102,130,142		1	Open
Crab - Red Rock	2,102,130,142	115mm	6	Open
Crab - Shore	2,102,130,142		25	Open
Crab - other	2,102,130,142		4	Open

Other invertebrates — area-wide limits

Species	Subareas	Daily	Status
Abalone	2,102,130,142	0	Closed
Barnacles - Giant	2,102,130,142	6	Open
Barnacles - Goose	2,102,130,142	2kg	Open
Invertebrates - all other species	2,102,130,142	20	Open
Limpet	2,102,130,142	75	Open
Octopus	2,102,130,142	1	Open
Sand Dollar	2,102,130,142	6	Open
Sea Cucumber	2,102,130,142	12	Open
Sea Star or Starfish	2,102,130,142	6	Open
Sea Urchin	2,102,130,142	12	Open
Shellfish - all other species	2,102,130,142	20	Open
Shrimp - Ghost	2,102,130,142	50	Open
Shrimp including prawn	2,102,130,142	125	Open
Squid - Opal	2,102,130,142	200	Open
Squid - all other species	2,102,130,142	20	Open

Source: DFO Pacific Area 2 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.

Fishing areas in Area 2

Moresby Island

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