You must purchase a fishing license and a salmon stamp prior to fishing for salmon and/or fin fish.
It is your responsibility to know the BC regulations. Check for updates prior to fishing.
Your fishing license must be on you at all times while fishing and transporting your catch.
When traveling with your sports caught fish, you must be within 2 days possession limit:
- 8 salmon (combined species of pacific salmon)
- 3 halibut
- 2 - 4 ling cod (depending on the area where caught)
Your catch must remain identifiable for species and measurement. Do not dress or pack as to make the catch unidentifiable prior to arriving at this facility and proper paperwork can be filled out.
It is illegal to sell sports caught fish.
To transport another persons sports caught fish, you must carry a letter from that person with their signature stating your authorization to transport. Specific information must be included. Our staff can help with details of this.
This facility will not accept any filleted fish for custom smoking.
If traveling by plane, specific criteria must be followed, or risk the package not being allowed on the plane:
- All fish must be vacuum packed
- Gel packs only for coolant
- Absolutely no loose ice
Styrofoam coolers placed into protective waxed cardboard outers result in your package becoming "airline approved" and allow the package to be checked through with your luggage.
When traveling to the European Union, whether as a visitor or a citizen, you cannot bring more than 1 kilo (2.2 pounds) of seafood products into Europe. Failure to comply with this will result in heavy fines and a cost will be incurred to have the fish disposed of.
By bringing your sports caught fish to this facility, once all the incoming weights, counts and species have been recorded, this facility can portion, skin, smoke and render your catch unidentifiable. Still keeping you within the legal guidelines for transportation etc... provided once you travel, you have incoming fish slips from this facility to correspond with what you are transporting.
