Brem River proposed angling regulations

The public is invited to comment on the proposed angling regulation described below until February 14, 2025. A BCeID basic account is required in order to post comments. Users with a business or personal BCeID account will not be able to access the feedback form without registering for a basic BCeiD account.

Summary: Brem River changes to season

Status: Proposed

Region: 2, Lower Mainland

Management unit (MU): 2-13

Regulation type: Season (No Fishing Variation Orders)

Species: Steelhead

Closing date: February 14, 2025

Decision statement: Pending

Current regulation:

• No Fishing from the upstream edge of falls (situated approximately 1.5 km from the river’s mouth) to a point 100 m downstream
• Artificial fly only upstream of 2nd set of falls (situated approximately 2.5 km upstream of Hillis Creek confluence)
• Bait ban

Proposed regulation:

• No Fishing from the upstream edge of falls (situated approximately 1.5 km from the river’s mouth) to a point 100 m downstream
• No fishing from November 1 to June 30, upstream of 2nd set of falls (situated approximately 2.5 km upstream of Hillis Creek confluence)
• Artificial fly only upstream of 2nd set of falls (situated approximately 2.5 km upstream of Hillis Creek confluence)
• Bait ban

Rationale:

The proposed closure is in alignment with summer-run steelhead regulations on Vancouver Island to reduce angling-related impacts due to the long freshwater adult residence time.

Collection notice: 

Your personal information will be collected for the purposes of informing the 2025 to 2027 B.C. freshwater fishing regulations. If you have any questions about the collection of this personal information, please contact: FishandWildlife@gov.bc.ca. This information is being collected by the Ministry of Water, Land and Resource Stewardship under the authority of section 26(c) and 26(e) of the Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act (“FOIPPA”).

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