Angling restrictions lifted in most streams, rivers on B.C.’s south coast

VICTORIA – Angling is once again allowed in most streams and rivers on British Columbia’s south coast.

Streams and rivers across the region were closed to angling on July 22 because the province feared higher water temperatures and low flows could threaten fish health.

The Ministry of Forests, Lands and Natural Resource Operations says it can now rescind the closure in most streams because of recent rainfall and lower temperatures.

But angling still remains prohibited in the Seymour and Coquihalla rivers and their tributaries.

The ministry says rock slides into those waterways have threatened the upstream migration of steelhead.

The angling prohibition was lifted two weeks earlier than the province anticipated.