Sources
Last checked: Tue, Oct 6, 2026 · 7:29 p.m. PDT
Official pages we watch for changes
- The legal instrument for non-tidal Fraser & Vedder openings/closures
- The legal instrument for tidal Fraser (Area 29) openings/closures
- Non-tidal Fraser & Vedder limits
- Vancouver Island freshwater limits
- Tidal Fraser rules
- Alberni Inlet and Barkley Sound tidal rules
- Watched for Fraser Panel in-season announcements; the run-size reports sit on pages it links to
- Provincial licence & gear rules for Region 2
Definitions
- the terms DFO uses in the pages above, defined
Flags on a limit
UNCONFIRMED or VERIFY beside a limit means it came from a secondary source, not a current official notice.
Where everything else comes from
The maps, the water and the weather. Regulations are credited in the list above.
Base geography
Freshwater Atlas, Province of British Columbia (Open Government Licence – BC); landmarks from OpenStreetMap contributors
Tides
Canadian Hydrographic Service water level predictions (DFO).
River level
Water Survey of Canada real-time hydrometric data (ECCC).
Air pressure
ECCC surface weather observations (SWOB) at West Vancouver, Abbotsford and Hope.
Rain
ECCC station observations (SWOB), with the two-day outlook point-sampled from ECCC's HRDPS weather model.
River advisories
BC River Forecast Centre flood warnings and advisories.
Albion test fishery
DFO daily catch summaries from the Fishery Operations System.
Run timing
DFO hatchery and test fishery pages, Pacific Salmon Commission summaries, and local hatchery, stewardship and angling guides. Typical timing, not regulation.
Contact
Shinook exists because checking whether a river is open used to mean cross-reading three DFO pages, and that seemed like a problem software should solve. Email info@shinook.ca with questions, suggestions, or anything else. If you've spotted a wrong limit or a stale status, that mail jumps the queue.