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Freshwater records from Vancouver and the Queen Charlotte Islands, the lower and middle Fraser, the Thompson, Stikine, Taku and Aslek Rivers, and rivers of the central coast. Common in coastal waters (Ref. 4925). First British Columbia specimen was taken from the Fraser River, recorded in 1881 by D.S. Jordan & P.L. Juoy and deposited in the USNM (Ref. 4925). Caught by commercial fishers around Vancouver Island and north of Howe Sound with trolls, purse seines and gillnets (Ref. 6885). Game fishers have a daily catch quota of 4, only 2 of which can be >50 cm. Minimum size limit ranges from 30 to 45 cm depending on the region (Ref. 10989). Also Ref. 52559, 78809, 30231, 95479. |