British Columbia coastal fishing maps

Port Browning fishing maps and surveyed sections

Port Browning Head is ready with contributor-qualified CHS survey contours, measured fishing spots, carefully labeled DFO fish and forage evidence, CRD public-dock access and current Area 18 guidance. The evidence is not generalized across the unsurveyed parent harbour.

1 live section2 sourced target species1 attached public access site

Split by exact federal boundary

Why Port Browning Head is its own section

DFO sanitary area 18.21 defines the headwater polygon from the public wharf to the rocky-shoal edge. That exact child clears the independent shoreline, bathymetry and page-scale gates; the official Port Browning point lies in the broader parent harbour and is disclosed rather than silently treated as child evidence.

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CHS NONNA · Chart Datum100.0% assessed · 100.0% measured

Port Browning Head

57-acre Port Browning Head fishing map with contributor-qualified CHS NONNA survey contours (100% measured and assessed), four measured source-traceable spots, DFO salmon and herring evidence, a CRD public dock and current Area 18 guidance.

Recorded max: 28 ft
Species: Pacific Chinook Salmon, Pacific Coho Salmon
Public access: 1 attached site

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Source-backed, not crowd-guessed

What is included on the live page

Depth: contributor-qualified CHS NONNA cells retained in Chart Datum, with measured, assessed, unsupported and uncertainty gates checked independently.
Fishing spots: four source-traceable dock, rocky-shoal, basin and habitat anchors snapped to directly measured water cells.
Fish and forage: two historical parent-water herring-spawn records and three nearby DFO trawls, with regional and parent-system limitations visible.
Access: CRD public walk-on dock and visitor-moorage context; no public trailer ramp, parking capacity or private-marina permission is inferred.
Rules: exact bivalve closure 18.21, live Area 18 rules, and explicit outside-page relationships for the 2026 SRKW salmon closure and Pender vessel zone.

CHS NONNA DFO herring spawn index DFO Area 18

No quality waivers

The broader harbour is not silently promoted

Only the exact DFO 18.21 headwater child is live. Additional Port Browning water remains outside this page until an authoritative boundary, shoreline comparison, contributor-qualified bathymetry and Tampa-equivalent content pass the same fixed gates.

Port Browning map questions

Frequently asked questions

Why is Port Browning Head a separate fishing-map page?

DFO sanitary area 18.21 supplies an exact legal entrance and active polygon for the head of Port Browning. Keeping that child separate lets its shoreline, survey coverage, uncertainty, depth, spots and content pass independently instead of implying that evidence extends across the broader harbour.

What supports the Port Browning Head depth map?

Contributor-qualified Canadian Hydrographic Service NONNA 10 cells cover 100% of the retained water targets as directly measured and assessed, with no unsupported cells and 0.585 metre P95 vertical uncertainty. Depths are below CHS Chart Datum, not live tide or navigation depths.

Are Chinook and Coho exact-bay survey records?

No. Nearby DFO Southern Gulf Islands trawls recorded adult Chinook, adult Coho and herring 3.6-5.5 kilometres away. The page labels those salmon profiles regional. Two 1955 herring-spawn records are tied to the official Port Browning parent-water locality about 707 metres outside the child.

Which closures apply?

DFO sanitary closure 18.21 applies to bivalve shellfish in the exact page. The 2026 SRKW recreational salmon closure and Pender vessel-restricted zone lie outside this headwater child but apply if entered. Always use the live Area 18 page because rules can change.