Fishery Notice

ROE HERRING INFORMATION BULLETIN: 10

DATE: March 4, 2015

STRAIT OF GEORGIA
AREA 14
Shelter Pt to Cape Lazo------------Mar 4:Not assessed
E.C. Denman Island-----------------Mar 4:small broken schools
Lambert Ch to Chrome Is------------Mar 4:not assessed 
E.C. Hornby Is---------------------Mar 4:small schools 
TEST: 8% and small
Tribune Bay/Lower Hornby-----------Mar 4:Not assessed
Upper Baynes Sd--------------------Mar 4:scratches
Lower Baynes Sd--------------------Mar 4:scratches
Mapleguard to Nile Cr--------------Mar 4:schools
Nile Creek to French Cr------------Mar 4:broken schools
French Cr to NW Bay----------------Mar 4:1,000 tons
TEST:Mar 4am NWBay Parksville Bay 1.8% 29:28 19.3cm 9-2-3-76-0 (21gm:74gm)
Total 14:  approx. 60,000 tons, assessment incomplete

AREA 17 NORTH
Dorcas Pt/Schooner Cove------------Mar 4:a few schools
Inner Nanoose----------------------Mar 4:not assessed 
Outer Nanoose----------------------Mar 4:broken schools
Blunden to Neck Point--------------Mar 4:a few schools 
Neck Pt to Dodd Narrows------------Mar 4:broken schools
TOTAL AREA 17N:  1,000 tons assessment incomplete
AREA 17 SOUTH----------------------Mar 4: Not assessed
Total Area 17N:not assessed

TOTAL STRAIT OF GEORGIA: 70,000 tons, assessment incomplete.

The seine fishery was active near Chrome Island today with 300 tons caught, and 
one small set kept near Nanaimo. The hailed and validated catch for the seine 
fishery is approximately 7,000 tons of the 15,440 ton quota.
 
For the gillnet fishery the estimated gillnet catch is approx 2,700 tons of the 
13,975 ton quota. 

The spawn flight departed Nanaimo at 10:00 hours this morning
French Creek to Parksville Bay: 4.0NM heavy (new)
S end of Qualicum Beach: spot spawn
Qualicum Beach to Little Q: 1.9NM
Between Little Q and Big Q: there was 5.0NM of light to medium spawn
Bowser to Maple Guard Point: 2.1NM washed
Boyle Point to Metcalf Bay: 2.1NM of new spawn, medium
Upper Bayne Sound:spot spawn just north of Union Point (new) 
Willemar Bluff:0.2 NM medium
Cape Lazo: 0.6NM
Little River to Kitty Coleman: 4.9 nm washed out
Sandy Island: .3NM (new)
East side Tribune Bay 0.4NM and Downes Point was a spot spawn (new)

Total linear miles of spawn to date: 29 nautical miles


ROE TEST CODE:
Date; Location; roe yield; fish size; males:females; #1-#2-#3-# spawned-
#juvenile;(roe weight:fish weight)

Fisheries & Oceans Operations Center - FN0162
Sent March 4, 2015 at 1547

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