Fishery Notice

ROE HERRING INFORMATION BULLETIN: 15

DATE: March 10, 2015

STRAIT OF GEORGIA
AREA 14
Shelter Pt to Cape Lazo------------Mar 10:not assessed
E.C. Denman Island-----------------Mar 10:not assessed 
Lambert Ch to Chrome Is------------Mar 10:20,000 on the bottom
E.C. Hornby Is---------------------Mar 10:no fish found  
Tribune Bay/Lower Hornby-----------Mar 10:assessing 
Upper Baynes Sd--------------------Mar 10:not assessed  
Lower Baynes Sd--------------------Mar 10:not assessed 
Mapleguard to Nile Cr--------------Mar 10:not assessed 
Nile Creek to French Cr------------Mar 10:2,000 tons 
French Cr to NW Bay----------------Mar 10:2,000 tons NWBay to Mistaken  
Total 14:  total approx. 60,000 tons

AREA 17 NORTH
Dorcas Pt/Schooner Cove------------Mar 9:not assessed
Inner Nanoose---------------------- Mar 9:not assessed  
Outer Nanoose---------------------- Mar 9:not assessed
Blunden to Neck Point-------------- Mar 9:a few schools
Neck Pt to Dodd Narrows------------ Mar 9:not assessed
TOTAL AREA 17N:  total approx. 3,000 tons 

AREA 17 SOUTH
Upper Stuart ----------------------Mar 10: Assessing
Pylades Channel -------------------Mar 10: 6,000 tons 
TEST Mar 10 Pylades 5.8% 16.7cm 99:56 49-3-4-32-2(12gm:54gm)
James Bay -------------------------Mar 9:800 tons
Peile Pt---------------------------Mar 9:3,000 tons med to heavy
Collison Phillimore Pt-------------Mar 9:1,200 tons
Walker Rock to Hall Point----------Mar 9:1,500 tons
TOTAL AREA 17S: 12,000 tons

Area 29-5
Poirier to outside Valdes----------Mar 9:800 tons
TEST Noel Bay outside Valdes 0% 19.7cm 1:62-1-3-131-0

TOTAL STRAIT OF GEORGIA: total estimate of stocks from soundings: 70,000 tons.

The Denman Isle is assessing Pylades today and tomorrow evening. The Neocaligus 
is assessing the French creek Lambert Channel, and outer Hornby Island today. 
There are bodies of fish in Lower Lambert Channel, Columbia Beach, and Mistaken 
Island areas.  

Area 14 opened to roe herring fishing by seine at 12:01 hours local time March 
9, 2015. Subarea 14-14 (Comox Harbour) remains closed. At this time and until 
further notice vessels participating in this opening are required to carry an 
At Sea Observer while carrying out fishing operations, pursuant to the category 
HS and FHS roe herring seine licence conditions. Fishing is underway in the 
Columbia Beach area. If the fish in this area are of sufficient quality the 
fishery may expand later today or tomorrow. There was a seine pool captains 
conference call this afternoon to develop a fishing plan for today and 
tomorrow. The validated catch for the seine fishery is 6,664 tons of the 15,440 
ton quota. The gillnet fishery is not active and the estimated gillnet catch is 
approx 3,500 tons of the 13,975 ton quota. 

There was no spawn flight today due to heavy fog, there is a flight planned for 
March 11, 2015. Total linear miles of spawn to date: approx. 46 nautical miles. 
The spawn dive survey commenced Sunday March 8 and is underway in the Cape Lazo 
area. 

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

Fisheries & Oceans Operations Center - FN0183
Sent March 10, 2015 at 1559

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