Fishery Notice

ROE HERRING INFORMATION BULLETIN: 04

DATE: Feb 24, 2017

STRAIT OF GEORGIA

AREA 14
Shelter Pt to Cape Lazo-------Feb 23: 7,000 tons  
TEST:Feb 23am Kuhushan Pt 2.3% 20.4cm 56m:40f 9-10-21-1-0(27gm:104gm)
TEST:Feb 22pm 2 mi E Miracle Bch 0% 19.7cm 54m:64f 1-20-43-0-1
E.C. Denman Island------------Feb 24:20,000 tons in Horseshoe
TEST:Feb 23pm 0.2% 19.0cm;67m:60f;1-23-37-0-4 (17gm:76gm)
TEST:Feb 22am Horseshoe 0%;19.1cm;70m:53f 0-16-37-0-2
TEST:Feb 20pm on 3,000 tons Komas: 0.1%;19.9cm;64m:45f;1-5-39-0-2
Lambert Ch. to Chrome Is------Feb 24: A few schools 
E.C. Hornby Is----------------Feb 23: A few schools
Tribune Bay/Lower Hornby------Feb 23: 500 tons
Upper Baynes Sd---------------Feb 24: NFF
Lower Baynes Sd---------------Feb 23: NFF
Mapleguard to Nile Cr---------Feb 24: Assessing
Nile Creek to French Cr-------Feb 24: Assessing
French Cr to NW Bay-----------Feb 24: Assessing 
Total 14:  27,000 tons assessment incomplete

AREA 17 NORTH
Dorcas Pt/Schooner Cove-------Feb 22: A few schools
Inner Nanoose-----------------Feb 24: Not assessed
Outer Nanoose-----------------Feb 22: 225 tons 
Blunden to Neck Point---------Feb 22: A few small schools
Neck Pt to Dodd Narrows-------Feb 24: Not assessed
TOTAL AREA 17N:  1,100 tons assessment incomplete

AREA 17 SOUTH-----------------Feb 24: Not assessed
Total Area 17N: Not assessed

TOTAL STRAIT OF GEORGIA: Assessment incomplete

The DFO charter test vessel Denman Isle commenced the sample and assessment 
program in the Strait of Georgia on Feb 20, and has been assessing areas 14 and 
17 North this week. The herring industry test vessel Viking Cavalier was   
assessing on Feb 22 and 23, and will stand down until herring roe maturity 
increases in a few days. The largest biomass of fish has been sounded in the 
area between the NE side of Denman Island and Cape Lazo in the Horseshoe. There 
also have been herring located in the area above Cape Lazo up to Oyster River. 
The management vessel CCGC Neocaligus is assessing Baynes Sound area, however 
no fish have moved into Baynes Sound to date. There is no spawn overflight 
scheduled for the next several days.   

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

Fisheries & Oceans Operations Center - FN0145
Sent February 24, 2017 at 1342

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