Fishery Notice
Category(s):
ABORIGINAL - General Information
COMMERCIAL - Herring - Roe: Gill Net
COMMERCIAL - Herring - Roe: Seine
COMMERCIAL - Herring - Roe: Test Fishery
COMMERCIAL - Herring: Spawn on Kelp
COMMERCIAL - Herring - Roe: Gill Net
COMMERCIAL - Herring - Roe: Seine
COMMERCIAL - Herring - Roe: Test Fishery
COMMERCIAL - Herring: Spawn on Kelp
Subject:
FN0212-ABORIGINAL and COMMERCIAL - Herring - Roe - Areas 6 to 10 - Central Coast - Update March 14, 2017
Central Coast Bulletin #10 March 14, 2017: The charter vessel Franciscan No. 1 has departed the Central Coast for Prince Rupert as of Friday, March 10. The seine charter vessel F/V Proud Canadian is scheduled to be in the Central Coast by tomorrow afternoon, and should be conducting soundings by tomorrow evening. The next anticipated update to soundings and roe tests will be Thursday, March 16. The first spawn flight for the Central Coast is scheduled for this week, weather dependant. No new soundings or tests have been completed. No spawn has been reported. Soundings and Roe Tests: Area 6 Larkin Pt to Wilby Pt --------- Mar 05, NFF Meyers Passage ---------------- Mar 05, Fish on bottom Thistle Passage --------------- Mar 05, Fish on bottom Jamieson Point ---------------- Mar 05, 3000 tons March 5; Jamieson Point; 0%; 20.0cm; 51:51; 1-18-33-0-0; (1g:96.91g) West Higgins Passage ---------- Mar 04, 50 tons; three schools Normansell Islands ------------ Mar 04, scratches; fish close to beach Beauchemin Channel ------------ Mar 04, 700 tons; too deep to test Clifford Bay ------------------ Mar 04, NFF; Bird and whale activity Area 6 Total 3750 tons Area 7 Thompson Bay ------------------ Mar 09; Little Thompson 4 small schools Waskesui Passage -------------- Mar 09; NFF; sea lions Peter Bay --------------------- Mar 09; 250 tons Boddy/Joassa ------------------ Mar 09; 35 tons; scratches Dundivan Inlet ---------------- Mar 10; scratches Stryker Bay ------------------- Mar 09, Fish on Bottom Raymond Passage --------------- Mar 09, scratches; seagulls Lower Spiller Channel --------- Mar 01, 25+ tons; scratches Upper Spiller Channel --------- Mar 01, scratches Spiller Inlet ----------------- Mar 01, NFF Ellerslie Bay ----------------- Mar 01, 65 tons Neekas Inlet ------------------ Mar 02, 20 tons; Fish on bottom Lower Return Channel ---------- Mar 08, 3000 tons, large school, whales March 8; Return Channel; 0%; 20.3cm; 49:51; 0-18-33-0-0; (0.3g:101.04g) Inner Seaforth Channel -------- Mar 08, scratches Troup Passage ----------------- Mar 02, 1000 tons March 2; Troup Passage; 0%; 19.4cm; 52:52; 0-8-44-0-44; (0g:83g) Outer Seaforth Channel -------- Mar 10, 100 tons Berry Inlet ------------------- Mar 08, scratches; sea lions and birds Powell Anchorage -------------- Mar 08, scratches Moss Passage ------------------ Mar 08, NFF; birds present East Higgins Passage ---------- Mar 07, 1060 tons March 8; East Higgins; 0%; 20.6cm; 50:50; 2-8-40-0-1; (0g:99.38g) Area 7 Total 5555 tons Definitions: Scratches - Herring present in small schools 1 to 2 tons Skimmer - Herring spread out near the surface, difficult to quantify Fish on bottom (FOB) - Herring too close to the bottom to quantify NFF - No Fish Found Washed out spawn - Spawn that is coming to an end Miles - Means nautical miles for this bulletin ROE TEST CODE: Date;Location;roe yield;fish size;males:females;#1-#2-#3- #spawned-#juvenile;(roe weight g:fish weight g) FOR MORE INFORMATION Jeff Radford 250-799-5127
Fisheries & Oceans Operations Center - FN0212
Sent March 14, 2017 at 1017
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