Fishery Notice

North Coast Herring Update
March 19, 2017: 

Area 4 - Big Bay

Fishing continues. See Fishery Notice FN0228 for details.

A flight was conducted on March 19 and observed small schools in the shallows 
on the western shore of Burnt Cliff Island.  Small and Medium schools observed 
in Big Bay along the shores of Belletti Point, Salmon Bight, and Simpson Point 
west to Trenham Point.  The spawn has advanced south of Tree Bluff and into Big 
Bay to Reeks Point.  Large schools of fish sounded and observed on the outside 
of Tree Bluff and in Big Bay.

South Kinahan Island ------------- Mar 15, NFF
Digby Island West ---------------- Mar 15, NFF
Tugwell Island ------------------- Mar 15, NFF
60fm edge ------------------------ Mar 15, NFF
Hodgson Reef --------------------- Mar 15, NFF
Swamp Island/Slippery Rock ------- Mar 17, Large schools in shallows
Tree Bluff ----------------------- Mar 17, Large schools in shallows
Big Bay -------------------------- Mar 15, Scratches
March 15; Big Bay; 6.9%; 20.8cm; 54; 54:34; 23-5-5-0-0; (30.1g:114g)
Pearl Harbour -------------------- Mar 19, 600 tons
Burnt Cliff Island --------------- Mar 15, 500 tons
Cunningham Pass ------------------ Mar 19, 700 tons, broken schools
Finlayson Island ----------------- Mar 18, NFF
Stumaun Bay ---------------------- Mar 18, NFF
Bernie Island -------------------- Mar 18, NFF
Haida Bay ------------------------ Mar 18, 200 tons, small schools
Parkins Island ------------------- Mar 18, NFF

Area 5 - Kitkatla

The charter vessel Franciscan No. 1 continued sounding in Kitkatla yesterday.  
The large body of fish that was set on March 17 has moved and cannot be located 
by the test vessel.  They plan to expand their target sounding area in attempts 
to locate a biomass to take a sample from. No new test sets have been 
performed. No spawn has been reported.  Assessment continues.  The seine fleet 
is requested to stay out of the area until advised otherwise.

Roe Test:
March 17; Coquitlam Island; 7.6%, 20.0cm; 44:48; 29-11-5-0-0;(26.73g:108.88g)

March 16; Red Can Cove; 8.4%; 20.4cm; 49:38; 31-4-3-38-49;(27.48g:115.79g)

Soundings:

North of Gurd Island ------------- Mar 18, 400 tons
East of Gurd Island -------------- Mar 18, NFF
West of Gurd Island -------------- Mar 18, scratches, FOB
South of Gurd Island ------------- Mar 18, scratches

Area 5 (Estimated) Total           400+ tons in whole area

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
Karen Kimura-Miller 250-627-3020
Corey Martens 250-627-3404

Fisheries & Oceans Operations Center - FN0237
Sent March 19, 2017 at 1735

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