Fishery Notice

North Coast Herring Update
March 20, 2017: 

Area 4 - Big Bay

Fishing continues. See Fishery Notice FN0228 for details. When quota is 
achieved, closure announcements will be made by fishery manager on grounds over 
VHF.

A test set was performed near Hook Point.

South Kinahan Island ------------- Mar 15, NFF
Digby Island West ---------------- Mar 19, NFF
Tugwell Island ------------------- Mar 19, NFF
60fm edge ------------------------ Mar 19, NFF
Hodgson Reef --------------------- Mar 19, NFF
Swamp Island/Slippery Rock ------- Mar 19, Large schools in shallows
Tree Bluff ----------------------- Mar 19, Large schools in shallows
Big Bay -------------------------- Mar 19, Large schools
March 15; Big Bay;6.9%; 20.8cm; 54; 54:34; 23-5-5-0-0; (30.1g:114g)
Pearl Harbour -------------------- Mar 20, scratches
Burnt Cliff Island --------------- Mar 19, small schools in shallows
Cunningham Pass ------------------ Mar 20, small broken schools
March 20; Hook Pt;1.8%;18.7cm;55:61;5-9-47-0-14;(weights not provided)
Finlayson Island ----------------- Mar 19, scratches
Stumaun Bay ---------------------- Mar 20, NFF
Bernie Island -------------------- Mar 20, NFF
Haida Bay ------------------------ Mar 20, small schools near Black Pt
Parkins Island ------------------- Mar 20, NFF

Area 5 - Kitkatla

The charter vessel Franciscan No. 1 continued sounding in Kitkatla yesterday.  
A larger biomass of fish was sounded on the North side of Gurd Island, and they 
were able to perform a test set. No spawn has been reported.  Assessment 
continues.  The seine fleet is requested to stay out of the area until advised 
otherwise.

Roe Test:
March 20; Near Dries Inlet; 9.7%; 20.4cm; 46:41, 35-5-1-0-0; (27.59g:114.55g)

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 20, 1000 tons
Gravel Pit to Robert Island ------ Mar 20, 250 tons

Area 5 (Estimated) Total           1250+ 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 - FN0245
Sent March 20, 2017 at 1633

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