Fishery Notice

Central Coast Bulletin #17
March 22, 2017: 

The Proud Canadian remained in the Spiller Channel area yesterday, and 
attempted another test in Spiller Inlet.  They set on what appeared to be a 
300ton school of fish, but found anchovies.  They will be heading through the 
Boddy Narrows area and into Thompson Bay.

The gill net charter Three Girls 2 continued their sounding program into the 
Troup Passage and Gunboat Pass area before returning to the Bella Bella.  They 
report "fishy" activity in the area.  They will be heading into Powell 
Anchorage and then into Spiller Channel.

The CCGS Vector was in the Nalau Passage and Namu area yesterday, before moving 
back into the Bella Bella area.   

The first spawn flight took place this morning, and covered an area from Powell 
Anchorage and Spiller Inlet and Spiller Channel, south to Nalau Passage.  Sea 
lions and birds were observed in several areas, but no fish or spawn was 
visible.  Due to poor visibility, the flight was unable to head into Area 8 or 
to the East Higgins/Kitasu Bay area.  The next flight will be as soon as the 
weather allows.

No spawn has been reported or observed in the area.  

Soundings and Roe Tests:

Area 6

Larkin Pt to Wilby Pt --------- Mar 05, NFF
Meyers Passage ---------------- Mar 19, NFF
Palmer Anchorage -------------- Mar 19, 10 tons
Thistle Passage --------------- Mar 05, Fish on bottom
Trahey Inlet ------------------ Mar 19, 40 tons
Jamieson Point ---------------- Mar 18, 3000+ tons
March 18; Jamieson Point;6.3%;20.2cm;53:44; 24-3-18-1-0; (26.7g:101.7g)
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
Price Island ------------------ Mar 19, NFF
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 Soundings Total		  3800 tons

Area 7

Lower Spiller Channel --------- Mar 21, 100 tons
Upper Spiller Channel --------- Mar 21, 300 tons
Spiller Inlet ----------------- Mar 21, 75 tons in narrows
Ellerslie --------------------- Mar 21, 25 tons
Lower Return Channel ---------- Mar 15, 130 tons
March 8; Return Channel; 0%; 20.3cm; 49:51; 0-18-33-0-0; (0.3g:101.04g)
Bullock Channel --------------- Mar 21, 15 tons
Johnson Channel --------------- Mar 21, NFF
Gunboat Passage --------------- Mar 21, 5 tons; lots of scratches, FOB
Troup Passage ----------------- Mar 21, 3.6 miles of skimmers, schools
Outer Seaforth Channel -------- Mar 20, 300 tons
Powell Anchorage -------------- Mar 20, NFF
Berry Inlet ------------------- Mar 20, NFF
Rait Narrows/Idol Point ------- Mar 18, 100 tons, FOB, sea lions
Troup Passage ----------------- Mar 18, 50 tons; scratches
March 2; Troup Passage; 0%; 19.4cm; 52:52; 0-8-44-0-44; (0g:83g)
Moss Passage ------------------ Mar 20, 150 tons
Lower Mathieson Channel ------- Mar 20, NFF
Price Island ------------------ Mar 19, NFF
East Higgins Passage ---------- Mar 20, 1000 tons
March 20; East Higgins; 8.8%; 19.0cm; 47:51; 33-3-14-1-2; (26.6g:99.4g)
March 8; East Higgins; 0%; 20.6cm; 50:50; 2-8-40-0-1; (0g:99.38g)
Thompson Bay ------------------ Mar 19; NFF
Waskesui Passage -------------- Mar 19; NFF
Boddy/Joassa ------------------ Mar 19; scratches
Dundivan Inlet ---------------- Mar 19; scratches
Stryker Bay ------------------- Mar 19, 40 tons, FOB, Sea Lions
Spider Channel ---------------- Mar 19, Fish on Bottom
Brydon Channel ---------------- Mar 19, scratches
Sans Peur Passage ------------- Mar 19, 50 tons; fish on bottom
Kildidt Sound ----------------- Mar 20, Est. 1 mile of skimmer at 60fa

Area 7 Soundings Total          2340 tons

Area 8

Pruth Bay --------------------- Mar 20, Scratches
Kwakshua Channel -------------- Mar 20, Est 2.5nm skimmer at 70-80fa
Fish Egg Inlet ---------------- Mar 21, 50 tons
Illahie Inlet ----------------- Mar 21, scratches, FOB
Naulau Passage ---------------- Mar 21, 75 tons
Mustang Bay ------------------- Mar 21, 30 tons
Warrior Cove to Namu ---------- Mar 21, 30 tons, birds
Kiwash Cove ------------------- Mar 21, NFF

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 - FN0265
Sent March 22, 2017 at 1747

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