Fishery Notice

Central Coast Bulletin #18
March 23, 2017: 

The Proud Canadian remained in the Spiller Channel area yesterday, then moved 
through Lower Return Channel and then into Bella Bella.  They then went through 
Raymond Passage, then into Boddy/Joassa where they performed a successful set 
on a 600 ton school.  They will be heading into the Thompson Bay area today.

The gill net charter Three Girls 2 continued their sounding program into the 
Gunboat Pass area before returning to the Bella Bella, and then moved on to the 
Boddy/Joassa area.  This morning they report over 500 tons of fish in small 
schools that may be moving to the beach at Idol Point. They will be heading 
into Spiller Channel today.

The CCGS Vector is in the Kitasu Bay area today, and will remain in the area 
for the next few days.   

The next flight will be Friday or the weekend, weather dependant.

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 22, 300 tons, plus fish tight to the beach 
south of Neekas.
Spiller Inlet ----------------- Mar 21, 75 tons in narrows
Ellerslie --------------------- Mar 21, 25 tons
Lower Return Channel ---------- Mar 22, NFF
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 22, 200 tons, scratches
Troup Passage ----------------- Mar 21, 3.6 miles of skimmers, schools
Inner Seaforth Channel -------- Mar 22, 235 tons, scratches near Oland It.
Outer Seaforth Channel -------- Mar 20, 300 tons
Idol Point -------------------- Mar 23, 500 plus tons, moving to beach
Powell Anchorage -------------- Mar 20, NFF
Berry Inlet ------------------- Mar 20, NFF
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)
Raymond Passage --------------- Mar 22, scratches near beach
Norman Morrison --------------- Mar 22, scratches near beach
Thompson Bay ------------------ Mar 19; NFF
Waskesui Passage -------------- Mar 19; NFF
Boddy/Joassa ------------------ Mar 22; 800 tons
March 22;Boddy Narrows; 11.3%; 19.3cm; 64:54; 50-0-4-1-0; (23.3g:84.9g)
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          3840 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 - FN0267
Sent March 23, 2017 at 0946

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