Fishery Notice

Haida Gwaii Herring Update #5
2017 03 23
 
TEST CHARTER
The charter vessel Queens Reach is currently operating within Englefield Sound 
today and will be moving north towards West Skidegate later this afternoon.  
The test charter is expected to transit though Skidegate Narrows on Friday and 
return to the Haida Gwaii Major Stock Assessment Area Friday evening.

HAIDA AFS PATROL
The Haida Guardian patrolled lower Juan Perez and Skincuttle Inlet earlier this 
week and has since left the area. No spawns have been observed to date however 
they noted that the majority of the herring activity is concentrated in along 
the NW side of Burnaby Island within Burnaby Strait. 

SOUNDINGS/TEST RESULTS:
NOTE: Sounding information is not a complete representation of herring biomass 
and only represents a subjective estimate of what was observed by the test 
vessel.

Haida Gwaii Assessment Area

Louscoone Inlet
	Outer -------------------------------- 	Mar 09, 500 tons
	Inner -------------------------------- 	Mar 10, 300 tons
Skincuttle Inlet
	Outer--------------------------------- 	Mar 15, 100 tons
	Huston Inlet-------------------------- 	Mar 15, NFF
	Slim to Bag Hbr.---------------------- 	Mar 15, 200 tons
Burnaby Strait
	Scudder to Alder Isl.-----------------	Mar 11, NFF
	Section Cove--------------------------	Mar 13, 500 tons	
	Kat to Park Isl.----------------------	Mar 13, 3000 tons
	TEST: Mar 13; Burnaby Strait; 12.1%; 20.6 cm; 44:42; 36-5-2-0-0; 
(31.8 g : 116 g)
	TEST: Mar 13; Burnaby Strait; 9.0%; 20.4 cm; 45:48; 42-6-0-0-0; (21.3 
g : 107 g)
Juan Perez
	Newbury Cove--------------------------	Mar 13, 100 tons
	N Huxley Isl.-------------------------	Mar 15, 100 tons
Alti Inlet---------------------------------	Mar 14, NFF
Selwyn Inlet
	Louise Narrows------------------------	Mar 14, 100 tons

TOTAL HG Area Soundings:		4900 tons


Minor Stock 2W Area

Port Louis
	Inside--------------------------------	Mar 18, 500
	TEST: Mar 19; Port Louis Inside; 9.8%; 20.4 cm; 51:37; 33-3-2-0-0; 
(31.0 g : 114 g)
	Outside-------------------------------	Mar 18, 3000
	TEST: Mar 18; Port Louis Outside; 10.0%; 22.1 cm; 40:35; 32-2-1-0-0; 
(31.1 g : 134 g)
	TEST: Mar 18; Port Louis Outside; 8.0%; 22.4 cm; 46:25; 23-1-1-0-0; 
(34.0 g : 141 g)
Port Chanal--------------------------------	Mar 19, Scratches
Nesto Inlet--------------------------------	Mar 20, NFF
Seal Inlet---------------------------------	Mar 20, Scratches
Tartu Inlet--------------------------------	Mar 20, NFF
Rennel Sound-------------------------------	Mar 21, Scratches
Kano Inlet---------------------------------	Mar 22, 350
	TEST: Mar 22; Givenchy Anchorage; 11.5%; 20.7 cm; 45:40; 35-5-1-0-0; 
(33.3 g: 118 g)
Inskip Channel-----------------------------	Mar 23, 1900
	TEST: Mar 22; Percy Point; 10.1%; 21.2 cm; 44:40; 36-4-1-3-0; (28 g: 
118 g)

TOTAL Area 2W Soundings:		5750 tons


SPAWN SUMMARY

Louscoone Inlet
	NE Shore-------------------	Spawned Mar 5-6: 1.2 miles of light 
spawn.  Not assessed.  

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 - 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:

Peter Katinic
250-559-8330

Fisheries & Oceans Operations Center - FN0270
Sent March 23, 2017 at 1132

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