Fishery Notice

Central Coast Bulletin #19
March 24, 2017: 

The Proud Canadian remained went to the Boddy/Joassa area yesterday before 
heading into Stryker Bay, Thompson Bay, and then southwards into Cultus Sound.  
They set on a 250 ton school near Little Thompson Bay, and they were all 
juvenile fish.  They will be moving into the Kildidt Sound area today.

The gill net charter Three Girls 2 continued their sounding program in the 
Spiller Channel and Spiller Inlet area yesterday. Today they will be working 
southwards from Neekas Inlet and moving into Berry Inlet and Powell Anchorage.

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

A spawn flight was conducted over the northern portion of the area today, and 
saw no signs of spawn.  The flight covered Raymond Pass, Thompson Bay, Powell 
Anchorage, Moss Passage, Higgins Passage, west Aristazabal Island, Kitasu Bay, 
Meyers Passage, Spiller Inlet, and Spiller Channel.  Birds and sea lions were 
observed in Kitasu Bay, East Higgins, Moss Pass, Powell Anchorage, and the 
Boddy/Joassa area. The next flight will be Sunday or early next week.

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)
Wilby Point to Jamieson Point - Mar 23, estimated 600 tons
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		  4400 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 23, 90 tons
Neekas Inlet ------------------ Mar 23, 250 tons, FOB
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 
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
Little Thompson Bay ----------- Mar 23; 250 tons, juvenile 
Waskesui Passage -------------- Mar 19; NFF
Boddy/Joassa ------------------ Mar 23; 195 tons
March 22;Boddy Narrows; 11.3%; 19.3cm; 64:54; 50-0-4-1-0; (23.3g:84.9g)
Peter Bay --------------------- Mar 23, 40 tons
Dundivan Inlet ---------------- Mar 19; scratches
Stryker Bay ------------------- Mar 23, 30 tons
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          3515 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 - FN0281
Sent March 24, 2017 at 1447

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