Fishery Notice

Central Coast Bulletin #20
March 25, 2017: 

The Proud Canadian worked through the Cultus Sound area and moved into the 
Kildidt Sound area.  They were unable to find a suitable biomass to sample.  
They plan to move into the Nalau area today before heading northward back into 
Area 7.

The gill net charter Three Girls 2 continued their sounding program in the 
Spiller Channel yesterday before moving into the Powell Anchorage area. Today 
they will be working through the Boddy/Joassa and Thompson Bay area.  The gill 
net charter Star King began their sounding program today, and will be in the 
Troup Passage area before moving into Spiller Channel.

The CCGS Vector was in the Kitasu Bay area yesterday, and will be relocating 
into the East Higgins/Lower Mathieson area today.

The next spawn flight will be 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 24, Est. 200 tons and predators 
Palmer Anchorage -------------- Mar 19, 10 tons
Thistle Passage --------------- Mar 24, 50 tons + 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		  4650 tons

Area 7

Lower Spiller Channel --------- Mar 24, 100 tons, FOB and tight to beach
Upper Spiller Channel --------- Mar 24, 490 tons, plus fish tight to the beach 
south of Neekas.
Spiller Inlet ----------------- Mar 21, 75 tons in narrows
Neekas Inlet ------------------ Mar 24, 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 24, scratches
Inner Seaforth Channel -------- Mar 22, 235 tons, scratches near Oland 
Outer Seaforth Channel -------- Mar 20, 300 tons
Idol Point -------------------- Mar 24, 600m of skimmers
Powell Anchorage -------------- Mar 24, 100 tons, FOB
Berry Inlet ------------------- Mar 24, fish near shore, sea lions 
Port Blackney ----------------- Mar 24, 20 tons, fish deep
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 24, 200 tons

Area 7 Soundings Total          3750 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 - FN0284
Sent March 25, 2017 at 0859

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