Fishery Notice

Central Coast Bulletin #21
March 26, 2017: 

The Proud Canadian worked through the Kildidt Sound area, before heading 
through Nalau Passage, Kwakshua Channel, and into the Fairmile Passage area. 
They will be remaining in Area 8 before moving back through Kildidt Sound.  
They set on a body of fish in the Farimile Pass area, but it was not 
representative.  The Franciscan No.1 will be on a four day charter beginning 
sometime on March 27 to cover the Vector while it crew changes in Port Hardy.

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

The CCGS Vector was in the Higgins Passage area yesterday before moving into 
the Mathieson Channel area.  They will be departing the Central Coast for a 
crew change tomorrow afternoon, and will return when complete.

The next spawn flight is scheduled for Tuesday, March 28.

No spawn has been reported or observed in the area.  

Area 10  
There was a herring observation flight in Smith Inlet yesterday that saw signs 
of fish and predators in lower Bosewll Inlet, Margaret Bay, Ethel Cove, and 
McBride Bay.


Soundings and Roe Tests:

Area 6

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 25, 20 tons
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		  4620 tons

Area 7

Lower Spiller Channel --------- Mar 25, 125 tons, FOB 
Upper Spiller Channel --------- Mar 24, 490 tons
Spiller Inlet ----------------- Mar 21, 75 tons in narrows
Neekas Inlet ------------------ Mar 24, 250 tons, FOB
Lower Return Channel ---------- Mar 25, 60 tons, small schools
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 25, 20 tons, scratches, birds
Inner Seaforth Channel -------- Mar 25, scratches 
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 25, scratches, whale activity
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 25; 65 tons, FOB 
Waskesui Passage -------------- Mar 19; NFF
Boddy/Joassa ------------------ Mar 25; 250 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 25; 70 tons, deep
Stryker Bay ------------------- Mar 25, 50 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 25, 200 tons

Area 7 Soundings Total          3580 tons

Area 8

Pruth Bay --------------------- Mar 20, Scratches
Kwakshua Channel -------------- Mar 25, 100 tons
Fish Egg Inlet ---------------- Mar 21, 50 tons
Fairmile Passage -------------- Mar 25, 800 tons
Naulau Passage ---------------- Mar 25, 75 tons, fast moving
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 - FN0286
Sent March 26, 2017 at 0936

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