Fishery Notice

Central Coast Bulletin #27
April 01, 2017: 

The Proud Canadian worked through the Spiller Channel and was able to complete 
a test 1 mile north of Tankeeah.  They then crossed to the East Higgins Passage 
area, and will be working back through Moss Passage towards Bella Bella again 
today.

The gill net charter Star King continued their sounding program in Spiller 
Channel and Spiller Inlet yesterday, and will be heading into the Berry Inlet 
and Powell Anchorage area today.

The next spawn fight is scheduled for today, weather dependant.
 
No new test sets have been completed.  The spawn observed in Clifford Bay ended 
on the same day it was observed; however it has been reported to have begun 
again, and expanded along the southern shore of the bay.  The spawn in Kitasu 
Bay continues, and has expanded.

The heaviest concentration of predators and sounded fish are in lower Spiller 
Channel and outer Seaforth Channel.  A large biomass of fish has moved into 
lower Spiller, with reports of fish close to the beach along much of the 
shoreline south of Mosquito 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 31, 5150 tons; lots of predators 
March 27;S of Mosquito; 11.5%; 19.9cm; 59:43; 41-1-2-0-0; (28.3g:98.2g)
March 28; Shingle Rk; 11.2%; 19.6cm; 56:49; 46-0-3-3-0; (24.5g:92.6g)
Upper Spiller Channel --------- Mar 31, 1400 tons, broken schools. 
Spiller Inlet ----------------- Mar 31, NFF
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 30, 140 tons
Troup Passage ----------------- Mar 30, 175 tons
March 2; Troup Passage; 0%; 19.4cm; 52:52; 0-8-44-0-44; (0g:83g)
Inner Seaforth Channel -------- Mar 30, 715 tons, 500 at Idol Pt. 
Outer Seaforth Channel -------- Mar 30, 1275 tons in several schools
March 30; Wootton It; 12.3%; 47:52; 49-1-1-0-0; (24.98g:100.86g)
March 29; E Harmston Is; 13.1%; 41:42; 40-1-1-0-0; (32.91g:121.15g)
Powell Anchorage -------------- Mar 29, 500 tons
Berry Inlet ------------------- Mar 30, 95 tons 
Moss Passage ------------------ Mar 30, 100 tons, skimmers
Lower Mathieson Channel ------- Mar 29, NFF
East Higgins Passage ---------- Mar 31, 500+ 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 28, 320 tons near Hose Pt.
Odin Cove --------------------- Mar 29, 50 tons
Norman Morrison --------------- Mar 29, 20 tons, scratches
Little Thompson Bay ----------- Mar 29, 15 tons 
Waskesui Passage -------------- Mar 29, 10 tons
Boddy/Joassa ------------------ Mar 28, 150 tons
March 22;Boddy Narrows; 11.3%; 19.3cm; 64:54; 50-0-4-1-0; (23.3g:84.9g)
Peter Bay --------------------- Mar 29, 40 tons
Dundivan Inlet ---------------- Mar 29, Scratches
Stryker Bay ------------------- Mar 29, NFF
Spider Channel ---------------- Mar 29, 35 tons
Kildidt Sound ----------------- Mar 30, 90 tons

Area 7 Soundings Total          10,535 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 30, 150 tons
Mustang Bay ------------------- Mar 30, NFF
Kwakume ----------------------- Mar 27, NFF
Warrior Cove to Namu ---------- Mar 30, NFF
Kiwash Cove ------------------- Mar 30, 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 - FN0318
Sent April 1, 2017 at 0908

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