Fishery Notice

Area 4 - Big Bay

Dive Survey - Royal Pride:

March 29
South spit south of Tree Bluff averaged one layer with a 400m - 1300m spawn 
width. Transect just south of spit averaged layers 3 with a 600m spawn width. A 
macro bed with a width of 300m-400m on either side of spit averaged out to one 
layer.

March 30
Survey from south of Tree Bluff past slippery rock layers thinned out to 
Japanese point with an average of one layer with a 300m-400m spawn width. South 
of Japanese point spawn improved to 2-3 layers with a 90m-400m spawn width.

March 31
Bad weather SE 25-35 work was isolated to Big Bay with an average of two layers 
from Simpson point to Curlew rock. (50m-300m spawn width). Past Curlew into 
Salmon Bight trace spawn with a 50m-400m spawn width. 

April 1
Surveyed from Salmon Bight to Belletti point trace spawn inside swallow island. 
Swallow island to Shattock pt showed improvement with between two and three 
layer average. (70m-400m spawn width). Shattock pt to Belletti pt averaged 
under one layer. (60m -400m spawn width).


ROE TEST CODE:
Date; Location; roe yield; fish size; males; females; #1-#2-#3-# spawned; 
juvenile;(roe weight:fish weight)


FOR MORE INFORMATION 
Corey Martens: 
corey.martens@dfo-mpo.gc.ca 
250 627 3404.

Fisheries & Oceans Operations Center - FN0328
Sent April 4, 2017 at 1032

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