Fishery Notice

DATE: Feb 22  

WCVI


Area 23 Barkley Sound

400 tonnes (Test Vessel Estimate) Deep Hole off Ucluelet
 
Feb 20: Test Vessel Proud Canadian - Small school in deep hole approx. 200 
tonnes.  No fish sounded inside western shore of Barkley Sound.

Feb 21: Test vessel reporting fish inside Barkley Sound near Forbes Island 
(fish showing on sounder but moving quickly estimate approximately 200 tonnes.

No test sets taken to date.

Feb 21: First Nation charter transiting area raked at Cabbage Rocks, one layer 
of eggs deposited but no active spawn observed. 


Area 24 Clayoquot Sound

Jan 15 to 30: Hesquiaht Harbour small spawn near Anton Spit and western shore 
of inner harbour (surface survey done)

Feb 19: Herring sounded in Hesquiaht Harbour unable to determine an estimate, 
lots of bird and sea lion activity but no active spawn.


Area 25 Nootka Sound

Feb 17: Herring sounded in the deep hole of Yuquot Point by local First Nation 
contact.


Area 25 Esperanza Inlet

Feb 17: possible spawn reported in Nuchatlitz by Nootka Air.


Total Herring WCVI: 400 tons

Please note: The primary objective of the herring test seine vessel program is 
to collect herring biological samples from Areas 23-25 for stock assessment 
purposes (e.g. size of fish, age distribution of fish in each sample). Herring 
stock locations and estimates are collected as part of the stock assessment 
program to locate herring stocks in as part of the sampling process to collect 
the biological samples, and do not cover all areas. The tonnage of stocks for 
each area provided in this notice, are in season estimates only, and do not 
reflect the biomass of stocks in the area. The estimates of stock biomass will 
be provided in the analysis which will be undertaken in the post season period, 
following the collection of biological samples as well as herring spawn 
distribution and abundance data. 


The vessel selected to collect biological samples for herring stock assessment 
in 2019 is the F/V Proud Canadian with skipper Philip Dupuis.  The vessel 
started Feb 20 sounding in Area 23 and weather permitting will be travelling to 
Area 24 in the next few days to begin assessment work in Area 24.

The test vessel will operate on WCVI for 20 days in 2019.  No fish will be 
retained for sale.  

Spawn flights will begin the week of Feb 24. 

A vessel based dive team aboard the F/V Pachena with Skipper Anare 
Rokotuiwakaya is scheduled to begin dive surveys throughout the major stock 
assessment area (Areas 23-25) for 19 days in 2019.   The Pachena is scheduled 
to begin surveys around March 5.

A shore based dive team aboard the Seaveyor 1 with skipper Darren Horler is 
scheduled to begin dive surveys along the East and West Coast of Vancouver 
island throughout the major stock assessment areas (Areas 23-25, 27, SOG) for 
20 days.  The shore based dive survey crew is scheduled to begin surveys 
February 24.

First Nation contractors will conduct herring spawn reconnaissance, 
supplemental surface spawn surveys and FSC catch monitoring on the west coast 
of Vancouver Island in:

Area 23-15 days
Area 24-30 days
Area 25-15 days	

FOR MORE INFORMATION: Mike Spence DFO Port Alberni 250 720 4448

Fisheries & Oceans Operations Center - FN0136
Sent February 22, 2019 at 1420

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