Fishery Notice

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North Coast Herring Update
Area 5 - Kitkatla

March 25, 2019 (21:30 hours): 
Sounding operations continued along the top and east side of Gurd Island in the 
afternoon and evening.  Spawn has expanded at Dries Inlet and Kitkatla Inlet 
with increased bird and whale activity.  
March 26, 2019 (21:00 hrs):
Operations continued today.  Spawn at Dries Inlet and Kitkatla Creek has 
expanded to greater than 3 miles.

Observations:
Gasboat Pass - March 25: FOB
Chief Point - March 25: FOB
Gravel Pit - March 25: Skimmers
Gravel Pit - March 26: Scratches
Gurd Inlet - March 22: Scratches and FOB
Gurd Island East - March 22: Scratches
Gurd Island West - March 26: NFF  
Gurd Point - March 21: NFF 
Top of Gurd - March 26: Scratches and FOB 
Bottom of Gurd - March 25: Numerous scratches 
Freeman Pass - March 25: Scratches
Winter Rock - March 26: Numerous 15t-20t schools
Serpentine Inlet  March 22: NFF  
Kitkatla Creek - March 26: Active spawn and numerous skimmers
Wilcox Group - March 20: 400t - 500t
Wilcox Group - March 21: NFF
Cessford Island - March 20: 50 t.
Dries Inlet - March 26: Active spawn, approx. 2 miles 
Snass Point - March 25: Numerous scratches 
Coquitlam Island - March 25: Scratches 
Absalom Island - March 25: Scratches 
Porcher Peninsula - March 25: Numerous FOB
Porcher Peninsula - March 26: Skimmers, increasing in density towards Freeman 
Pass  
Clamshell Island - March 26: NFF
Robert Island - March 26: Scratches

Test Sets:
Kitkatla Creek - March 16: 2500 t; 11%; 195mm; 62:53; 50-1-2; 0-0; 
(21.87g:86.11)
Kitkatla Creek - March 17: 2500-3000t; 11%; 20.1cm; 56:60; 54-3-3; 0-0; 
(20.29g:85.92g)
Top Gurd - March 18; 12.1%; 202mm; 58:59; 56-2-1; 0-0; (21.76g:85.42g)
Dries Inlet - March 20: 1000t; 9.7%; 198m;73:62; 51:6:4; 0-0; (18.88g:73.86g)
Porcher Peninsula - March 21: 650t-850t; 12.0%; 193mm; 59:68; 63-2-2; 0-0; 
(18.87g:78.89g)    

Total measured stocks in Area 5 to date: 4500 - 5000t

The next notice will be March 28.  

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:

Jessica Ottley 250-627-3007

Fisheries & Oceans Operations Center - FN0287
Sent March 27, 2019 at 1219

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