Fishery Notice

Central Coast Herring Bulletin #8
March 29, 2019: 
 

The third herring flight was carried out 09:00 hours - 14:00 hours March 
28,2019 and covered both North and Southern flight paths.  

New spawn was observed within a portion of Stryker Bay at 52° 6.014'N and 128° 
20.363'W, extending throughout the small bay. 

New spawn was observed in two locations immediately West of Waskesiu Passage, 
on the rocks located at 52° 9.241'N and 128° 26.120'W, as well as shoreline 
spawn extending from 52° 9.380'N and 128° 25.980'W for 1.15nm to 52° 9.790'N 
and 128° 26.271'W.   

New spawn was observed on the South shore of Watch Island extending Southward 
to and around Harmston Island, as well as to the SW shore and washed rocks to 
the West.  Total spawn coverage is approximately 0.5nm.

The spawn in Kitasu Bay continued to expand March 28, with new spawn observed 
on the North shore of Osment Inlet (52° 33.120'N and 128° 42.746'W) to Wingate 
Point (52° 35.018'N and 128° 44.828'W).  The spawn covers approximately 5nm in 
distance, spawn covers the majority of the shoreline between these points.  

Spawn was also observed outside Kitasu Bay, in the small bay immediately South 
of Wilby Point at 52° 33.155'N and 128° 48.987'W. 


New spawn has also been reported at the following locations:

52° 16.189'N and 128° 16.501'W; Mouth of Spiller Channel
52° 15.259'N and 128° 2.500'W;  Troup Passage
52° 15.122'N and 128° 2.346'W;  Troup Passage
52° 12.294'N and 128° 8.102'W;  Thorburne Island
52° 17.995'N and 128° 12.389'W; South of Yeo Cove
52° 18.372'N and 128° 12.252'W; Mouth of Yeo Cove


Test Set Summary:

March 20;Kitasu Bay(pond;2.9%18.3cm;53:78;16-9-54-1-2;(19gm:74g)(adjusted roe 
yield - 2.4%) 

March 21; Percival Narrows;10.3%;17.8cm;70:67;57-2-8-0-2; (18g:73g)(adjusted 
roe yield= 10.0%)

March 21;SE Corner Neekas Inlet;10.5%;18.8cm;63:58;43-4-2-0-1;(20g:82g) 
(adjusted roe yield=11.5%) 
 
March 22; Upper Spiller Channel;10.3%;18.3cm;70:69;60-9-1-0-0;(11g:72g) 
(adjusted roe yield=10.4%)
 
March 23;Hose Point;6.6%;18.2cm;62:59;39-9-10-6-24;(17g:66g)
(adjusted roe yield - 6.8%) 

March 26; Illihie Inlet;6.0%;17.8cm;87:66;39-26-1-0-1;(15g:65g) (adjusted roe 
yield=7.0%)

March 27; Mustang Bay;7.4%;17.9cm;83:65;50-15-`-0-4;(15g:66g) (adjusted roe 
yield=8.4%)

March 28; West Waskesiu Passage;9.1%;18.5cm;69:61;46-14-1-1-1;(20g:76g) 
(adjusted roe yield=9.7%)


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:

Bradley Koroluk 250-799-5127

Fisheries & Oceans Operations Center - FN0312
Sent April 1, 2019 at 0906

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