Fishery Notice

North Coast Herring Update
March 14, 2018: 

Area 4 - Big Bay

The charter vessel Nita Maria will begin sounding in Big Bay area on March 15. 
DFO manager Corey Martens will be on-board.  Test charter seining activities 
will commence to collect herring samples for science analysis.  This charter 
will be approximately 13 days.  Any intense fish sounding mammal, bird, whale, 
or herring spawn observations are requested to be reported to the contacts 
below.  In 2019, a remote piloted aircraft (drone) will be used to expand our 
observations and monitor spawn.  Any concerns can be reported to the contacts 
below.     

Area 5 - Kitkatla

The charter vessel Franciscan No. 1 will begin sounding in Kitkatla Inlet area 
on March 15 with DFO manager Jennifer Gordon on-board. Test charter seining 
activities will commence to collect herring samples for science analysis.  This 
charter will be approximately 13 days. Any intense fish sounding mammal, bird, 
whale, or herring spawn observations are requested to be reported to the 
contacts below.  In 2019, a remote piloted aircraft (drone) will be used to 
expand our observations and monitor spawn.  Any concerns can be reported to the 
contacts below.     

The next notice will be March 18, 2019.  

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
Corey Martens 250-627-3404
Jennifer Gordon 250-627-3421
Steven Groves 250-627-3455
Jessica Ottley 250-627-3007

Fisheries & Oceans Operations Center - FN0217
Sent March 14, 2019 at 0927

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