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Fishery Notice

Category(s):

COMMERCIAL - Herring - Roe: Gill Net
COMMERCIAL - Herring - Roe: Test Fishery

Subject:

FN0249-COMMERCIAL - Herring - Roe - North Coast - March 26, 2012

HAIDA GWAII

Next update Tuesday March 27th.

PRINCE RUPERT

Areas 3 and 4

Spawn flight occurred at 10:00am March 26. Spawn observed in Stumaun Bay and 
the north end of Cunningham Pass outside Port Simpson. Small school of fish 
holding at SE corner of Pearl Harbour. Spawn observed from Belletti Pt along 
the shore south to Shattock Pt. Large schools of fish holding along the 
southern shore N of West Base Pt and around Curlew Rk. Spawn observed around 
Curlew Rk, along the southern shore of Big Bay from Simpson Pt to Reeks Pt. 
Spawn observed from Trenham Pt extending southward to the small bay north of 
Swamp Is. Large schools of fish observed holding tight to the beach west of 
Swamp Is. 

As of the morning of March 26, a total estimated landed catch of 570 tons.

On-ground updates will occur at 9:10 and 17:10 daily.


Area 5 - Kitkatla

Charter vessel "Snow Drift" began assessments on March 12th.

Winter Rocks to Absalom Island---------------Mar 25, 7,000+ tons
TEST: Mar 12 Coquitlam Island 1% 19.2cm 62:46 2-7-37 0;8 (113gm:86.7gm
TEST: Mar 25 N Absalom Is 10.6% 19.7cm 61:53 48-3-2 0;0 (22.2gm:88.3gm)
TEST: Mar 25 Gurd-Absalom 9.3% 19.0cm 66:52 43-5-4 0;2 (21.5gm:83.4gm)
East Side------------------------------------Mar 19, NFF
Dries Inlet----------------------------------Mar 19, NFF
TEST: Mar 17 SE of Gurd Inlet 8.8% 19.6cm 51:56 30-5-9 0;0 (23.5gm:93.9gm)
TEST: Mar 18 S of Gurd Inlet 8.6% 19.8cm 61:48 39-5-5 0;0 (22.3gm:92.2gm)
West side of Gurd Inlet----------------------Mar 25, 300-400 tons

Total: 7,400+ tons

Abundance has nearly doubled in past two days. Fish are starting to move up 
west side of inlet.


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


FOR MORE INFORMATION:

Peter Hall: peter.hall@dfo-mpo.gc.ca or 250 627 3457

Fisheries & Oceans Operations Center - FN0249
Sent March 26, 2012 at 1311

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