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Fishery Notice
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ABORIGINAL - General Information
COMMERCIAL - Herring - Roe: Seine
COMMERCIAL - Herring - Roe: Test Fishery
COMMERCIAL - Herring: Spawn on Kelp
COMMERCIAL - Herring - Roe: Seine
COMMERCIAL - Herring - Roe: Test Fishery
COMMERCIAL - Herring: Spawn on Kelp
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FN0254-COMMERCIAL & ABORIGINAL - Herring - Roe - Central Coast - March 27/12
Herring Information Bulletin Central Coast #13 March 27, 2012 Area 6 Clifford Bay ------------Mar 24, 900 tons Sn Test Mar 24 - 10.4% 19.9cm, 51:54 45-4-5 2;4 (23.37gm:90.55gm) Meyers Passage ----------Mar 23, 75 Kitasu Bay --------------Mar 27, 1,500 tons (many broken schools difficult to assess) Sn Test Mar 27 - 7.6% 19.2cm, 66:53 38-4-11 0;2 (19.76gm:82.03gm) West Higgins Passage ----Mar, 26, 75 tons Total: 2,550 tons Area 7 East Higgins Passage ----Mar 23, 1,000 tons Sn Test Mar 23 - 11.4% 19.3cm, 50:60 49-4-8 1;1 (23.7gm:89.75gm) Mathieson Channel -------Mar 26, 800 tons (NE of Lizzie Rks) Powell Anchorage --------Mar 24, 700 tons Berry Inlet -------------Mar 24, nff Neekas Inlet ------------Mar 26, 15 tons Upper Spiller Channel ---Mar 25, (fish on beach small spawn started) Spiller Inlet -----------Mar 25, (fish on beach near head of Inlet) Lower Spiller Channel----Mar 27, (fish on beach 2 mile spawn started) Sn Test Mar 24 - 9.4% 19.1cm, 61:72 60-2-10 0;5 (15.7gm:72.6gm) Outer Seaforth Channel---Mar 26, No fish found Troup Passage -----------Mar 27, 300 tons (1.5mile spawn ) Sn Test Mar 22 - 10.7% 18.7cm, 73:77 68-2-7 0;1 (15.65gm:65.96gm) Gunboat passage ---------Mar 26, 200 tons Norman Morrison ---------Mar 26, No fish found Dundivan Inlet ----------Mar 26, No fish found Raymond Passage ---------Mar 26, No fish found West Waskesiu -----------Mar 26, No fish found East Waskesiu -----------Mar 26, No fish found Little Thompson ---------Mar 26, 50 tons Stryker Bay -------------Mar 26, No fish found Boddy/Joassa-------------Mar 26, No fish found Kildidt Sound -----------Mar 22, 350 tons Sn Test Mar 22 - 9.1% 18.2cm, 69:63 46-9-8 0;3 (19.68gm:74.4gm) Total: 3,415 tons Area 8 Kwakshua Channel -------Mar 24, No fish found Namu to Fairmile Pass --Mar 24, No fish found Kwakume Inlet ----------Mar 24, No fish found Illahie Inlet ----------Mar 24, 30 tons Total: 30 tons Central Coast Stock Total: 5,995 tons Area 9* Goose Bay --------------Mar 19, 135 tons Dawsons landing --------Mar 19, Fish on bottom Total: 135 tons Area 10* Moss Island ------------Mar 19, scratches Dsulish Bay ------------Mar 19, No fish found McBride Bay ------------Mar 19, No fish found Takush Harbour ---------Mar 19, No fish found Total: Scratches Spawn Reports: - Spiller Channel 2 miles of active spawn today between the Lagoon and Mosquito Bay and spawn between Neekas Inlet and Cheenis Creek being assessed further today. Troup Passage 1.5 miles of active spawn today on Chatfield Island near Pear Island. *Not included in major stock area Scratches - Herring present in small schools 1 to 2 tons Skimmer - Herring spread out near the surface, difficult to quantify Fish on bottom - Herring too close to the bottom to quantify Sooke Post to assess Spiller Channel, Christav headed to Mathieson Channel and East Higgins Passage, Franciscan No 1 to remain in Kitasu Bay. ROE TEST CODE:Date; Location; roe yield; fish size; males; females; #1-#2-#3-# spawned; juvenile;(roe weight:fish weight) FOR MORE INFORMATION: Dan Wagner 250 799 5345
Fisheries & Oceans Operations Center - FN0254
Sent March 27, 2012 at 1119
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