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Herring Information Bulletin
Central Coast #14
March 28, 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)
Kitasu Bay --------------Mar 28, 3,500 tons 
Sn Test Mar 27 - 11.4% 19.7cm, 54:55 51-3-1 0;0 (22.04gm:90.75gm)
Sn Test Mar 28 - 9.3% 19.0cm, 72:54 49-2-3 0;1 (19.12gm:78.77gm)
West Higgins Passage ----Mar, 26, 75 tons

Total: 4,475 tons

Area 7
East Higgins Passage ----Mar 27, 600 tons
Sn Test Mar 27 - 13.3% 19.8cm, 43:65 60-2-3 0;3 (22.14gm:90.2gm)
Mathieson Channel -------Mar 27, 200 tons 
Powell Anchorage --------Mar 24, 700 tons
Berry Inlet -------------Mar 27, Fish on bottom
Spiller Inlet ---------Mar 27,(no active spawn, marine life indicates presence 
of fish in the shallows)
Neekas Inlet ------------Mar 27, Fish have moved into shallows
Upper Spiller Channel ---Mar 27, (spawn washed out)
Lower Spiller Channel ---Mar 28, (2.7 miles of active spawn)
Troup Passage ----------Mar 28, (2 miles of active spawn around the two large 
Islands near the narrows)
Gunboat Passage ---------Mar 26, 200 tons 
Norman Morrison ---------Mar 27, Scratches
Dundivan Inlet ----------Mar 27, Scratches
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 27, Fish on bottom
Boddy/Joassa-------------Mar 27, 25 tons

Total: 1,575 tons

Area 8

Total: No recent soundings

Central Coast Stock Total: 6,050 tons

Area 9*
Moses Inlet-------------Mar 27, 1.25 mile active spawn just inland of narrows 
on southeastern shore

Total: No recent soundings
 
Area 10*
No known spawn to date further assessment to be carried out this week

Total: No recent soundings

Spawn Reports March 27 & 28: 

Namu to Fairmile Passage - No active spawn, sea lions outside Warrior Cove, 
Illahie Inlet, Fairmile and Patrol Passages 

Kwakshua Channel - No active spawn, sea lions at eastern entrance

Nalau Passage, Kildidt Sound, Spider Anchorage, Cultus Sound, Peter Bay, 
Stryker Bay, Thompson Bay and Seaforth Channel - No sign of fish in the shallows

Mathieson Channel and Powell Anchourage - No spawn but fish remain in the area

Spiller Channel - Have had a broken spawn starting 1.5 miles south of the 
Lagoon to the entrance of Spiller Inlet(approx 11 miles). Egg deposition 1 to 2 
layers. Active spawn today from Neekas Inlet southward 2.7 miles towards the 
Lagoon. 

Troup Passage - 2.5 miles of active spawn yesterday on the eastern shore of 
Chatfield Island from Sabiston Island extending 2.5 miles northward. Today the 
Chatfield Island spawn is washed out but spawn is active for approximately 2 
miles around the two large islands near the narrows.

Higgins Passage, Kitasu Bay & Clifford Bay - No spawn to date although fish are 
moving toward shallows. 
 
*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
Washed out spawn - Spawn that is coming to an end
Miles - Means nautical miles for this bulletin 

Sooke Post to assess Seaforth Channel area, Christav headed to Troup Passage 
and Gunboat 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 - FN0258
Sent March 28, 2012 at 1544

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