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Fishery Notice

Category(s):

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

Subject:

FN0260-COMMERCIAL - Herring - Roe - North Coast - March 28, 2012

HAIDA GWAII

Next update Thursday March 29th.

PRINCE RUPERT

Area 3 and 4

Charter vessel Nita Maria last day of assessment is March 28th.

Spawn flight occurred at 10:00 hours March 28th. A continuous spawn observed 
from Bath Pt in Stumaun Bay southward to Hook Pt in Cunningham Pass. Spawn 
observed throughout Pearl Harbour and continues: along the shores of Flat Top, 
Mist, Burnt Cliff, South and Haycock islands, from Bellitti Pt to Shattock Pt, 
throughout Big Bay, southward along the shore from Simpson Pt to Ryan Pt. An 
estimated total of 37.8km of spawn observed.

Gillnet 1,000 ton quota was achieved and fishery was closed at 11:00 hours on 
March 27th, 2012.


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)
TEST: Mar 26 Gravel Pit 13.3% 20.1cm 49:54 52-2-0 0;0 (25.5gm:97.1gm)
TEST: Mar 27 E of Gurd Inlet 10.2% 19.3cm 60:57 48-3-2 0;0 (21.2gm:88.5gm)
West side of Gurd Inlet----------------------Mar 25, 300-400 tons

Total: 7,400+ tons

Fleet has arrived in Kitkatla Inlet. Assessment continues.


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


FOR MORE INFORMATION:

Corey Martens: corey.martens@dfo-mpo.gc.ca or 250 627 3404

Fisheries & Oceans Operations Center - FN0260
Sent March 28, 2012 at 1601

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