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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
Subject:
FN0264-COMMERCIAL & ABORIGINAL - Herring - Roe - Central Coast - March 30/12
Herring Information Bulletin Central Coast #16 March 30, 2012 Area 6 Clifford Bay ------------Mar 24, 900 tons Meyers Passage ----------Mar 28, 50 tons Thistle Passage ---------Mar 29, 1,000 tons Sn Test Mar 29 - 10.8% 19.5cm, 57:53 49-1-3 0;0 (22.8gm:91.29gm) Kitasu Bay --------------Mar 28, 5,000 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: 7,025 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) Moss Passage ------------Mar 29, 50 tons Mathieson Channel -------Mar 27, 200 tons Powell Anchorage --------Mar 29, 230 tons Berry Inlet -------------Mar 29, 50 tons and fish on the bottom Upper Spiller Channel ---Mar 29, No fish found Lower Spiller Channel ---Mar 29, Scratches Outer Seaforth Channel --Mar 28, Scratches Troup Passage -----------Mar 29, No fish found Gunboat Passage ---------Mar 28, 50 tons and a skimmer at Saunders Island Norman Morrison ---------Mar 29, 120 tons Dundivan Inlet ----------Mar 29, 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 27, Fish on bottom Boddy/Joassa-------------Mar 27, 25 tons Total: 1,375 tons Area 8 Nalau Passage -----------Mar 29, 200 tons Total: 200 tons (no recent soundings in other portions of Area 8) Central Coast Stock Total: 8,600 tons Area 9* 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 30th: No active spawn reported today in the Central Coast Spiller Channel - To-date the total spawn area extends from the entrance of Spiller Inlet to about 1.5 miles south of the Lagoon. Estimate 11 miles of spawn in total, 1 to 2 layers thick. Troup Passage - To-date estimate 4 to 5 miles total spawn area. Some heavy spawn reported up to 5 layers. *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 in Spiller Inlet, Christav in Kildidt Sound, Franciscan No 1 on route to East Higgins Passage. Ocean Cloud expected to start spawn survey tomorrow. ROE TEST CODE:Date; Location; roe yield; fish size; males; females; #1-#2-#3-# spawned; juvenile;(roe weight:fish weight)
Fisheries & Oceans Operations Center - FN0264
Sent March 30, 2012 at 1043
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