Fishery Notice

ROE HERRING INFORMATION BULLETIN: 16

DATE: Mar 8, 2017

STRAIT OF GEORGIA
AREA 14
Shelter Pt to Cape Lazo-------Mar 8: Schools in the shallows 
TEST:Mar 6 Ferry crossing 11.1% 55m:58f 49-5-3-0-0
TEST:Mar 6 Miracle Beach small fish
TEST:Mar 6 Little River 11.0% 60m:41f 5 imm
TEST:Mar 6 Kitty Coleman not rep 51m:47f 
TEST:Mar 5pm Cowanga Bch 10.2% 20.7cm 49m:50f 46-6-0-2(23gm:96gm)
E.C. Denman Island------------Mar 8: 6,000 tons 
Lambert Ch. to Chrome Is------Mar 6: Small schools 
E.C. Hornby Is----------------Mar 5I: 3,000 tons broken schools
Tribune Bay/Lower Hornby------Mar 3: 1,000 tons
Upper Baynes Sd---------------Mar 6: Assessing Viking Cavalier
Lower Baynes Sd---------------Mar 6: Assessing Nita Maria 
Mapleguard to Nile Cr---------Mar 5: Skimmed out
Nile Creek to French Cr-------Mar 5: Skimmed out
French Cr to NW Bay-----------Mar 5: 5,000 to 6,000 tons NWBay
TEST:Mar 5 NWBay 4.8%;18.4cm; 81m:61f 29-8-24-2-3(16.6gm:68.2gm) 
TEST:Mar 5 S French Cr 5.7% 18.7cm52m:54f 27-8-18-13-3(20.1gm:81.9gm)
Total 14:  60,000 tons 

AREA 17 NORTH
Dorcas Pt/Schooner Cove-------Mar 5: 1,200 tons, fish in the shallows Nuttal Bay
Inner Nanoose-----------------Mar 5: Not assessed
Outer Nanoose-----------------Mar 5: 1,000 tons 
Blunden to Neck Point---------Mar 5: Small schools
Neck Pt to Dodd Narrows-------Mar 5: Small schools
TOTAL AREA 17N:  1,100 tons assessment underway

AREA 17 SOUTH-----------------Mar 2: Not assessed
Total Area 17N: Not assessed

TOTAL STRAIT OF GEORGIA: Assessment underway

There were five test vessels assessing Area 14 concentrating from Komas to the 
Horseshoe and up to Little River this morning. There were fish in the shallows 
near Little River and schools located in the Horseshoe. The seine fishery 
resumed at 07:45 hours and is underway in the Horseshoe in PFMA 14-9, 14-12, 
and 14-13 near Cape Lazo. The catch estimate from March 6 is 2,400 tons of the 
13,013 ton quota, based on hails with no catch validations.  The estimated 
catch from the fishery today March 8 on hails so far is 2,400 tons, for a total 
fishery catch of 4,800 tons.  

The roe herring gill net fishery opened at 11:00 hours on March 4. The catch 
estimate is 6,000 tons of the 15,171 ton quota.   

Spawn flight this morning observed: 2.0 NM Nuttal Bay medium to heavy; 
Northwest Bay, wash, 0.7 NM; Big Qualicum, medium, 3.5 NM; Willimar Bluff to 
Little River Ferry, medium to heavy, 4.5; Little River to Kitty Coleman med to 
heavy. Total miles of spawn to date observed from the flights are approximately 
30 NM. There will be a spawn flight tomorrow morning, weather permitting.

A reminder to the fleet transiting the Nanoose area that Whiskey Gulf Range is 
active today. 


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

Fisheries & Oceans Operations Center - FN0190
Sent March 8, 2017 at 1454

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