wildmanyeah
Crew Member
From face book from the commercial fishermen
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The Nootka Sound Roundtable met today, August 7th to talk about chinook.
The sports CPUE (catch per trip) this year is down to about half of last year, which reinforces the lower run forecast this year.
The run is forecasted at 30,000 adults total return, this puts the run in the "moderate" range.
The sports catch to date is around 5,000 pieces, and their total expected catch for the season at this run size is around 9000, so things are progressing as expected.
The Area D allocation at this run size is 6,000 pieces. Under the "moderate" run size rules, the earliest we can start is August 12.
Area D will open on August 12, at 9pm, for four hours, until 1am, with possible extension until 6am, depending on catch and fleet size and consultations between the on-grounds manager and the fishermen.
A second night is possible on August 13th, if allocation is remaining.
There is a slight possibility of a third night, but this would only be used if the fishing was proceeding at a moderate pace, and there was only a small amount of allocation remaining, and it made more sense to finish it off with a few hours rather than come back the following week. If the fishing is strong, we won't need the third night, and if it is weak we won't want the third night - so don't count on it.
If there is enough allocation remaining after this week's fishery, we will open again on Wednesday August 19th, and try to catch the remaining allocation then.
There will be no further in-season reforcast of this run. The only possibility of any catch above our allocation is if there is a large body of fish identified in the terminal area much later in the season, and the hatchery agrees that they have enough stock to get their egg target. This has only happened very rarely, so don't count on it.
Both the 90 mesh chum nets and the 60 mesh spring nets are approved for this fishery.
*** edited to add, the chum nets will likely not be allowed in the Barkley fishery due to coho
constraints, so keep that in mind when choosing which net to bring”
“
The Nootka Sound Roundtable met today, August 7th to talk about chinook.
The sports CPUE (catch per trip) this year is down to about half of last year, which reinforces the lower run forecast this year.
The run is forecasted at 30,000 adults total return, this puts the run in the "moderate" range.
The sports catch to date is around 5,000 pieces, and their total expected catch for the season at this run size is around 9000, so things are progressing as expected.
The Area D allocation at this run size is 6,000 pieces. Under the "moderate" run size rules, the earliest we can start is August 12.
Area D will open on August 12, at 9pm, for four hours, until 1am, with possible extension until 6am, depending on catch and fleet size and consultations between the on-grounds manager and the fishermen.
A second night is possible on August 13th, if allocation is remaining.
There is a slight possibility of a third night, but this would only be used if the fishing was proceeding at a moderate pace, and there was only a small amount of allocation remaining, and it made more sense to finish it off with a few hours rather than come back the following week. If the fishing is strong, we won't need the third night, and if it is weak we won't want the third night - so don't count on it.
If there is enough allocation remaining after this week's fishery, we will open again on Wednesday August 19th, and try to catch the remaining allocation then.
There will be no further in-season reforcast of this run. The only possibility of any catch above our allocation is if there is a large body of fish identified in the terminal area much later in the season, and the hatchery agrees that they have enough stock to get their egg target. This has only happened very rarely, so don't count on it.
Both the 90 mesh chum nets and the 60 mesh spring nets are approved for this fishery.
*** edited to add, the chum nets will likely not be allowed in the Barkley fishery due to coho
constraints, so keep that in mind when choosing which net to bring”
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