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SOMASS CHINOOK BULLETIN # 2 – 2014 Date: August 28, 2014
Somass Chinook Stock Assessment Update
Pre-season forecast: 30,000 Chinook
The forecast terminal return of adult Somass chinook to Barkley Sound and Alberni Inlet for 2014 is approximately 30,000, similar to the level observed in 2013. This forecast is a low return of Somass chinook given the 25 year average of approximately 100,000 (90,000 adults) fish returning to the terminal area.
Escapement – to August 26th
Stamp Falls - 237 Chinook and 397 coho
Sproat - 2 Chinook and 593 Coho
Biological information:
Biological samples will be collected from the fish ladders and hatchery racks. The predicted adult age composition is 8%, 85% and 7% of 3, 4 and 5-year old fish, respectively.
NEXT WEEK'S FISHING PLANS:
First Nations
Tsu-ma-uss (Hupacasath, Tseshaht) - Food social and ceremonial fishing only.
• Hook and Line open 7 days a week from the green flashing light at the mouth of the Somass River to Hocking Point.
Commercial
No fisheries planned.
Recreational
The following chinook management measures will change in Alberni Inlet.
Effective Friday August 29 until further notice the daily limit of chinook salmon is 2 per day, with a minimum size limit of 45 cm in the following areas of Alberni Inlet:
Those portions Alberni Inlet south of a line drawn from the boundary sign at 49 degrees 14.190N and 124 degrees 50.230W to the southern tip of Hoik Island then to the flashing green light at the mouth of the Somass River, then due east to a boundary sign on the opposite shore, and north of a line drawn from Hocking Point 127 degrees true to a boundary sign on the opposite shore.
For more information please contact the DFO office in Port Alberni at 250 720-4440
And:
Category(s):
RECREATIONAL - Salmon
Subject:
FN0918-RECREATIONAL - Salmon - Chinook - Subareas 23-1 and 23-2 - Changes to Recreational Chinook Size Limits in Alberni Inlet
Effective immediately until further notice the daily limit of chinook salmon is
2 per day, with a minimum size limit of 45 cm. in the following areas of
Alberni Inlet:
Those portions of Alberni Inlet south of a line drawn from the boundary sign at
49 degrees 14.190N and 124 degrees 50.230W to the southern tip of Hoik Island
then to the flashing green light at the mouth of the Somass River, then due
east to a boundary sign on the opposite shore, and north of a line drawn from
Hocking Point 127 degrees true to a boundary sign on the opposite shore.
Variation Orders: 2014-392.
FOR MORE INFORMATION:
Contact Brad Beaith, Fisheries and Oceans Canada 250-756-7190 pr the nearest
Fisheries and Oceans Canada Office.
Good To Go...
Cheers,
Nog
