... If there was a big rain those numbers will increase.
Maybe... They have to actually exist to increase the escapement number...
SOMASS CHINOOK BULLETIN # 7 – 2014 Date: October 02, 2014
Somass Chinook Stock Assessment Update
Pre-season forecast: 30,000 Chinook
October 2 - Runsize downgraded on Sept 11 from 40,000 to 35,000 (no change this week)
The forecast terminal return of adult Somass chinook to Barkley Sound and Alberni Inlet for 2014 was 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 September 28
Stamp Falls
Chinook Adults -
6727 Chinook Jacks- 4027
Coho Adults – 20,700 Coho Jacks- 2,089
Sproat
Chinook -
22
Coho – 7212 adults Coho Jacks -198
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.
Catch Chinook (9502)
- 8000 Recreational (Includes Robertson Creek Chinook catch in Barkley Sound and Alberni Inlet)
– 862 Tsu-ma-uss (Tseshaht, Hupacasath)
- 4 Commercial
Catch Coho
Tsumauss First Nations – 3817
NEXT WEEK'S FISHING PLANS:
First Nations
Tsu-ma-uss (Hupacasath, Tseshaht) - Food social and ceremonial fishing
• Hook and Line open 7 days a week from the the outlet of Paper Mill Dam Pool to Ten Mile Point.
• Gillnets open Sunday October 5 from 8 am to 5 pm in the following area from The Highway 4 Bridge crossing the Somass River (Orange Bridge) to the Clutesi Boat Ramp and from the green flashing light at the mouth of the Somass River to ten Mile Point. Small mesh required, target catch is 1000 coho, chinook and chum may be retained as a by catch.
Commercial
No fisheries Planned.
Recreational
No changes to recreational fishery
For more information please contact the DFO office in Port Alberni at 250 720-4440