Deep Inlet Cost Recovery – Update August 17
Cost recovery at Deep Inlet was 128,000 lbs for August 16. This is a lower volume than expected. The chum are holding deep so both boats are using deep nets to reach the fish. The biggest issue is the abundance isn’t there to catch. As of this morning we need 1.6 million lbs to meet the goal. Next update will be tonight or tomorrow morning. Common property fishery August 18.
Read MoreDeep Inlet Cost Recovery Update August 15
We harvested 210,000 pounds on Saturday and Sunday, far less than we hoped. That puts the total remaining to be harvested at 1.85 million pounds. The fish are diving out of the net and not easy to catch, although we have had good effort. Some fish remain in Deep Inlet. We will have two deep nets for harvesting on Tuesday August 16. There will be no fishing today as it is a common property day. Fishing will resume tomorrow at Deep Inlet. I am hearing good catch reports this morning for incoming fish.
Read MoreCost Recovery at Deep Inlet August 11 – 75,000 lbs
Two boats fished on August 11, harvesting 75,000 pounds.We still have a long way to go with 2.06 million pounds to harvest. Sex ratio was 59% male. Otolith reads from the August 10 harvest have been read and show 13% of the fish are still the Hidden Falls stock. These Hidden Falls stock are probably mostly females at this point and skewing the sex ratio; the sex ratio of the Medvejie stock is probably in the mid-60% male range. Also of note in the otolith data are good numbers of fish from our 4.0 chum program (“late-large” chum). Although the harvest is slower than expected at...
Read MoreCost Recovery at Deep Inlet August 10 – 125,000 lbs
Cost recovery began at Deep Inlet on Wednesday August 10th. Two boats harvested 125,000 lbs. Sex ratio was 57% male. We will need to take otolith samples to determine what proportion, if any, is Hidden Falls stock as that could skew the sex ratio. The 100 fish sample taken last night had several partially spawned females which would certainly be from the HF stock. Boats are fishing again today.
Read MoreHidden Falls Egg Take Goal Reached August 8, 2016
177,000,000 chum eggs were taken at Hidden Falls Hatchery as of Monday. This will allow maximizing each program at Kasnyku, Takatz, and SE Cove. The NSRAA board will be discussing moving some of these fry to Thomas Bay and Malmesbury in 2017
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