Apologies as this is a request not a report. We (UVic and PSF) are doing some work investigating resident herring in the Strait of Georgia. Residents are herring that spend the summer in the Strait when they are adults (about 6 inches or longer). Most herring migrate to WCVI as adults. Small juvenile herring are pretty much everywhere in the SoG... but adults are a bit harder to find in summer. We are aware of the big, deep aggregations in the northern SoG (like Kitty Coleman, Cape Mudge etc...) we are interested in whether there are similar aggregations around the Southern Gulf Islands, anywhere from Nanaimo down to the US border (including on the east side of the island line). We are looking for locations that would be surveyed with a Scientific Echosounder and sampled with jigging and cameras (we have been successful jigging herring as deep as 300 feet using a sabiki rig and mooching weight). Any tips would be appreciated, Thanks! Will.
