Not playing games more on here anymore. You have your info now go buy a clue and figure it out.
The lack of Herring in and around Southern Vancouver Island is a serious problem.
It's not a game FOR ME!
You posted there were Herring in the Gorge this year and used a Facebook photo to prove it.
Please read this information from a professional who knows !!!!
This is first hand, factual and
NOT OFF FACEBOOK!!
All the information you need is there for you and others to question or provide
valid information to the source.
We all need to work together to resolve this problem!!
SpringVelocity, you can believe what you choose to believe, but please no more baseless suggestions Herring stocks in and around Victoria are in good shape.
For those who might not live in the area, Portage Inlet is directly up from the Gorge.
Hi Dennis,
So far this year of 2021 no herring of spawning age have been seen by our volunteers at Pedder Bay, Fisherman's Wharf Victoria, Victoria International Marina, Port of Sidney, a dozen locations on Saltspring and Port Browning.
Not a single herrring has been observed caught from the Craigdflower Bridge. No herrring observed in Portage Inlet.
By all means, ask your contact for times and locations of his observations and World Fisheries Trust in Victoria will dispatch a volunteer or technician to assess.
World Fisheries Trust is the scientific company, based in West Victoria, that is co-ordinating this year's search for herring in the above mentioned area. Tom Cinnamon is the lead hand.
There is a lively debate on social media but so far this year, Fisheries and Oceans Canada has not seen a single herring spawning event south of Dodd Narrows in their publically reported aerial surveys. FOC have reduced their aerial survey schedule, the last 3 flights report no spawn. FOC is asking anyone with herring sightings to contact them, James Meldrum is the contact:
james.meldrum@dfo-mpo.gc.ca
We volunteers are promoting iNaturalist, Herring in the Salish Sea, where you can easily share your photos of herring.
Sadly, Facebook claims aside, no professionals have seen herring south of Dodd Narrows this spring.
Jim Shortreed, Victoria
250 937 9475