Should be lots of chum now, they have updated their escapement in the past week from 15,000 to 42,000
Category(s): COMMERCIAL - Salmon: Gill Net
Subject: FN0842-Salmon: Gillnet - Area D - Area 14 - Mid Vancouver Island Chum - Opening
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Gill nets open 48 hours from 08:00 Wednesday November 5/08 to 08:00 Friday
November 7/08 in Subareas 14-9, 14-10, and that portion of Subarea 14-11
outside the Comox Bar, northeasterly of a line from Longbeak Point on Denman
Island, to a fishing boundary sign on Willemar Bluffs.
This fishery may be extended due to weather conditions.
The current escapement into the Puntledge River is estimated to be
approximately 42,000 chum with a target of 60,000. The preliminary catch
estimate from the last gill net opening on Oct. 29-31 is approximately 2,400
chum. The total catch to date from the three gill net openings is approximately
13,000 chum.
Variation Order 2008-D-GN-Qualicum-04.