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SOMASS CHINOOK BULLETIN # 6 – 2013 Date: October 4, 2013
Somass Chinook Stock Assessment Update
Pre-season forecast:
16,000 Chinook
Escapement
Stamp Falls – Sept 29 – 19,961 chinook and 46,931 coho
Sproat- Sept 29 - 10 chinook and 12,705 coho
Biological Information:
Biological samples will be collected from the hatchery.
Expected Somass Age Composition: 43%, 22%, and 34% for age 3, 4, 5 /adults, respectively.
In season indicators are positive but runsize remains unchanged.
Catch to date in the First Nations coho fishery 1,542 pcs
NEXT WEEK'S FISHING PLANS:
First Nations
Tsu-ma-uss (Hupacasath, Tseshaht)
Hook and Line - Alberni Inlet food social and ceremonial fishing (with rod and reel) from Paper Mill Dam to Ten mile Point.
Gill-nets – food social and ceremonial coho fishery opens Friday October 4th, 10 am to 4:30 pm and Monday October 7th, 10 am to 430 pm. Fishing area is from the Highway 4 Bridge crossing the Somass River (Orange Bridge) downstream (southerly) to a line at Polly's Point across to Stamp Point
except for;
the following area which remains closed, from the entrance to Clutesi Haven Marina due east to the opposite shore downstream to the power line crossing near the Catalyst Paper Mill in the Somass River.
14 gillnets in total, designated band members only. The maximum mesh size is six inches and nets must be tended at all times. Coho is the target fishery with non retention of chinook.
Commercial
No fisheries planned.
Recreational
Chinook conservation measures in Alberni Inlet have expired, Chinook non retention remains in effect on the Stamp/ Somass rivers.
For more information please contact the DFO office in Port Alberni at 250 720-4440
Somass Chinook Stock Assessment Update
Pre-season forecast:
16,000 Chinook
Escapement
Stamp Falls – Sept 29 – 19,961 chinook and 46,931 coho
Sproat- Sept 29 - 10 chinook and 12,705 coho
Biological Information:
Biological samples will be collected from the hatchery.
Expected Somass Age Composition: 43%, 22%, and 34% for age 3, 4, 5 /adults, respectively.
In season indicators are positive but runsize remains unchanged.
Catch to date in the First Nations coho fishery 1,542 pcs
NEXT WEEK'S FISHING PLANS:
First Nations
Tsu-ma-uss (Hupacasath, Tseshaht)
Hook and Line - Alberni Inlet food social and ceremonial fishing (with rod and reel) from Paper Mill Dam to Ten mile Point.
Gill-nets – food social and ceremonial coho fishery opens Friday October 4th, 10 am to 4:30 pm and Monday October 7th, 10 am to 430 pm. Fishing area is from the Highway 4 Bridge crossing the Somass River (Orange Bridge) downstream (southerly) to a line at Polly's Point across to Stamp Point
except for;
the following area which remains closed, from the entrance to Clutesi Haven Marina due east to the opposite shore downstream to the power line crossing near the Catalyst Paper Mill in the Somass River.
14 gillnets in total, designated band members only. The maximum mesh size is six inches and nets must be tended at all times. Coho is the target fishery with non retention of chinook.
Commercial
No fisheries planned.
Recreational
Chinook conservation measures in Alberni Inlet have expired, Chinook non retention remains in effect on the Stamp/ Somass rivers.
For more information please contact the DFO office in Port Alberni at 250 720-4440
