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Oceans Day celebration in Ditidaht
Aug. 24, 2006: Ditidaht Community School, Christy Wilson (DFO South Island Education Coordinator), and Uu-a-thluk staff organized a fun and successful third annual Ditidaht Oceans Day celebration. Story
DITIDAHT
FISHERIES OVERVIEW
The
Vancouver Island Summary Land Use Plan identified the following fishery
use and potential in the Ditidaht region:
• important crab grounds offshore adjacent to Nitinat Lake
• important commercial groundfish areas fronting Carmanah Point
• important salmon holding grounds throughout this area
• significant population of northern abalone in addition to important
octopus population
additional page information is under development
The Pacific Cod feeder on invertebrates and small fish. Widely distributed in the coastal North Pacific, stocks are currenetly at historically low levels. Although it is dificult to age Pacific Cod, their growth rates are believed to be relatively fast, reaching about 30cm in the first year and sexual maturity by year 2 or 3.
