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KYUQUOT FISHERIES NEWS
Local
salmon stewards honoured
Dec. 20, 2006: A
gala dinner in Port Alberni Nov. 22 celebrated volunteers involved with
salmon stewardship, enhancement, and habitat restoration on Vancouver
Island's west coast. Story
Gooseneck
barnacle fishery revived
Feb. 4, 2004: Fishery reopens after four-year
hiatus. Story
Advisory
Committee discusses state of fishery in Nootka Sound
Dec. 17, 2003: The
Nootka/Kyuquot Sports Fish Advisory Committee met Nov. 19, 2003 in Tahsis
to discuss the current status and plans for local fisheries. Story
Sockeye
Smolt Counts
May 8, 2003: Jansen
Lake is of great concern to the Kyuquot/Checklesaht Fisheries department
due to a drastic decline in Sockeye returns in the past few years. Story
KYUQUOT
FISHERIES OVERVIEW
This
region, including Checleset Bay, contains the last significant un-enhanced
salmon stock complex on the west coast of Vancouver Island.
The
Vancouver Island Summary Land Use Plan identified the following fishery
uses and potential in the Kyuquot region:
• major salmon migration and rearing areas throughout coastal areas
of the region
• important estuarine salmon rearing areas at heads of all inlets
• important local salmon juvenile and local adults migration routes
and staging areas through entrances to Kyuquot Sound and associated waterways
• important salmon grounds fronting the Bunsby Islands, Kyuquot
channel and surrounding Moketas and Hohoae Channel
• Tahsish, Kashutl, Amai and Cachalot Inlets recently supporting
Pacific Sardine recurrences
• important geoduck areas in Clear Passage, Markale Passage, Pinnace,
Kyuquot Channels and the Mission Group
•
important crab grounds in Cachalot Inlet and the head of Tahsish Inlet
• important local herring spawning areas fronting Union Island,
Amai/Cachalot Inlets and likely others; important herring area in Crowther
Channel
• important sea cucumber area in Crowther Channel
• important prawn grounds in inner Kyuquot, and throughout Kashutl
and Tahsish Inlets
• significant wild clam fishing and prawn fishing areas throughout
Pacific Halibut
Found on sandy bottoms below 90m. Females, twice as large as males, can exceed 2.4m and 240kg. Largest of the flounders, halibut is an important sport and commercial (long-line) fishery.
