Review of 1993 south coast salmon troll fisheries / by G.E. Gillespie and T.F. Shardlow.: Fs97-4/2303E-PDF

"This report documents the management actions, catch and effort that occurred in South Coast troll salmon fisheries in 1993. In-season management actions were designed to keep catches of each salmon species within prescribed limits while allowing each fishery to remain open for as much of the season as possible. Troll fisheries in the Strait of Georgia, on the West Coast of Vancouver Island and in Johnstone Strait were managed with combinations of partial and total area closures and periods of non-retention and non-possession for certain salmon species and fisheries. Salmon catches in the Strait of Georgia met or exceeded allocations and/or ceilings for all species except for coho. The sockeye catch was 399,387 or 2.9% of the TAC. This represents an underage by inside trollers of 18,613 of their 418,000 (3.0%) allocation. The coho catch was higher than any recorded in the previous 10 years, a total of 287,468 pieces. The pink salmon catch was 335,765 or 6.6% of the TAC, which was over the inside troll pink allocation of 4.0%. Churn salmon catch greatly exceeded the pre-season ceiling of 3,500 pieces, with a final catch of 9,485. The chinook catch for the Strait of Georgia in 1993 was 33,218 or 7.2% over the 31,000 catch ceiling. Salmon catches were within the prescribed limits for the West Coast Vancouver Island troll fishery. Chinook catch was only 276,707 pieces. This shortfall was primarily due to a lack of abundance. The final coho catch was 948,355, which was only 55.8% of the 1.7 million coho ceiling. Sockeye and pink salmon catches were 1.052 million and 1.066 million, respectively. The allocation of sockeye for the outside troll (North and South Coast) was 16.2% of Canadian TAC. They actually caught 11.3% of the TAC. For southerly migrating pink salmon, outside trollers caught less than their allocation of 29% and actually obtained 24.2%"--Abstract, page vii.

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