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Annual Summary of

BRITISH COLUMBIA COMMERCIAL

CATCH STATISTICS

1986

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WI Fisheries Pkhes and Oceans et Ochans

Annual Summary ’ of

BRITISH COLUMBIA COMMERCIAL

CATCH STATISTICS 1986

PACIFIC REGION

ANWAL SLMWRY

OF

BRITISH COLMIA CMRCIAL CATCH STATISTICS

1986

TABLE W CNTERTS

Foreword and hportant Notes

Map of StatIstIcal Areas

Landings & Value Major of Species 1962-1986

Landings by Spectes and District

Sunmiary of Catch Statistics - B.C.

Salswn Quantity, Wu&er of Fish, Average Weight, Landed

Value by Species and Year

Salmon Landings by Year, Gear and Species

Salmon Landlngs by Species and Gear Type (Percent)

Salmon Landings by Species, Year and Honth 1982-1986

Salmon Landings by Species, Gear and Month

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Salon Landings by Species and Areas (Thousands of Flsh) 12

Salon Landings by Species and Area (Tonnes) 13 Salon Catch by Species in Areas of Highest Catch 14-15 Salmon Landings by Year, Species and Area 1977-1986 16-17

(Thousands of Fish)

Salmon Landtngs by Week, Species and Gear m-19

(Number of Fish)

Other Fish Landtngs by Species, Gear and Month 2D-21

ShellfIsh Landings/Days FIshed By Spectes, Gear and Month 22

Days Fished/Deliveries by Gear, Month and Area 23

Licence Status Report 24-25

FOREWORD

This Annual Sumnary of British Columbia Catch Statistics follows the genera? format originally used in 1969, however the figures are now showri in tonnes (1,000 kllograms). It will be followed by a detailed Annual Report to be made avallable on written request.

Prior te 1984, salon landed values published in the Annual Sunsuarv did not include bonus payments, Consequently payments made ti fishermen, particularli ?or net caught -salmon,.were under-reoorted. Since 1984 salmon landed value Is defined as the initialpayment to fishermen including any additional ad.justments and bonuses.

Monthly periods do not coincide exactly with ca?endar months, but are held constant at either four or five weekly periods as follows:

Four weeks - February, March, May, June, August, September, November and Dece&er.

Five weeks - January, April, July and October.

Under International agreement, Canadians may land hallbut at US. ports. Since 1964 these landings have been included in British Columbia Catch Statistics.

This report was complied by the staff of the Statistics Division under the direction of Mrs. M. Kostner.

IMPORTANT NOTES

1. All figures in this publication are reported as follows:

- Lingcod is reported as round weight. Multiply round weight by 0.72 to convert to dressed head-off.

JAM3 H. B.lERRIffi P.S. CHAWT CHIEF DIRECTOR GENERA1 STATISTICS DIVISIOR PACIFIC REGIDN

2.

3.

4.

5.

6.

7.

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- Sablefish (Black Cod) is reported as round weight. round weight by 0.70 to convert to dressed head-off.

Multiply

- Pacific Cod (Grey Cod) is reported as round weight. Multiply round weight by Cl.8Cl to convert to dressed head-on.

- Halibut is reported dressed weight head-off.

- Salmon - Troll and HandlIne are reported dressed weight head-on unless otherwise specified.

- Seine and Gillnet are reported round weight.

- All other fish are reported as round weight.

Taku and Stikine catches are now excluded from the North Coast Summary, and reported separately.

"Small' Chinook are net caught fish under 5 pounds round weight.

Rows and columns may not total exactly, due to rounding.

In this publication, catch dates refer to date of delivery. The date of delivery is not necessarily the date of catch for trollers, gill netters of seiners using modern fish storage methods.

The conversion factor for tonne is: 1 TONNE = 2,204.6 POUNDS

Round ueight is the weight of the whole fish as it comes from the water before any treatment or dressing.

DEPARTMENT W FISHERIES AND OCEANS GOVERWENT OF CANADA

LANDINGS & VALUE - MAJOR SPEClES 2961- 1986

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LANDXNGS 3Y SPECIES AND DISTRICT IN TONNES AND TlWtJ!3ANDS DF DOLLARS

TM"!l' NU?TH CCMT"' !3JTH CMST'l' FRASER"' LANDED VALUE

STIKINE AREAS 1-lD, 30 AREAS 11-27 AREAS 28, 29 TOTAL $OOD's SPECIES

Cblnook 2 Sockeye 21 cob0 1 Pink *

Chum *

Steelhead *

Subtotal

Salmon Roe

24

*

1 826 2 308 4 751 17 6D7 5 352 6 202

27 961 1 299 12 619 11 765

145 10

52 653 39 191

1 *

285 7 431

111 4

539 3

8 373

*

4 420 19 658 29 811 143 270 11 666 39 264 29 264 25 690 24 922 37 614

158 277

100 241 265 774

1 4

TOTAL SALt4DN 24 52 654 39 191 8 373 100 242 265 778

Herr1 ng 15 653 688 16 341 39 837

HerrIng Spawn on Kelp 133 17 150 6 372

TDTAL HERRING 15,786 705 16 491 46,209

Halibutt2) 3 533 6g8 4 231 18 884

Dogf fsh 135 2685- 163 2 g83 868 Fl.ounder 38 16 1 Haket3) 54 25 3 445 2 923

6 369 881

lingcod 1 508 2 352 1 386G 3 052 Pacjfic Cod 2 201 1 467 l 3 668 2 166 Pacific Ocean Perch 4 368 1 678 * 6 047 3 276 Malleye Pollock 123 312 163 m

Rockflsh(4)

598 150

7 337 11 440 4 18 781 11 832 SablefIsh 2 309 2 377 * 4 686 12 354 Skate 425 92 1 517 28D A

Sole 1 942 803 7 2 753 1 856 Turbot 420 472 892 Other Groundf!sh(5)

202 71 14 2 86 61

Groundfish Subtotal 20 877 27 153 3 265 51 294 37 DO3

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TMU/“’ NORTH COAST'l' SOUTH CDAST”’ FRASEP) MNDED

(11 VALUE SPECIES STIKINE AREAS l-10, 30 AREAS 11-27 AREAS 28, 29 TDTAL $DOO's

Abalone Clams CM Geoducks Horseclams

k-s oysters Prawns Shrlw Scallops Sea Cucutiers Sea Urchins

42 143 319

1 693

8

127 49

*

12

9 2 706

661 3 302

% 45

2 864 38B 593

54 786

2 053

3 321

11

*

35 126

14

2

52 734 2 851 3 805 1 321 5 661 5OD6 4 294

96 63 53 136

2 864 2 515 55Q 3 734 768 1 240

68 212 786 236

2 067 1 011 Dther Shellfish(6) 13 234 247 246

Shellfish Subtotal 2 406 13 811 512 16 729 23 887

Eulachon 50 50 49 Bon-Food Flsh 311 64 375 5 Smelts * 1 1 3 Stur 7 eons l 1 5 6 12 Tuna 7, * * *

Other Flsht8) * 42 42 86

Other Subtotal 311 107 56 474 155

GRAND TOTALfg) 24 95 567 81 665 12 206 189 461 391 916

Salmon Is reported in standard fom, hallbut is reported dressed heatiff and all other fish are reported In round weight. Includes 30.5 tonnes of hallbut valued at $118,878 lan&d by B.C. flshemn at U.S. ports, an addltlonal 1,166 tonnes valued at $5,570,817 landed by B.C. flshermen at U.S. Ports is excluded. Excludes 30,135 tonnes of hake valued at $4,378,770 dellvered to foreign vessels fn co-operative fIshIn arrarwmentS and 23,740 tonnes landed In the foreign natIona fisheries. Includes red, rock, bass, reddl, greenfes, other rockflsh, red snappers and silver perch. Includes idlot fish and shark. Includes squid, walls, plankton, crayfish and goose barnacles. Excludes 30 tonnes of tuna valued at $93,422 caught in U.S. waters by Canadian fishermen and landed in Canada. Includes anchovies and unspecified species. Includes direct deliveries by Canadian fishemen to U.S. ports.

PAGE: 6 WMARY OF CATCH STATISTICS - BRITISH COLUMBIA - 1986

Landings by B.C. fishermen jn 1986 decreased by 4% over 1985, the ianded value increased by 4% to $392 million,

B.C. Landings and Value: 1977-1986.

1977 1978 1979 1986 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986

TOW3 $ MILLIOtd 198 042 167.9 193 269 252.2 14B 921 332.2 124 455 182.3 147 127 231.1 131 776 233.2 15s 244 2oo.s 131 479 232.7 196 403 375.3 189 461 391.9

HALIBUT Landings of 4,201 tonnes of hallbut worth $18.7 mlllion by

B.C. fishermen at Canadian ports were 512 tonnes and $8 million greater than in 1985. In addltfon 1,189 tonnes valued at $5.6 mIlTIon were dellvered to U.S. ports c-red with 1,015 tonnes valued at $3 mllllon a year ear?ler.

Year Ez7 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986

Tonnes"' 2 818 2 294 2 410 2 668 2 233 1 690 1 865 3 110 3 689 4 201

Landings In Canadian Landfngs Total British ColurMa at U.S. Ports Landings

$000’s Tonnes"' gJcw s 8 278 1 133 2 929

10 001 1 570 6834 14 004 525 2 449

7 341 637 1 752 6 592 223 653 4 715 692 2 379 6 381 533 1 926 7 222 923 2 197

10 704 1 015 3 074 18 766 1 189 5 661

(1) Dressed head-off weight.

Tonnes"' !jOOO~s 3 951 11 207 3 864 16 835 2 935 16 453 3 305 9 093 2 456 7 245 2 382 7 094 2 398 8 307 4 033 9 419 4 704 13 778 5 39D 24 427

GROUMDF&li

Faciflc") Ling-'l) Year Sole Cod - - cod

1977 3 778 7 659 2 170 1978 3 076 6 745 1 821 1979 4 208 9 503 2 116 198D 4 668 8 143 2 021 1981 4 347 6 719 2 546 1982 2 897 4 689 4 040 1983 2 731 4 623 3 765 1984 3 225 3 459 3 707 1985 2 779 2 345 5688 1986 2 753 3 668 3 860

(1) Tonnes (round weight).

Sable<" flsh

Rock-"' fish Total*

1 019 7 905 27 170 795 10 305 30 786

2 002 8 790 37 172 3 392 9 669 36 382 4 527 9 460 28 690 3 912 10 366 31 807 4 319 12 126 33 340 3 852 14 695 36 169 4 263 17 814 44 539 4 686 24 828 51 294

* All totals include groundflsh species not speclflcally shown. All totals published before 1985 included groundfish and miscellaneous species not specifically shown.

SHELLFISH

Year ET7

Crabs"~hrimp"&awns") C?ams") 8~ducks'1~alone'1~~s~~l) -- 1 030 2 635 166 1 389 245 428 2 998

1978 1 176 1 349 220 1 587 1 016 433 2 793 1979 1 179 392 324 1 649t2) 2 463 186 2 231 1980 1 701 288 368 1 760t2) 2 808 97 1 922 1981 1 317 614 325 864t2) 2 704 85 1 415 1982 1 002 415 274 1 m(2) 3 135 54 1 579 1983 96D 411 331 1 783t2) 2 636 56 2 453 1984 1 155 409 505 2 621t2) 3 483 58 2 897 1985 1 165 678 514 2 932@) 5 370 42 3 420 1986 1 321 768 55D 2 945(Z) 5 006 52 2864

tl) Tonnes (round weight). t2) Includes horse clams.

HERRIN Herrlng landings decreased from 25,767 tonnes in 1985 to 16,341

tonnes In 1986, a decrease of 37%. The value &creased from $57 rnlllion In 1985 to $40 million 1n 1986, a decrease 3D%.

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19B6 SALMDN QUANTITY, NMER DF FISH, AVERAGE WEIGHT, IANDED VALUE BY SPECIES AND YEAR

SalMn Iandlngs in 1986 of 103 939 tonnes (round weight) valued at $265.7 mil?ion decreased 3 Percent in qUa?tity and increased 8 percent 1n value froffl the previous year. Sockeye exceeded aIT other species and totalled 30 833 tonnes aCCOUnt1 ng for 30 percent of all salmon landings and 54 percent of the total landed value.

PINK ?liEiEef of F?sh (000’S)

10 358

i! :i; 8 178

18 086 2 677

23 946 7 491

20 228 17 977

NE% of Fish (000'S)

CHINm - of Fish (000'S)

1977 7 522 1 497 1978 7 887 1 367 1979 6 845 1 334 1980 6 540 1 242 1981 5 916 1 133 1982 7 092 1 258 1983 5 378 951 1984 6 254 1 010 1985 5 469 870 1986 5 007 813

SDCKEYE tkmber of Fish (000'S)

Average Landed Weight Value

Kg- ($000's)

Landed VaIue

~$OOO's~

22 262 12 835 29 685 15 118 45 822

3 195 26 651 10 742 38 979 25 690

Average landed Weight Value

Kg. ($000's)

Average Weight

Kg-

Average Weight

Kg-

24 723 15 331 24 696 13 718 38 253

3 977 39 538 12 058 37 701 29 505

23 589 1977 29 461 1978 31 159 1979 24 307 1980 25 731 1981 31 205 1982 17 614 1983 37 318 1984 25 564 1985 19 658 1986

1977 17 388 1978 22 321 1979 14 532 1980 7 727 1981 21 000 1982 30 143 1983 14 326 1984 12 877 1985 31 566 1986 30 833

Q;~;;;;Y

Round Weight

1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986

9 857 9 152

10 342 9 025 7 514 9 297

IO 461 10 089 8 977

13 238

Landed Value

($000's)

6 032

5 E 16 809

6 157 15 091 4 899 9 003

23 646 25 197

1 089 2 971

866 3 332 1 122 2 967 1 001 1 843 5 471 5 580

6 348 7 209 5 693 3 130 8 441

10 079 5 524 5 083

12 248 10 557

caiu NuiiifiEF of Fish (000'S)

Average Weight

Kg.

32 218 55 181 43 307 18 222 54 577 78 860 36 617 45 976

120 428 143 270

1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986

7 905 33 336 12 243 36 197

9 781 25 528

7 605 14 938 34 755 37 614

Landed Value

($000's)

108 725 158 164 160 533 117 003 158 067 165 102 111 085 144 798 246 671 265 774

TOTAL SALMON* Number Averane Landed

Value ($000's)

Q;i;;;;Y

Round Weight of Fish Weigk (000's) Kg.

1977 65 582 22 643 1978 70 604 25 390 1979 61 214 23 378 1980 53 871 19 249 1981 78 921 31 621 1982 65 704 20 190 1983 74 659 35 566 1984 50 431 19 062 1985 107 565 41 814 1986 103 939 39 868

3 339 3 347 3 651 3 355 2 823 3 187 4 131 3 601 2 950 4 904

22 671 27 269 44 063 23 078 22 009 26 144 22 504 35 532 26 555 39 264

* Includes Steelhead.

1976-1983 values do not include year-end bonus or direct delivery payments. 1984, 1985, and 1986 values include year-end bonus payments; 1985 values also include direct delivery payments.

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1977 1 129 10 793 1 357 5 470 1978 997 7 819 1 281 2 319 1979 886 7 435 774 2 146 19Bl 670 3 265 848 1 711 1981 652 9 031 562 4 660 1982 917 9 817 870 526 1983 594 4 472 531 3 886 1984 763 6 542 518 1 826 1985 525 13 461 857 4 012 1986 516 11 073 981 4 217

CtlIMOM SWKEYE CWiO PIKK cHlR4 TOTAL* VALUE* DELIVERIES* Tonnes Tonnes Tonnes Tonnes Tonnes Tonnes $ 000'S 000'S

1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986

926

E 588 774 780 496 444 733 580

6 237 1 981 12 814 2 696 24 661 29 697 11 107 1 108 12 326 8 901 34 337 57 796

5 861 1 539 13 983 2 425 24 717 42 522 4 327 1 252 9 650 8 972 24 796 41 854

11 636 1 430 24 297 2 847 40 994 63 864 12 617 1 245 3 148 9 147 26 952 51 818

9 006 1 354 30 207 2 150 43 225 48 443 5 791 843 7 811 5 603 20 514 38 399

14 735 1 410 25 996 15 769 58 676 106 902 12 944 1 776 23 679 14 152 53 156 101 972

CHINax SaEYE coHo Tonnes Tonnes Tonnes

PINK Tonnes

1977 1978 1979

:%I 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986

5 467 358 6 519 6 004 3 395 6 763 5 056 1 236 8 029 5 282 135 6 925 4 490 333 5 522 5 395 7 709 7 182 4 288 848 8 576 5 047 544 8 728 4 211 3 373 6 710 3 911 6 816 10 481

6 439

8 !i; 2 357 9 296

303 5 445 2 422 7 692 1 609

CI-IINM SOCKEYE M-IO PlNK Tonnes Tonnes Tonnes Tonnes

1986 SALMON LANDIHGS BY YEAR, GEAR, AND SPECIES

GILL NET

!z!i!! - TOTAL* Tonnes Tonnes

3 229 22 028 6 641 19 102 2 151 13 430 7 548 14 084 3 182 18 153 5 525 17 742 2 575 12 106 2 98a 12 761 6 211 25 219 9 216 26 130

SEINE

TROLL

CI-ILM Tonnes

107 313 175 289 128 419 148 412

1 666 1 829

TOTAL* VALUE* DELIVERIES* Tonnes $ 000'S 000'S

18 893 17 165 23 067 14 991 19 774 21 010

44 612 146 129 303 61 681 150 114 411 83 215 163 142 511 44 107 189 79 233 54 984 164 121 335 71 897 169 124 420 42 056 170 114 247 70 725 138 124 513 72 382 124 191 584 96 113 112 220 858

19 334 17 157 23 i7CL 24 653

VALUE* DELIVERIES* $ 000'S 000'S

34 416 38 687 34 796 31 042 39 222 41 387 20 586 35 674 67 387 67 689

CATCH PER* VAlUE PER* DELIVERY DELIVERY

Kg- $

265 415 277 561 258 669 276 609 342 740 348 811 263 448 250 699 361 963 402 1 041

CATCtlf'ER* VALUE PER* DELIVERY DELIVERY

Kg. $

1 541 1 856 2 641 4 446 2 060 3 544 2 066 3 488 4 099 6 386 2 695 5 181 3 930 4 404 1 578 2 953 4 191 7 636 3 797 7 284

CATCH PER* VALUE PER* DELIVERY OELIVERY

Kg. $

1976-1983 values do not include year-end bonus or direct delivery payments. 1984, 1985 and 1986 values include year-end bonus payments; 1985 values also include direct dellvery papents. * Includes Steelhead NOTE: Al1 weights are round.

1986

SALW LANDIIGS BY SPECIES AH0 GEAR TYPE

SPECIES

cH1m

SmEYE

CM

PIM

STEELMAO

TOTAL

GILL NET

TONNES* 3 TONNES * E TONNES* 2 TONNES*

516 10.3 5a 11.6 3 911 76.1 5m7

11 073 35.9 12 944 42.0 6 616 22.1 30 033

951 7.4 1776 13.4 10 481 7g.2 13 236

4 217 14.3 23 679 m.3 1609 5.5 29 505

9 216 36.6 14 152 56.2 1829 7.3 25 197

127 79.9 25 15.7 6 3.8 159

26 130 25.1 53 156 51.1 24 653 23.7 103 939

SEX* TROLL

* Round we!ght

PERCENTAQE OF TOTAL SALMON CATCH BY QILLNET. SEINE AND TROLL - l- - lSB6

50- A

---- Troll

10 - - Seine - 10

Gillnet

I IllI 1 I I I I I I II I I I II, 19s 1911 lW9 ml 1m

TOTAL

PAGE: 10 1986 B.Cn SALMON LANDINGS BY SPECIES, YEAR AND WMTI-I

(IN TONNE+)

CHINWC 1982 1983 19B4 1985 1986

SWKEYE 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986

Ez 1983 1984 1985 1986

PXrK iii? 1983 1984 1985 1986

CHW iii? 1983 1984 1985 1986

STEELHEAD 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986

* less than 500 Kg. 1 Round weight

y4J JUNE JULY @I& SEPT. m K g& TOTAL

314 664 1 001 2 217 1 542 1 oa5 276 1 303 506 729 1 233 1 493 976 137 *

109 320 381 2 060 2 363 1 003 17 * * 376 24 2 001 1 727 1 004 336 1 * 1 552 2 234 1 741 351 . 126 1

6 1 * l

2

l

*

l

1

* * *

3

1 1 l

5

* l

*

810 10 420 17 282 1 012 607 264 4 986 7 960 1 106 7 974 5 597 6 149 155 2 591 12 021 18 587 351 16 98 3 819 21 647 3 914 1 296

l

1

l

*

2

* *

-

* * l

*

*

*

10 4 334 2 421 1 944 585 6 2 5 416 3 312 1 493 236 *

11 4 309 3 892 1 824 52 1 3 3 971 3 027 1 613 360 2

749 6 639 4 527 997 321 5

4 1 538 2 132 286 14 4 10 044 17 810 11 526 153 2 4 831 6 761 459 5 1 6 976 20 362 10 D49 311

26 a 640 17 417 3 396 26

1 1

* *

25 1 692 2 731 1 B82 7 781 841 4 1 464 2 140 590 436 264

41 2 500 1 736 1 899 2 603 223 4 2 530 3 566 2 738 13 417 1 383

62 5 904 6 619 1 609 10 116 6&3

2 64 28 4 7 l 22 33 2 *

3 96 49 3 *

1 112 70 15 5 1 67 83 5 4

l

*

*

1

l

*

l

l

3

138 1

7 099 5 37a 6 254 5 469 5 007

30 138 14 326 12 877 31 568 30 833

9 302 10 461 10 089 8 977

13 238

3 978 39 538 12 058 37 701 29 505

15 092 4 899 9 003

23 646 25 197

105 57

150 203 159

.

?AGE: 11 SAWN LANDIW BY SPECIES, GEAR, AND MUH

(IH TONNES)

FOR BRITISI-I COLMIA 1986

JULY E DEC 29 FEB 2 ’ MR 2 MAR 30 HAY 4 JUNE i JF29 AK 3 FEB I MA!? 1 MAR 29 MAY 3 NAY 31 JUNE 28 AUG 2 AUG 30

C RED G.N. * 1 7 103 165

SMALL

WIITE

1 I 139 I 284 1

* I

K MIXED Troll1 1 1 460 1 1 641 1 1 001

SDCKEYE G.N. 65 3 129 5 819

Seine 25 568 9 327 I

Trol I 7 155 5 525

CWO G-N. 5 156 489

Seine * 370 975

Troll 633 5 196 2 603

I 626 1 3 410

Seine 7 316 13 284

a-m G-N. 1 1 888 2 981 626 3 436 282 2 9 216

Seine 2 796 3 149 927 6 679 601 14 152

I 53 1 1 038 1 416

STEELHEAD G-N.1 I *I 1 *I 54 1 66

I *I 10 I 14

I *I 3t 2

223 * 3 325

1 311 750 * 11 073

2 510 513 * 12 944

79 28 5 794

47 1 1 554

4 3 * * 127

1 1 25

* 6

Gillnet and Seine - Round Weight Troll - Dressed weight Head-on

* Less than 500 kg.

1986 SALMON LANDINGS BY SPECIES AND AREA 3

(THOUSANDS OF FISH) E . .

L g& CHINWK S(XKEYE cad0 m g-iuJ STEELHEAD TOTAL - P P TAKU l 9 * * * l

9

STIKINE l

TOTAL * 9 l * * * 9

NORTH COAST 1 2E 2w 3 4 5 6 7 0 9 10

89 55 646 1 282 134 23 10 127 392 224 29 20 6B 138 27 31 200 212 3 465 192 i7 463 163 1 428 61 8 32 87 1 504 40

25 61 139 4 654 232 16 26 79 717 337 25 138 159 3 432 1 516 7 338 56 153 165

10 385 49 39 36

l

*

*

5 19

1 1 *

5 * *

2 207 776 281

4 105 2 150 1 672 5 111 1 176 5 275

721 518

30 * * 1 * 1 1 TOTAL 279 1 728 1 784 17 204 2 965 32 23 993

SOUTH COAST 11 22 181 357 72 109 * 742 12 20 1 585 132 425 684 1 2 847 13 17 420 53 76 549 * 1 115 14 26 4 136 2 371 * 538 15 3 * 10 * l 13 16 2 71 6 * * * 80 17 3 10 8 l * * 21 18 * 10 1 * 2 14 19 l l * *

20 6D 2 044 205 16 5 1 2 332 21 11 13 134 9 368 * 555 22 23 168 136 977 6 21 * 1 310 24 86 203 441 4 31 l 765 25 25 414 185 15 189 * 829 26 18 252 119 16 32 * 437 27 39 809 311 130 135 * 1 424

TOTAL 501 6 152 3 076 771 2 516 3 13 019 - FRASER AREA

28 29AB 26 2 442 36 2 35 * 2 540 29c * 19 3 l 27 * 49 29D 7 207 5 l 38 * 257 29E

TOTAL 33 2 668 44 2 99 1 2 846

TOTAL B.C. 813 10 557 4 904 17 977 5580 35 39 868

* Less than 500 pifms

1986 SALMON LANDINGS BY SPECIES AND AREA

(TONNESl)

m TAKU

STIKINE

TOTAL NORTH COAST

1

CHINW SOCKEYE mio - - PINK CHIM STEELHEAD TOTAL - - 2 21 1 * * l 23

1 1

2 22 1 l * l 24

841 157 2 059 2 174 549 2 5 781 2E 214 33 459 682 871 2w 297 57 231 24s 97 3 163 531 699 5 422 769 4 112 1 230 539 2 487 243 5 45 66 280 2 518 157 6 105 160 532 7 465 966 7 103 70 309 1 116 1 341 8 113 361 573 5 653 6 785 9 33 952 171 315 742 10 45 1 149 139 70 159

l

*

22 85

6 3 1

24 1 1

2 260 928

7 605 4 697 3 092 9 232 2 940

13 508 2 215 1 562

30 * l 2 l 3 6 TOTAL 2 071 4 786 5 993 28 148 12 682 14s 53 825 SOUTH =

11 134 525 925 144 427 1 2 155 12 136 4 675 405 733 3 325 3 9 277 13 100 1 240 137 129 2 697 * 4 303 14 127 10 268 3 1 772 l 2 180 15 13 l 19 * * 33 16 12 208 12 * 1 l 234 17 12 31 14 * * * 57 18 1 29 3 * 10 43 19 * l l l

20 178 6 080 431 24 21 2 6 735 21 57 39 314 15 2 054 l 2 480 22 23 860 397 2 050 12 84 1 3 404 24 491 632 950 6 124 1 2 204 25 150 1 300 481 26 832 * 2 790 26 120 790 306 30 122 * 1 369 27 258 2 555 815 231 507 1 4 369

TOTAL 2 648 18 512 7 130 1 354 11 976 11 41 631 FRASER AREA

28 29AB 212 6 882 89 3 199 2 7 387 29c 4 53 9 l 140 * 206 29D 69 579 16 l 200 1 865

TOTAL 286 7 514 113 4 539 3 8 459 TOTAL B.C. 7 007 m 30 833 1 38 10 9

* Less than 500 kg. 1 Round weight

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FIVE HIGHEST PRODUCING AREAS OF BRITISH COLUMBIA .A

FOR THE MAJOR SPECIES OF SALMON - 1986 TONNES (ROUND WEIGHT)

1030 mal 3m0 4000 5000 6000 7COO 8000 9CCCI

-I- 7465

AREA

6

PINK

Fage: 15

AREA u

29AB .

27

25

I82 1 2059

23 2050

24

11

27

SOCKEYE COHO

l 12

. 13

21

14

CHUM 1

CHINOOK

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1977 133 B3 157 174 1% 1977 6D 1 615 197 3 867 1978 143 22 459 563 137 1978 56 728 251 3 429 1979 155 256 444 463 22 1979 54 1 470 146 987 19BO 159 112 499 982 195 19Bo 40 529 145 1 58B 1981 161 288 344 704 65 1981 49 1984 1lB 1 850 1982 187 91 296 116 96 1982 91 2 428 283 1 495 1%3 136 238 497 659 16 1983 52 752 453 8 311 19B4 174 134 415 2 066 439 1984 57 1 069 2m 4 109 1985 191 179 460 1 100 897 1985 66 2 504 244 4 722 1986 140 84 841 1 812 385 1986 55 695 461 6 397

SAWN LANDIfGS 8Y YEAR, SPECIES, AND AREA - 1977-1986 (IHDUSANDS W FISH)

QUEEN CHARLOTTE ISLAND - (AREAS 1, ZE, 341

CH~NOCK SOCKEYE m-i0 PtNK CHW YEAR CHINOCK SOCKEYE CWO P - - P - - - P P

BUTEDALE, BELLA BELLA, BELLA CODLA, - (AREAS 6, 7, 81 RIVERS AND !MTH INLETS - (AREAS 9, 10).

YEAR CHINt3X SXKEYE COHO PINK CHW - - - - P -

1977 Bl 1978 99 1979 133 19BO 95 1981 65 MB2 B5 1983 67 1984 43 19B5 32 19B6 66

167 145

295 438 258 229 88

220 226

134 863 212 1977 41 724 86 253 291 4 894 686 1978 22 813 58 236 246 2 046 516 1979 16 40 36 43 228 4 165 933 19Sl 10 3 30 24 179 3 915 606 1981 7 254 27 175 153 804 582 1982 11 339 30 7 255 4 481 437 1983 12 170 84 39 171 924 324 1984 5 77 31 88 128 3 689 955 1985 10 563 23 151 377 8 803 2 085 1986 17 723 105 193

YEAR CHINOW. SOCKEYE ca40 - P P m

269 293

57 % 16 31 18 -s

32 10 16 . 43

201

ii57 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986

SALMON fANDIM? BY YEAR, SPECIES AND AREA - 1!477-19B6 (THDUSANDS OF FISH)

JMTHdE STRAIT - (AREAS 12, 13)

a4lMm -E CUUI PM 132 616 XT 1-G 135 3 312 286 1 270 113 1 901 193 2 101 123 990 231 1 113 110 2 971 242 4 647 97 1 651 255 183

104 2 206 313 7 517 74 1 163 167 215 66 2 766 186 5 364 37 2 005 185 501

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STRAIT OF GECMGIA - (AREAS 14, 15, 16, 17, 18)

cH1m SOCKEYE CiXUl P - PIK CHW - 210 164 -iic -z l

1 251 1978 170 80 283 4 100 105 1979 199 17 195 21 7 705 1980 203 91 111 4 81 100 1981 188 291 60 156 56

1 167 1982 134 222 89 3 240 135 1983 74 287 61 93 125 65 1984 60 112 76 3 164

570 1985 42 287 178 135 528 1 233 1986 34 95 161 2 373

CHlrKa zz 75 1978 28 1979 35 1980 8 1981 30 1982 17 1983 4 1984 21 1985 45 1986 60

JUAN DE FUCA STRAIT (AREA 20)

MEST CMT fX= VANCWVER ISLAND - (AREAS 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27)

YEAR iiF 1978 1979

, 1980 1981 1982 1983 19B4 1985 1986

c+lINmc 625 621 542 536 471 589 427 512 376 348

SaxEYE cm0 - - 1 212 1 671

911 1 389 1 061 1 940

665 1 723 1 054 1 392 2 668 1 802

956 2 179 961 2 183

1 493 1 396 1 827 2 167

PIIK 1-Z

108 3 074

195 2 760

43 1 104

67 1 Bl9

180

24 233

21 786 146 595

16 346

2 090 796

SWKEYE 576 476 325 105 318

1 603 14

576 2 763 2 044

xi 106 257 159 283 129 17 79

225 205

YEAR CHINMK SCNXYE iis 99 1 176 1978 63 581 1979 56 1 098 1980 39 292 1981 24 773 1982 25 755 1983 27 531 1984 30 888 1985 32 1 314 1986 33 2 668

PIW XT

1 2 585

1 2 787

12 62

3 2 175

16

-z 55 4

61 B

15 l

1 6 5

FRASER RIVER - (AREAS 28, 29AM, 29C, 29D)

44 72 26 33 6

22 14 11 31 44

PlrK CHIM XT -iT

1 125 104 8

* 76 328 8

1 63 965 8

1 2 509 53

2 99

MY 4 -WY IO MY 11 - t&Y 17 IMY 18 - MY 24 WY 25 - WY 31

TUTM MY JIM l-JlM 7 JUE 8-JIM14 JMl5-JW2l JWE22-JLtE28

lmMJuE ii.i29-JltY 5 JUY 6-JWYX2 JIAY 13 - JUY 19 JILYZO-J&Y26 JlLY 27 -MS 2

ImM JLLY AN. 3-m. 9 ALE.lO-ALEa 16 AI& 17-m. 23 rn.24-Au3.~

TurALHaET Aus. 31-5EPT. 6 WT. 7-SEPT.13 sm.14-sm.2n 5m.2i-SEPT.8

TOTAL- sm.28-ET. 4 m. 5-OCT. 11 ET. 12-CCT. 18 OCT. 19-m. 25 03. 26-m. 1

I 567 1 11 II 3 1 II lml 19 I II 38391 ? 18 11 WI 46 II 61 I 1017 I Ml lo!

2261 93 II 621 II ml 251 I 93 z9 I 14224 4 5a 2%? 11971 15011 7ll I 28751 334 I 103 897 I 2s s6 1om 2as

WI s529 1548 1 M9. 19 1 65 5a 1 242 259 1 110 6 3E

2995211 4412431 42846611134927\

427 98 1m 325 ml n

3140 lml 2m2 101

432 377 49l 163 m6 w xa

4 118 m7 28 6

~ 47 466 49 147

1m 44

89l26

Tmnlbwa mrALm?~l

MY 4-MY10 MY 11 - MY 17 MY 18 - MY 24 MY 25 - WY 3l TUT* WY IUE l-JUE 7 IWE 8-JIBE14 MEl5-JIBE21 IWE22-JUE28 TOT& JIM lUE29- JUY S ImY 6-JUYl.2 IlAY l3 - JUY 19 IILYZO-JIAYX UY27-ALE 2 TOTK JU.Y

ilG* 3-m. 9 UE. 10-U. 16 WI. 17-m. 23 W.24-AUi.B TmlAlmBT

UG. 31-W. 6 SEPT. 7-SEPT.l3 EPT.l4-mT.a SEPT. 21 - WT. 27 Turfi-

EF'T.28-ET. 4 XT. 5 - ET. 11 XT. 12-W. 18 XT. 19-m. 25 ET. 26-m. 1 Tmlm TmlMxwEFt ToTAl- Tom 1s

SB 1EU 2 24 05l

w0 1 374 1% 24a6 3 3g249 46oe 5m349

11 4% 56lsxl 10726 36236 4w 326 11 3u 44433 %l 790 134m 9703 316 866 5l 621 130454 24688a ~- -- m

m45El 329M

Ek lal23s 221337 201052 119 %tl mm %x?6 m 749 mm7 53 148 xl 567 34 13-2 37 667 32 l24 97 34 31 %l 24 933

lsl 55 210 66i 111 27a 74 532 1%666 509625 166 293 569 347 140 079 2l6= % ol9 32%

mm 1372755 6067l 131 EC

630% 56s

1M 124 4479l

314 439 49 18l Es244 16 117 0w0

129 430 13 16l

A 8

59 l3 2z

229 69

112 246 187 114 810 5671 S20 WI12 OM 836 1 3 101 7l81 473 773

5 A

e

111 23

454 114 99 60 E 727

1% 120 91

464 153 7m 26a

1 u?3 a 2277 Es 1w 1% 1 om 103

m 117 235 245

3l20 69 17l A

9 19 2

201 A 22 75 29

68 12 20

4% 133

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OTHER FISH LANDINGS BY SPECIES* GEAR, MD MONTH (IN TONNES)

FOR BRITISH COLUMBIA 1986

& m .

MAR E MAY JUNE JULY & - - SEPT. K E E TOTAL DEC 29 FEB 2 t&F2 MAR 30 MAT4 JUNE 1 JUNE 29 AUG 3 AUG 31 SEPT 28 NOV 2 NOV 30 FEB 1 MAR 1 MAR 29 WY 3 MAY 31 JUNE 28 AlG 2 AUG30 SEPT 27 NW I NOV 29 DEC 27 .P

HERRIt& Gillnet 6 639 6 639

ROCKFISH H.L.

&

ci

Halibut - Dressed weight head-off. All others - Round weight. * Less than 500 Kg. + includes midwater trawl.

OTHER FISH LANDIWS BY SPECIES, GEAR, AND M3NTH (IN TDNNES)

FDR BRITISH CDLUMA

PAGE: 21

19B6

PACIFIC WEAN

Halibut - Dressed weight head-off. All others - Round weight.

* Less than 500 Kg. t Includes midwater trawl.

PAGE: 22 SHELLFISH LAMDINGS/DAYS FISHED BY SPECIES, GEAR, AND MONTH

(IN TONNES/NlM4ER OF DAYS) FDR BRITISH COLtMIA - 19a6

Japanese LIttleneck

Native Littleneck

DAYS FISHED ABMCME 1 31

SCAUWS 6 5

SEA URCHINS 342 163

SEA CLCJHER 5 36

OTHER SHELLFISH 24 31

6a

4

60

34

72

a

99

17

70

7

3a

42

44 13

7 4

35 lla

12 1

23

4

65

l

19 97 a0 25 543

6 9 4 3 6a

6 419 526 611 2 067

113 a7 a3 47 7a6

1 20 27 3a 247

* less than SO0 Kg.

.

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DAYS FISHED/DELIVERIES BY GEAR, MONTH, AND AREA FDR BRITISH COLIMIA

1986

. c E MR. E U4Y JUNE MT2

JULY $& SEPT. m & m TOTAL DEC 29 FEB 2 MAR 30 MAT4 Jiiii& JF29 AlG 3 AUG 31 SEPT 28 NOV 2 NOV 30 FEB 1 MAR 1 talt 29 MAY 3 MAY 31 JUNE 28 AUG 2 AlK 30 SEPT 27 NOV 1 NOV 29 DEC 27

SALHDN Gill Net 15 11 1 679 18 364 26 274 7 326 10 855 558 21 65 103

Seifle 253 3 101 5 831 1 865 2 346 349 13 745

Troll & l-!L 337 427 440 709 620 7 665 39 884 34 398 5 637 2 159 641 435 93 352

Troll Freezer 10 65 41 57 8 116 7 537 2 779 20 20 24 18 669

r HERRING Gill Net 1 803 1 803

Seine 7 15 110 184 141 143 117 -23 35 14 5 4 798

Trawl 2 4 5

Longline 196 246 245 565 3 363 3 414 249 251 230 289 277 238 9 ii63

Trawl 184 464 390 553 567 687 476 261 423 571 382 172 5 130

Midwater Trawl 46 35 44 1 9 40 18 193

Shrimp Trawl 253 356 274 487 601 291 359 171 333 558 409 402 4 494

Beach Seine

Other Seine 28 17 29 42 9 90 2 217

Other Gill Net 177 51 11 4 7 250

Prawn Trap 358 156 139 1 211 1 689 936 1 324 692 508 1 172 1 163 1 274 10 622

Crab Trap

Other Trap

Diving

Other Gears

TOTAL 4 331 4 212 5 422 12 850 12 525. 20 244 76 905 79 907 24 588 25 377 9 024 7 708 283 093

* Besjde gear denotes deliveries.

LICENCE STATUS REPORT

DECEMBER 1986 COMMERCIAL LICENCES:

A. Li ml ted Entry Ll cences

Category:

SALMON

SCHEDULE II: ABALONE GEODUCi OR HORSECLAM ROE HERRING

HERRING SPAWN ON KELP SABLEFISH HAL IBUT SHRIMP TRAWL GROUNDFISH TRAWL

B. Unl lmi ted Licences 86 LICENCES

Category:

PACK I NG PROCESSOR

FISHING WITH VESSEL: CLAMS WEATHERVANE SCALLOP RED SEA URCHIN SEA CUCUMBER SQUID SPECIES EUPHAUSIID COPEPOD SHRIMP PINK OR SPINY SCALLOP OCTOPUS ANCHOVY SURF AND PILE PERCH ROCKFISHES

FISHING WITHOUT VESSEL: MUSSEL WELK WINKLES ;y;p;;AIL

GOOSE BARNACLE

EYS EULACHON

i (Seine)

N

K

k T

Z-L 2-N

Total to be issued

3,;::

*5: 1,130

E 1,327

252

i; 434 249 142

86 LICENCES

Issued to 86 12 31

% of Total

99.73 99.46

100.00 100.00

96.64 100.00 100,00 100.00 lOD.00 100.00 100.00

99.54 100.00 100.00

8,188 8,135 99.35

Issued to 86 12 31

211 7

----

iii 34 .

1

82 “2” TOTAL: 2,3B7 --= e-m--

C. Salmon Trollers who have elected Inside Area:

Category A 246 B 1 N 3

250 -

Il. Number of Salmon Vessels by Gear Type:

CATEGORY GILlNET TROLL COMBINATION SEINE

A 733 1,185 1,761 548 B 1 3 1 0 N 8 0 245 0

Totals: 742 1,188 2,007 548 mw -

E. Roe Herring - Area Election:

AREA

Prince Rupert (A) Central (C) Q.C.1. (cl)

F. Total Number of Licensed Vessels:

II* PERSONAL COMMERCIAL FISHING LICENCES:

pPJ

Annual 5-Year (valid for 1986)

GILLNET SEINE

936 (467**) 92 ** Number llcenced to fish 209 4s 182 104

1,327 241 * 11 Selna vessels on -- - charter-no area election

6,135

Entered on Licensing System as at: lg86 12 31

1986

15,228 4,233

19,461

III. REVENUE FROM COMMERCIAL LICENSING AS AT: 1986 12 31 : = $2,663,310.00

IV. REVENUE FROM 86/87 TIDAL WATER SPORT FISHING LICENCES AS AT: 1986 12 31 = $2,038,406.50

Source: Vessel and Person Statistics Report, Licence Revenue Report Date: 1986 12 31 Date Prepared: 1987 01 06 By: Darius Yu