Alberni inlet

[spongebob]

I heard from a friend today of a possible Alberni inlet closure for sockeye and springs, for the month of August. Anybody else heard anything?

[fmcleod]

Sockeye are and will be open but the word is Springs will not be....the derby is going to be coho only.

[IronNoggin]

The Notice for sockeye is up:

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Category(s):
RECREATIONAL - Salmon



Subject:
FN0323-RECREATIONAL - Salmon - Sockeye - Area 23 - Barkley Sound, Alberni Inlet, and tidal portion of the Somass River - Opening






The 2013 preseason forecast return is 350,000. The Department has been working with the Area 23 Salmon Harvest Committee and the Port Alberni SFAC and has agreed to a sockeye fishing plan which includes the following: Effective 00:01 hours May 1, 2013 the daily quota for sockeye salmon will be as follows: - Area 23, Barkley Sound and Alberni Inlet, will be Two (2) sockeye per day except for: - That portion of 23-1 from a line commencing at the red flashing light at Lone Tree Point due west to a boundary sign across the inlet on Vancouver Island near a point located at 49 degrees 11.033 north, 124 degrees 49.560 west then in a northerly direction to a line commencing at a boundary sign in upper Alberni Harbour situated at 49 degrees 14.190 north latitude and 124 degrees 50.230 west longitude thence through the southern most point of Hoik Island thence to the flashing green light at the mouth of the Somass River thence due east to a boundary sign on the opposite shore, will be zero (0) sockeye per day. Effective 00:01 hours June 15, 2013 the daily quota for sockeye salmon will be as follows: - Area 23, Barkley Sound and Alberni Inlet, will be four (4) sockeye per day except for: - That portion of 23-1 from a line commencing at the red flashing light at Lone Tree Point due west to a boundary sign across the inlet on Vancouver Island near a point located at 49 degrees 11.033 north, 124 degrees 49.560 west to a line commencing at a boundary sign in upper Alberni Harbour situated at 49 degrees 14.190 north latitude and 124 degrees 50.230 west longitude thence through the southern most point of Hoik Island thence to the flashing green light at the mouth of the Somass River thence due east to a boundary sign on the opposite shore, will be zero (0) sockeye per day. - That portion of 23-1 from the tidal boundary signs at Paper Mill Dam on the Somass River downstream to a line commencing at a boundary sign in upper Alberni Harbour situated at 49 degrees 14.190 north latitude and 124 degrees 50.230 west longitude thence through the southern most point of Hoik Island thence to the flashing green light at the mouth of the Somass River thence due east to a boundary sign on the opposite shore will be two (2) sockeye per day. Please Note: that these limits are subject to change on short notice depending on in season information. The Somass Sockeye in-season stock assessment program will operate as in previous years. This program collects escapement, test-fishing, catch and environmental information on a weekly basis. This information is used to prepare weekly in-season run-size reforecasts. Variation Order Number 2013-138."


So... Starting off at two daily retention as of May 1, then if all goes according to plan, four daily as of June 15.

Springs will be CLOSED in the Inlet proper this season. Restriction in Barkley Sound are to be two fish daily - BOTH UNDER 77 CM. Total Run Size prediction is but 16,700 springs.

Decades of gross incompetence (aka "management") is finally catching up with both species. Sockeye used to average over 1 million, springs 75,000+. Both are mere reflections of their once rather robust population numbers. And this development sits directly at the feet of those who have so well proven their complete lack of competence in fulfilling their management mandate. The Future does Not Bode Well... :evil:

Nog

[RB2]

Brutal, just Brutal.