Sitka Sac Roe Herring Fishery Expected to be Slightly Down From Last Year
SEAFOODNEWS.COM [SeafoodNews] - December 19, 2017
The Alaska Department of Fish and Game announced today that the guideline harvest level (GHL) for the 2018 Sitka Sound sac roe herring fishery is 11,128 tons. The limit is based on a 20% harvest rate of a forecast mature biomass of 55,637 tons.
The forecast indicates that the mature biomass in 2018 will consist of 11% age-3, 47% age-4, 2% age-5, 32% age-6, 1% age-7, and 7% age-8+ fish (percent by number). The average weights were as follows: age-3, 77 grams; age-4, 88 grams; age-5, 117 grams; age-6, 125 grams; age-7, 137 grams; and age-8+, 175 grams. Like last year, the forecast will not be updated with winter test fishery weight at age, as had been done prior to the 2017 fishery...
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