Roe herring seiners feast while gillnetters struggle

摘要

Herring results: British Columbia's South Coast roe herring fishery was hard, fast, and successful for seiners in the Strait of Georgia. The fishery opened March 3 and closed March 6 after the seiners had taken 8,407 tons, just over the 8,374-ton quota.The roe percentage was good in the herring, and fish sizes were reported to be larger than has been occurring in the past few seasons.For gillnetters, it wasn't so easy. The fishery opened March 6 and by March 28, with no more boats fishing, roe herring gillnetters still had taken only 6,750 tons out of the 11,571-ton quota.