Research Document - 2004/032
2004 Summary of the Weir Herring Tagging Project, with an Update of the HSC/PRC/DFO Herring Tagging Program
By Waters, C.L., Clark, K.J.
Abstract
From 1998 to 2002, the Pelagics Research Council/Herring Science Council, in partnership with Fisheries and Oceans Canada, tagged herring on spawning grounds and on the major Nova Scotia overwintering grounds. A total of 92 647 herring were tagged. Although this project has concluded, tags continue to be returned. The information on tags returned in 2003 is presented in this paper.
In August, 2002, the Fundy Weir Fishermen Association, in partnership with the New Brunswick Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Aquaculture, Grand Manan Fishermen's Association, Connors Brothers Ltd. and Fisheries and Oceans Canada, initiated a second tagging program to be conducted over a three year period. The purpose of this project is to investigate the in season movement and migration of herring in the Bay of Fundy with the long term goal of providing information on stock structure. Since the start of this project a total of 46 330 herring have been tagged (32 570 in 2003) and 1 379 tags have been recovered. The majority of recoveries have been from close to the site of application. However, there were also some recoveries from fish caught on the spawning grounds of Scots Bay and German Bank off Coastal Nova Scotia, Ipswich Bay off Coastal USA and from mixed aggregations off the Long Island Shore. The results to date are summarized.
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