Oregon and Washington Pacific Sardine Reports 2011

Trinational Sardine ForumDecember 8-9, 2011La Jolla, CA

Presented by Dale SweetnamNOAA Fisheries, SWFSC

Information compiled from 2011 annual reports submitted to the Pacific Fishery Management Council, November 2011

Oregon Department of Fish and WildlifeGreg Krutzikowsky (unable to attend)Jill Smith (unable to attend)

Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife

Lorna Wargo (unable to attend)

OR - Fishery

• Day fishery only

• Processors mainly in Astoria

• Monitored in real time

• 25 Oregon Permits

• Tides and/or weather are major factors

• Pilots assist some fishery participants

WA - Fishery

• Fishery opens annually April 1

• Processors mainly in Westport and Illwaco

• 16 permanent WA permits, 9 temporary annual permits available

• Tides and/or weather are major factors

Washington Directed Landings

0 5,918* 2,000* 7,918*

• OR – 11,023 metric tons in 2011 (directed fishery + EFP-

aerial survey), maximum of 45,111 in 2005

• WA – 7,918 metric tons in 2011, maximum of 15,820 in 2002

U.S. Landings vs. U.S. Harvest Guideline

39%

60%

• OR – 17 vessels in 2011, maximum of 22 in 2007 and 2008; 25 permits available

• WA – 7 vessels in 2011, maximum of 19 in 2002; 16 permanent permits, 9

temporary annual permits

• OR – Range from 27.3 to 57.9 in 2011; 144 landings in 2011,

maximum of 1090 in 2005

• WA – Range from 31.6 to 62.8 in 2011; 126 landings in 2011,

maximum of 424 in 2002

• OR – Value is $3.2 million in 2011, maximum value of 5.8 million in 2005; Price per pound $0.13 in

2001, ranged from $0.05 until 2008 when prices increased

• WA – 2011 value is not reported yet in PacFIN, $2.6 million in 2010; Price per pound ranged from

$0.04-0.06 until 2008 when price increased to $0.10 in 2010; 2000 and 2006 values not reported

Landings by Month - Oregon

Landings by Month - Washington

Biological Information

Biological Information

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Bycatch Information OR WA

Table 3. Expanded salmonid bycatch in Pacific sardine fisheries in Washington, 2000-2010. Chinook Coho Pink Unidentified Total Grand

Live Dead Live Dead Live Live Dead Live Dead Total 2010 87 288 53 328 756 2009 56 186 34 212 488 2008 45 149 27 170 391 2007 33 108 20 124 53 232 285 2006 31 101 19 116 50 217 267 2005 47 156 29 178 76 334 410 20041/ 35 225 19 105 0 39 0 93 330 423 20031/ 92 262 81 231 0 173 0 346 493 839 20021/ 150 356 61 765 0 200 0 411 1211 1532 20011/ 449 170 571 504 0 80 0 1100 674 1774 2000 1/ 38 3 276 116 0 7 0 321 119 440

1/ Totals calculated from observed 2000-2004 observed bycatch rates. TABLE 4. Incidental catch (mt) in Washington sardine fishery, 2000-2010 (from fish landing receipts).

2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010

Mackerel 4.32 272.44 259.32 52.40 22.34 19.04 40.61 35.73 6.32 4.31 2.09 Pacific Herring

0.02

4.69

Misc

0.34

1.37

2.34 Northern Anchovy

1.81

American Shad

0.18

<0.01

Sharks 0.10 0.01

<0.01 <0.01

Chinook

<0.01

<0.01

Coho <0.01

Starry Flounder <0.01

2011 – 35 released alive, 37 released dead, 72 total (logbook)

2011 – 4.7 mt of Pacific mackerel

Quinault Tribal Allocation • Landings within the Usual and Accustomed (U & A) fishing area:

– 47◦ 40.10’ N. latitude (Destruction Island)– 46◦ 53.30’ N latitude (Point Chehalis– East of 125◦ 44’ W longitude

Washington Licensed Sardine Purse Seine Set Locations from logbook data, 2008-2011; and the Quinault Indian Nation Usual and Accustomed (U&A) Fishing Grounds

Washington Licensed Sardine Purse Seine Set Locations from logbook data, 2008-2011; and the Quinault Indian Nation Usual and Accustomed (U&A) Fishing Grounds

Information compiled from 2011 annual reports submitted to the Pacific Fishery Management Council, November 2011

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