LUTHERAN QUILTERS – Members of the Quilts for Comfort Group stand between pews draped with some of the 205 quilts they made, in the Sitka Lutheran Church Tuesday. The group made the quilts for five local non-profits and one in Anchorage. The remaining quilts are sent to Lutheran World Relief which distributes them to places around the world in need, such as Ukraine, as part of Personal Care Kits. Pictured are, from left, Helen Cunningham, Kathleen Brandt,Vicki Swanson, Paulla Hardy, Kim Hunter, Linda Swanson and Sue Fleming. (Sentinel Photo by James Poulson)
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Only a Few Tons To Go In Sitka Herring Fishing
By SHANNON HAUGLAND
Sentinel Staff Writer
Department of Fish and Game biologists said today the Sitka Sound sac roe herring fishery is winding down.
“There are two sets in progress,” Area Management Biologist Dave Gordon reported at 11:30 a.m. today from the fishing grounds west of Crow Island. “Things are going to be pretty close to wrapping up today.”
He added that it may take a few small sets on Wednesday to collect the remainder of the 8,712-ton guideline harvest level in this year’s fishery, if that total isn’t reached by the 6 p.m. closure today.
Seiners caught 940 tons Monday, bringing the total catch to 7,950 tons and leaving just 762 tons left to reach the GHL. The 48 permit holders opted this year to fish in a cooperative style, instead of competitively, to reduce costs in light of the low price of the product this year. Fishing opened last Wednesday for a few hours, and has remained open nine hours a day since then.
“It’s been going very well,” Gordon summarized.
To date, no spawn has been observed, and all fishing has taken place in the same area where a number of schools are concentrated on the north end of town.
Gordon said he flew over the management area Monday and saw herring schools in Sitka Channel, Crescent Bay and Middle Channel, south of Kasiana Island and Middle Island, and several large schools in St. John Baptist Bay.
He said whales were concentrated on the Kruzof Island shoreline north of Inner Point and west of Gagarin Island. Six whales were seen off Cape Burunof. Additional whales were seen widely scattered throughout Sitka Sound.
The Fish and Game research vessel Kestrel surveyed the area south of Sitka and found a large aggregate of herring between Long Island and Sam Sing Cove. A test sample from these fish resulted in 7.2 percent mature, 5.2 percent immature, and 91 gram average weight. Schools were also found in Crescent Bay and in the Middle Channel area, Gordon said.
Processors are generally looking for a mature roe content of 10 percent or higher. Gordon on Monday estimated the mature roe percentage at between 11 and 12.
The fishery will be open from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. today in the same area announced on March 19 unless changed by emergency order field announcement.
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Photo caption: National Republican Chairman George Bush takes a drink of water offered by Jan Craddick, Sitka delegate, during the Republican convention held here. Mrs. Craddick explained to Bush that the water was from Indian River, which means, according to local legend, that he will return.