North Channel
Recreational Fishery
1996 - Bay of Islands
19,635 rd-hr
2,990 fish harvested
1998 - North Shore Index
16,840 rd-hr
4,772 fish harvested
1999 - North Shore Index
18,397 rd-hr
8,357 fish harvested
Local creel surveys were conducted in 1995, 1996, and in 1998 and 1999 an attempt was made to try and design and conduct Index creel surveys in the North Channel.
These surveys are the basis for estimates made for this basin.
