UBiNf. "mERI!IS R~8lRt:1f 8()llJIIOOf' CA'n..,------.,...-----.,...---,-------, is serIes includes unpublished preliminary reports Illl'oCICM. STAno:c, and data records not intended for Qsnerol distribution. ST JOHN So. JifEWHXJNDlA"D. They should not be referred to in publ1cationa with­ out clearance from the IssuinQ Board establlshment and without clear indication of their manuscript status. FISHERIES RESEARCH BOARD OF CANADA 110 MANUSCRIPT REPORT SERIES No.1174 Area and Locality Codings for British Columbia Herring Biological Data by R. S. K. Isaacson and A. S. Hourston Pacific Biological Station, Nanaimo, B.C. January 1972 This series includes unpublished preliminary reports and data records not intended for qeneral dlstribuUon. They should not be referred to In publications with­ out clear:ance from the IssuJnQ Board establishment and without clear Indicallon of their manuscript status. FISHERIES RESEARCH BOARD OF CANADA MANUSCRIPT REPORT SERIES No.1l74 Area and Locality Codings for British Columbia Herring Biological Data by R. S. K. Isaacson and A. S. Hourston Pacific Biological Station, Nanaimo, B.C. January 1972 INTRODUCTION British Columbia herring catch, spawning and sampling data are identified geographically by area and locality. Areas recorded (Fig. 1) are modifications and subdivisions of the statistical areas used by the Markets and Economics Branch to record catches (Isaacson and Hourston M$ 1972). In herring population analyses it has been observed that herring from some localities resemble those from nearby areas more closely than those from the statistical area in which the locality is located and should therefore be grouped with the former for population analysis. Any data for these localities which are coded by statistical area (MEB code) must be revised to the appropriate "biological" area and locality (FRB code) for use in population analyses. The computerized population analyses of B.C. herring catch, spawning and sampling data currently under way (Hourston and Nash MS 1971) carries out these con­ versions automatically for catch data cards supplied by the Markets and Economics Branch. Spawning and sampling data are coded directly according to FRR codings which are listed by area and locality number (Table 1), by area and locality name (Table 2) and by locality name (Table 3). The codings occupied in MEB code by localities transferred elsewhere in the FRB code are indicated in Table 1 to forestall assigning these numbers to new localities which may be added in the future. Localities were recorded and coded as precisely as the available information permitted. Only known synonyms were given the same locality code number. Thus two or more localities coded (mainly spawning grounds) may lie within the geographic bounds of a more general location (usually a major fishing ground) which is coded as a single locality. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS Mr D. N. Outram of the pelagic Fishes Investigation provided the locality names for spawning grounds and cooperated in the establishment of standard coding procedures. REFERENCES Hourston, A. S., and F. W. Nash. HS 1971. Computer programs for population analyses of B.C. herring from catch, sampling and spawn deposition data. (To be submitted as Fish. Res. Bd. Canada Tech. Rep. 188 p.) Isaacson, R. S. K., and A. S. Hourston. HS 1972. Area and locality codings for British Columbia herring catch records. Fish. Res. Bd. Canada MS Rep. 1039. S3 p. - 2 - IN THE INTEREST OF MAINTAINING UNIFORMITY, ALL NEW CODE NUMBERS AND ANY CHANGES SHOULD BE MADE CENTRALLY BY THE PACIFIC BIOLOGICAL STATION. PLEASE NOTIFY THIS STATION OF ALL CHANGES DEEMED NECESSARY. - 3 - Fig. 1. Areas referred to in biological data recorded for British Columbia herring. TABLE 1. FRB LOCALITY CnOINGS FOR B.C. HERRING OAT~. PAGE NUMERICAL LISTING BY AREA (REVISED 10/01/721 CODE LOCALITY CODE LOCALITY ~RE~ 10 AREA 21 o UNKNOWN 30 GRASSIE ISLAND 1 LANGARA (NORTHI ISLAND 31 DEENA CREEK 1 NORTH (L~NGARAI ISLAND 32 ROONEY 8AY 2 MASSET INLET 33 LAWN POINT 3 NADEN HARBOUR BO (ME8 CODE FOR AR021,LOC 001 4 SHAG ROCK 5 AWUN ~AY 6 SALT LAGOON 7 JUSKATLA INLET 8 ROSE SPIT-OFFSHORE 80 (MEB CODE FOR AR'ID,LOC 001 AREA 22 o UNKNOWN I PORT LOUIS 2 RENNELL SOUND 3 INSKIP CHANNEL AREA 21 4 TASU SOUND 5 PORT CH~NAL U UNKNOWN 6 SKIDEG~TE CHANNEL-WEST 1 SKIDEGATE INLET 7 NEWCOMBE INLET 2 HECATE STR-OFF SKIDEGATE 8 ENGLEFIELD BAY 3 ALLlFDRD BAY 9 SECURITY INLET 4 ANTHRACITE POINT 10 MCKENZIE COVE 5 REATTIE POINT 11 SHIELDS B~Y b CHRISTIE BAY 12 DOWNIE ISLAND 8 IMAGE POINT 13 ATHLDW BAY 9 JEWELL ISLAND 14 BOTANY BAY 10 KAGAN 9AY 15 CLAPP 8ASIN 11 KWUNA POINT 16 CLDN~RD BAY 12 LILLIHORN ISLAND 17 D~WSON HARBOUR 13 L1NA ISLAND 18 DOUGLAS INLET 14 LONG INLET 19 FAIRFAX INLET 15 M~UDE ISL~ND 20 KANO INLET 16 MAPLE ISLAND 21 MITCHELL INLET 17 ONWARD POINT 22 MUDGE INLET 18 SALTSPRING BAY 23 PEEL INLET 19 SANOIL~NDS ISLAND 24 REID POINT 20 SHINGLE 8AY 25 SEAL INLET 21 SOUTH BAY 26 TARTU INLET 22 TORRENS ISLAND 27 TWO MOUNTAIN BAY 23 GILLATT ISLAND 2B WILSON BAY 24 FLOWERY ISLAND 29 800MCHAIN BAY 25 TREE ISLAND 30 SECURITY COVE 26 QUEEN CHARLOTTE CITY 31 EMPIRE ANCHORAGE 27 B~RE ISLAND BO (MEB CODE FOR AR022,LOC 001 28 VILLAGE BAY 29 SKIDEGATE VILL~G[ TA8LE 1. FRR LOCALITY CODINGS FOR 8.C. HERRING DATA. PAGE NUMERICAL LISTING BY AREA (REVISED 10/01/721 CODE LUCALITY COOE LOCALITY ARcA 23 AREA 23 o UNKNOWN 53 RAMSAY ISLAND-OFFSHORE 1 JEDWAY 54 HORSESHOE 8ANK 2 LAGUON I NLE T 55 SOUTH EDGE 3 SELWYN I~LET BO (ME8 CODE FOR AR023,LOC 001 • DARwIN SOUND 9B LOUSCOON[ I~LET 5 SEDGWICK INLET 99 FLAMI~GO INLET 6 HUXLEY ISLAND 7 BURNABY STR/NARROWS B HUSTON INLET 9 SE_ELL INLET 10 RICHARDSON INLCT 11 81GSBY INLET 12 RAMSEY I NLE T AREA 24 13 BURNABY ISLA~O 14 SKINCUTTLE INLET o UNKNOWN 15 CUMSHEWA INLET 1 (ME8 CODE FOR AR023,LOC 991 16 ROSE INLET 2 (ME8 CODE FOR AR023,LOC 981 17 ATl! INLET 3 GOWGAIA BAY ld RE<F ISLE 80 (ME8 CODE FOR AR024,LOC 001 19 eAG HAReOUR 2J 9ARGE POINT 21 BEATTIE A~CHORAGE 22 eELJAY BAY 23 elG GOOSE BAY 24 KLUNKWDI BAY 25 CARMICHAEL PASS AREA 31 26 DOLOMITr ~ARROWS 27 GEORGE RAY o UNKNOWN 28 SKINCUTTLE ISLES 2 ZAYAS ISLAND 3~ ISLAND RAY 3 CAAMANO PASSAGE >1 KINGFISHER COVE 4 STUMAUN BhY J4 POOLE POINT 5 BIRNIE ISLAND 36 POWRIVCO eAY 6 DUNDAS ISLAND-NORTH 37 SEC Tl UN COVE 7 CUNNINGHAM PASS 39 TANGLE COVE 8 REDCLIFF POINT 40 WANDERER POINT 9 FINLAYSON ISLAND-EAST 41 OYSTER COVE 10 HOOK POINT 42 ROLKUS ISLAND 11 VILLAGE ISLAND 43 PACOFI BAY 12 GRASSY POINT 44 CRESCE~T INLET 13 HARBOUR ISLAND 45 ROCK ISLE T 14 DODO ISLAND 46 SKAAT HARBOUR 16 PORT SIMPSON 47 HARRIET HARBUUR 17 HANKIN REEF 48 COPPER ISLANDS 18 HAR80UR REEF 49 JUAN PEREZ SOU~O 80 (ME8 CODE FOR AR031,LOC 00) 50 THURSTO~ 8AY 51 ECHO HAReOUR 52 REEF ISLA~O-OFFSHORE TABLE 1. FRB LOCALITY COOINGS FUR B.C. HERRING DATA. PAGE NUMERICAL LISTING BY AREA (REVISED 10/01/721 CODE LOCALITY CODE LOCALITY AREA 32 AREA 41 ~ UNKNOWN 22 ISABELLA CHUCK 1 UNION INLET/BAY Z3 ISLAND POINT 2 WALES PASSAGE 24 CREAK ISLANDS 3 NASOGA GULF 25 HUMPBACK BAY 4 PORTLAND INLET 26 GENN ISLANDS 5 WORK CANAL 27 SEAL ROCKS 7 ICEBERG RAY 2B TRIPLE ROCK B STEAMER PASS 30 FINLAYSON ISLAND-WEST 9 WINTER HARBOUR/INLET 31 TWO PEAKS GULLEY 10 NASS RIVER 32 OVAL RANK-EDGE 11 PEARCE CANAL 33 HECATE STRAIT GULLEY 12 KHUTZEMATEEN I~LET BO IMEB CODE FOR AR041,LOC 00) n MILL ~AV 9B STEPHENS PASSAGE 14 RANGCR ISLAND 99 WARRIOR ROCKS 15 WALES ISLAND 16 WALES HARROUR 11 WALKER COVE ~C (MEB CODE FOR AR032,LOC 00) AREA 42 o UNKNOWN I PRINCE RUPERT HARBOUR AREA 41 2 WAINWRIGHT BASIN 3 DENISE ARM o UNKNOWN 4 BIG BAY 1 HECATE ST~-N OF CP GEORGE 5 PORT EDWARD 2 CHISMORE PASSAGF 6 GALLOWAY RAPIDS 3 HUNTS (JAPI INlI,T 7 MORSE BASIN 3 JAP IHU~TSI I~LEr B PORPOISE HARBOUR 4 BUTTERWORTH ROCKS 9 DUNCAN BAY 5 OVAL BANK 10 METLAKATLA VILLAGE 6 EOVE PASSAGE II TUCK I NL ET 7 ARTHUR PASSAGE 12 OCEANIC BAR B DUNDAS ISLANU-SOUTH 13 TUGWFLL ISLAND 9 DONA RIVER 14 RYAN POINT 11 MELVILLE ISLAND 15 SWAMP ISLAND 12 HUDSON BAY PASS 16 BURNT CLIFF ISLAND 13 UUNIRA ISLAND 17 OBSERVATION POINT 14 CHATHAM SOUND-OFFSHORE 1B TREE BLUFF 15 RACHAEL ISLANDS 19 CHATHAM SOUND-INSHORE 16 HERBERT REEFS 20 BELLETTI ISLAND 17 BUTLER COVE 21 PEARL HARBOUR 1B KELP PASSAGE 22 DIGBY ISLAND 19 PORCHER ISLAND-NORTH 24 TSIMPSEAN PENINSULA 20 SIMS BAY 25 HOGAN LEDGE 21 SAND BAY 26 CANOE PASS TARLE I. F~R LOCALITY COOINGS FO~ B.C. HE~~ING DATA. PAGE NUME~ICAL LISTING BY A~EA (~EYISEO 10/01/721 CODE LOCALITY COOE LOCALITY A~EA ~2 A~EA 51 27 ~EFUGEE BAY 31 PARKER ROCKS 2B BA~RET ROCK 32 SOUTH ROCKS/FLATS 29 SIMPSO~ POINT 33 ROBERT ISLAND 30 PILLSBURY COVE 34 GURO ISLAND 32 MILLER BAY 35 DRIES INLET 33 BUTlE RAPIOS 36 WILCOX GROUP H SKEENA RIYER 37 KITKATLA CHANNEL 35 KLOLYA BAY 80 (MEB CODE FOR AR05I,LOC 00) dO (MEB CODE FOR aRO~2,LOC 001 9'} WATSO'j ,WCK AREa 51 A~EA 52 o UNKNOWN C UNKNOWN I CAPE GEO~GE I LOWE INLET 2 HECaTE STR-S OF CP GEORGE 2 MINK TRAP BAY 3 FREEMAN PASSAGE 3 MARKLE INLET ~ GASBOAT PASSAGE 4 WRIGHT INLET 5 REAYER PASSAGE 5 HEYENOR INLET 6 (MEB CODE FOR aRO~I,LOC0981 6 ALA PASS 7 GOSCHEN ISLAND 7 CAPTAIN COVE 8 (ME8 CODE FOR ARD61,LOC0981 B KUMEaLON INLET 9 BROWNING ENTRANCE 9 BAKER INLET 10 KITKATLA INLET 10 KLEWNUoGIT INLET II OGDEN CHANNEL II EAST INLET 12 SCHOONER PASS 12 (MEB CODE FOR AR061,LOC0971 13 WiLLIS BAY 13 PETREL CHANNEL I~ PORCHER ISLANU-SOUTH 14 (MEB CODE FOR AR051,LOC0991 15 BANKS ISLAND 15 (MEB CODE FOR AR061,LOC096) 16 (MEB CODE FOR ARa~I,LOC099) 16 WILSON INLET 17 WHITE ROCKS 17 ANGER ISLAND 18 PORCHER PENINSULA IB STUART ANCHORAGE 19 (MEB CODE FOR AR061,LOC0991 19 PRINCIPE CHANNEL 20 WELLS ISLANO 20 MONCK TUN INLET 21 NORTHWEST ROCK 21 GRENYILLE CHANNEL 22 SERPENTINE INLET 22 MILLER INLET 23 CAMP CREEK 23 TANGENT ISLAND 2~ BILLY ISLAND 24 KXNGE'L INLET 25 CLAMSHELL ISLAND 25 CRAZY INLET 26 NE SS ISLAND 26 MARKLE PASS 27 ABSALOM ISLAND 27 WRIGHT NARROWS 28 INDIAN HARBOUR 80 (MER CODE FOR AR057,LOC 00) 29 DOLPHIN ISLAND 30 BONILLA ~OCK TABLE 1.