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Clayoquot Ventures'
Guide Team
Jay
Mohl
Conor MacKenzie
Jeff
Hale
Blake
Klopfenstein
Lochie MacKenzie
Kodi
Log
In
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Recent Guest Comment
Dear Jay,
I wish to sincerely thank you and your team at Clayoquot Ventures for
your outstanding performance during our incentive program to Tofino
in June 2005. I heard
rave revues from those participating in the fishing event! From the numerous
boxes that were shipped home at the end of the program, I
believe everyone was extremely successful with catches that far exceeded
their expectations.
The
fishing trips were well organized and executed. All
the staff were very friendly and helpful. It was a pleasure working
with you, and I wouldn't hesitate to request your services again. I highly
recommend Clayoquot Ventures!
Yours
sincerely,
Jill Houston
Client Services Manager
Sunquest Meetings & Incentives
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About the Pacific Halibut
The Pacific halibut, Hippoglossus stenolepis, is a large flatfish found in the northern Pacific Ocean, with an average weight of about 20lb-50lb, but they can grow to be a much greater size.
Spawning takes place during the winter months with the peak of activity occurring from December through February. Most spawning takes place off the edge of the continental shelf in deep waters of 200 to 300 fathoms. Male halibut become sexually mature at 7 or 8 years of age, and females attain sexual maturity at 8 to 12 years. Females lay two to three million eggs annually, depending on the size of the fish.
Fertilized eggs hatch after about fifteen days. Free-floating eggs and larvae float for up to six months and are transported up to several hundred miles by currents of the North Pacific. During the free-floating stage, many changes take place in the young halibut, including migration of the left eye to the right side of the fish. During this time the young halibut rise to the surface and are carried to shallower waters by prevailing currents. In the shallower waters, young halibut then begin life as bottom dwellers. Most young halibut ultimately spend from five to seven years in rich, shallow nursery grounds as in the Bering Sea.
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