Download or read book Inriver Abundance of Alsek River Chinook and Sockeye Salmon 2022 written by Philip Richards and published by . This book was released on 2022 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The abundance of Alsek River Chinook salmon Oncorhynchus tshawytscha (fish age-1.2 and older) and sockeye salmon Oncorhynchus nerka (fish 350 mm mid eye tail fork length [METF] or greater) will be estimated, in 2022, using 2-event mark–recapture methods. The mark–recapture study will occur upstream of the commercial set gillnet fishery at river kilometer 19 (hereafter referred to as “Kilometer 19”). Immigrating Chinook and sockeye salmon caught at Kilometer 19 will be marked before being released. The second sampling event will consist of inspecting Chinook and sockeye salmon for marks upriver at Klukshu River and Village Creek enumeration projects, as well as on various Alsek River salmon spawning grounds, hereafter referred to as “headwaters”. Age, sex, and length composition of Chinook and sockeye salmon will also be estimated. Tissues will be collected from all sockeye salmon captured at Kilometer 19 for a mixed stock genetic analysis and for a genetic mark–recapture expansion of the Klukshu and Nesketahin stocks. The Alaska Department of Fish and Game, Fisheries and Oceans Canada, and the Champagne and Aishihik First Nations use these data to make terminal and regional management decisions. The Pacific Salmon Commission uses the Chinook salmon data for coastwide management and stock assessment through the Chinook Technical Committee.

Download or read book Inriver Abundance of Stikine River Sockeye Salmon 2022 2024 written by Kristin Courtney and published by . This book was released on 2022 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The 2022 forecast of Stikine River sockeye salmon, Oncorhynchus nerka, run abundance is poor and we anticipate very little harvest opportunity for either U.S. or Canadian fisheries. Since 1994, we have almost exclusively relied on the Canadian lower river commercial fishery to provide the stock-specific information that is used to complete the mixed stock run reconstruction for Stikine River sockeye salmon. It is highly likely there will be little commercial fishing opportunity in 2022 to gather this pertinent information. To obtain stock composition data necessary to estimate the inriver abundance, we will continue to conduct a sockeye salmon stock assessment program at Kakwan Point that began in 2021. The project will be conducted in conjunction with the existing Stikine River Chinook salmon, O. tshwaytscha, stock assessment program, and will extend the project through the end of the sockeye salmon run in mid-August. Tissue samples will be collected from sockeye salmon for genetic mixed stock analysis and for use in a genetic mark–recapture study to estimate inriver abundance based on an expansion of the Tahltan stock that is monitored via weir. We will also gather daily CPUE information, capture and spaghetti tag sockeye salmon, and estimate the age, sex, and length composition for sockeye salmon captured at Kakwan Point.

Download or read book Spawning Escapement of Chinook Salmon in the Stikine River 2022 2024 written by Kristin Courtney and published by . This book was released on 2022 with total page 45 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The inriver abundance of large (fish =660 mm mid eye to tail fork [METF] length) Chinook salmon Oncorhynchus tshawytscha above the U.S./Canada border (border) will be estimated annually from 2022 to 2024 in the Stikine River, near Wrangell, Alaska. A modified Petersen 2-event mark–recapture project will be conducted using drift gillnets to mark large Chinook salmon in the first event, and collection of samples in the Canadian commercial fishery, Little Tahltan River video weir, and on the spawning grounds will serve as the second event. Additional project objectives are to a) estimate the annual spawning escapement of large Chinook salmon above the border, b) estimate the age, sex, and length composition of both the inriver run and spawning escapement, and c) estimate the proportion of large radiotagged Chinook salmon that cross the border. The Alaska Department of Fish and Game (ADF&G) and Fisheries and Oceans Canada (DFO) use these data to make terminal and regional management decisions, and the Pacific Salmon Commission (PSC) uses the data for coastwide management and stock assessment through the Chinook Technical Committee (CTC 2021).

Download or read book Abundance of the Sockeye Salmon Escapement in the Alsek River Drainage 2004 written by and published by . This book was released on 2005 with total page 32 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Operational Plan Situk River Chinook Salmon Creel Survey 2021 2022 written by Jason A. Pawluk and published by . This book was released on 2022 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The purpose of this project is to determine Chinook salmon Oncorhynchus tshawytscha harvest by sport anglers on the Situk River and the age components of that harvest. Additionally, sockeye salmon Oncorhynchus nerka harvest will be determined and various methods of angler use patterns for both species will be recorded. Creel sampling techniques will be used to collect catch, harvest, effort and biological information from the Situk River for this purpose. This information is used to manage for the Chinook salmon biological escapement goal for the Situk River as per the Situk-Ahrnklin and Lost River Chinook salmon Management Plan, along with achieving the Situk River sockeye salmon biological escapement goal. Inriver abundance for both Situk River Chinook and sockeye is obtained from another project with a fish weir, and escapement is calculated by subtracting the above-weir sport harvest estimate of this project from that weir count. Additionally, the Chinook salmon age component information of the harvest gathered here is required for yearly stock assessment models to predict the following years run and set preseason management regulations.

Download or read book Juvenile Abundance and Harvest of Unuk River Chinook Salmon 2022 2024 written by Nathan Frost and published by . This book was released on 2023 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This plan describes the coded-wire-tagging of juvenile Chinook salmon Oncorhynchus tshawytscha on the Unuk River for the 2021 and 2022 brood years, which covers the coded-wire-tagging of parr in fall of 2022 and 2023 and smolt in spring of 2023 and 2024, and sampling returning adults for age, sex, length, and coded wire tags in escapement from the 2024 through 2029 return years. This study provides estimates of smolt and parr abundance, overwinter (freshwater) survival, mean lengths of juveniles, and harvest information of Chinook salmon originating from the Unuk River in Southeast Alaska. A separate project will be conducted on the Unuk River that employs aerial and foot survey peak counts to estimate large (≥ 660 mm mid eye to fork of tail length) adult Chinook salmon returning to the river in 2022 and 2023. The primary goals of this and the companion study are to estimate inriver run size, total run size, marine harvest and exploitation rates, harvest distribution, smolt and parr abundance, marine survival (smolt to adult) and overwinter survival (parr to smolt). The Alaska Department of Fish and Game uses this information to make local and regional management decisions and to evaluate the Unuk River Chinook salmon escapement goal, and the Pacific Salmon Commission uses the data for coastwide management and stock assessment through the Chinook Technical Committee.

Download or read book Operational Plan Situk River Chinook Salmon Creel Survey 2023 2024 written by Jason A. Pawluk and published by . This book was released on 2023 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The purpose of this project is to determine Chinook salmon Oncorhynchus tshawytscha harvest by sport anglers on the Situk River and the age components of that harvest. Additionally, sockeye salmon Oncorhynchus nerka harvest will be determined and various methods of angler use patterns for both species will be recorded. Creel sampling techniques will be used to collect catch, harvest, effort and biological information from the Situk River for this purpose. This information is used to manage for the Chinook salmon biological escapement goal for the Situk River as per the Situk-Ahrnklin and Lost River Chinook salmon Management Plan, along with achieving the Situk River sockeye salmon biological escapement goal. Inriver abundance for both Situk River Chinook and sockeye is obtained from another project with a fish weir, and escapement is calculated by subtracting the above-weir sport harvest estimate of this project from that weir count. Additionally, the Chinook salmon age component information of the harvest gathered here is required for yearly stock assessment models to predict the following years run and set preseason management regulations.

Download or read book Abundance of the Chinook Salmon Escapement on the Alsek River in 2003 written by Keith A. Pahlke and published by . This book was released on 2004 with total page 36 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Escapements of Chinook Salmon in Southeast Alaska and Transboundary Rivers in 2022 written by Philip Richards and published by . This book was released on 2022 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Estimates of Chinook salmon Oncorhynchus tshawytscha spawning escapement in 2022 will be summarized for 11 Southeast Alaska river systems: Situk River, Alsek River, Chilkat River, Taku River, King Salmon River, Stikine River, Unuk River, Chickamin River, Blossom River, Keta River, and Andrew Creek. Spawning escapements will be estimated using aerial surveys, foot surveys, mark–recapture studies, and weirs. The Alaska Department of Fish and Game and Fisheries and Oceans Canada use these data, along with age composition data to make terminal and regional management decisions, and the Pacific Salmon Commission uses these data for coastwide management and stock assessment.

Download or read book Inriver Abundance of Chinook Salmon in the Kuskokwim River 2002 2004 written by Lisa Ann Stuby and published by . This book was released on 2004 with total page 48 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Abundance and Distribution of the Chinook Salmon Escapement on the Alsek River 2002 written by Keith A. Pahlke and published by . This book was released on 2003 with total page 46 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Abundance of the Chinook Salmon Escapement on the Alsek River in 2004 written by Keith A. Pahlke and published by . This book was released on 2006 with total page 42 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The abundance of Chinook salmon Oncorhynchus tshawytscha returning to spawn in the Alsek River in 2004 was estimated with a mark-recapture experiment conducted by the Alaska Department of Fish and Game, the Canadian Department of Fisheries and Oceans, and the Champagne/Aishihik First Nation. Age, sex, and length compositions for the immigration were also estimated.

Download or read book A Study of Chinook Salmon in Southeast Alaska written by Robert D. Mecum and published by . This book was released on 1989 with total page 98 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Abundance and Distribution of the Chinook Salmon Escapement on the Alsek River 1998 written by Keith A. Pahlke and published by . This book was released on 1999 with total page 43 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Inriver Abundance of Chinook Salmon in the Kuskokwim River 2005 written by Lisa Ann Stuby and published by . This book was released on 2006 with total page 48 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A two-sample mark-recapture experiment was conducted to estimate inriver abundance of Chinook salmon Oncorhynchus tshawytscha in the middle and upper Kuskokwim River and associated tributaries using radiotelemetry techniques from June to August in 2005.

Download or read book Chilkat River Chinook Salmon Escapement Studies in 2022 written by Brian W. Elliott and published by . This book was released on 2023 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Chilkat River large (age-1.3 and older) Chinook salmon Oncorhynchus tshawytscha inriver abundance and age and sex composition will be estimated using a 2-event mark–recapture experiment in 2022. Event 1 marking is conducted in the lower Chilkat River, and event 2 recapture is conducted in principal spawning areas within the Chilkat River drainage. Data produced from this project includes estimated spawning abundance and age, sex and length compositions of the large Chinook salmon run, and when possible, estimated spawning abundance and sex and length composition of the age-1.2 Chinook salmon run in the Chilkat River drainage. The Chilkat River stock of Chinook salmon is a Pacific Salmon Commission Chinook Technical Committee exploitation rate and escapement indicator stock, and contributes toward the coastwide Chinook model used by the Pacific Salmon Commission to monitor coastwide abundance. Mark–recapture experiments of adult Chinook salmon inriver abundance have been conducted in the Chilkat River drainage since 1991 and resulting escapement estimates have had an average coefficient of variation of 16%, which contributes toward precise stock assessment production estimates for the Chilkat River Chinook stock. As part of ongoing Chilkat River Chinook salmon coded wire tag studies, all Chinook salmon encountered in the mark–recapture experiment of adult Chinook salmon inriver abundance will be examined for missing adipose fins, an indication that fish may be tagged with a coded wire tag, information that leads to estimates of juvenile production and marine harvest. These data when used in conjunction with inriver abundance allows full production estimates for the Chilkat stock.

Download or read book Operational Plan Kenai River Chinook Salmon Creel Survey and Inriver Netting Study 2021 2023 written by Eric Wood and published by . This book was released on 2022 with total page 43 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A creel survey will be conducted to estimate sport angler effort, catch, and harvest of large (≥75 cm mid eye to tail fork length) early- and late-run Chinook salmon in the lower Kenai River between the Warren Ames Bridge (river mile [RM] 5.1) and Slikok Creek sanctuary area (RM 18.6). Creel survey estimates will be geographically stratified in relation to the RM 13.7 Kenai River Chinook salmon sonar to provide angler effort, catch, and harvest of large Chinook salmon. A standardized inriver netting project will be conducted in the Kenai River at RM 8.6 to index abundance and estimate the age, sex, and length (ASL) composition of large early- and late-run Chinook salmon. Inseason estimates of Chinook salmon catch and harvest, used in conjunction with sonar passage estimates, inseason catch rates, and the length of returning Chinook salmon from the inriver netting study are used by fisheries managers for inseason management decisions to achieve escapement goals. This plan covers the creel survey and inriver netting studies for the 2021–2023 seasons.