Download or read book Yukon River Salmon Stock Status and Salmon Fisheries 2022 written by Deena M. Jallen and published by . This book was released on 2022 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This report provides the Alaska Board of Fisheries with information on Yukon Area salmon stock status, including escapement and harvest data for the January 2023 regulatory meeting. In response to the guidelines established in the Policy for the Management of Sustainable Salmon Fisheries (5 AAC 39.222), the Alaska Board of Fisheries (board) classified the Yukon River Chinook salmon Oncorhynchus tshawytscha stock as a stock of yield concern at its September 2000 work session. An action plan was developed by the Alaska Department of Fish and Game and acted upon by the board in January 2001. The status as a yield concern was continued for Yukon River Chinook salmon at the January 2004, 2007, 2010, 2013, 2016, and 2019 board meetings. Chinook salmon escapement goal performance has been mixed throughout the past 5 years (2018–2022) throughout the Alaska portion of the Yukon River drainage, but escapement goals were not met from 2020 to 2022. Conservative management actions taken inseason have included full subsistence fishery closures to protect low runs as they migrate upriver. Additionally, Yukon River summer chum, fall chum O. keta, and coho salmon O. kisutch recently experienced a drastic decline since 2020. Most escapement goals for chum and coho salmon have not been achieved since 2020 despite significant subsistence, personal use, and commercial fishing restrictions and closures. Historically, the Yukon River chum and coho salmon stocks have met or exceeded escapement goals and provided for subsistence, personal use, and commercial fisheries, with a few exceptions of decreased production in a couple tributaries.

Download or read book Yukon River Fall Chum Salmon Stock Status and Fall Season Salmon Fisheries written by Fred J. Bue and published by . This book was released on 2006 with total page 37 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In response to the guidelines established in the Policy for the Management of Sustainable Salmon Fisheries (SSFP; 5 AAC 39.222), the Alaska Board of Fisheries (BOF) classified the Yukon River fall chum salmon Oncorhynchus keta stock as a yield concern and classified the Toklat and Fishing Branch Rivers fall chum salmon stocks as management concerns at the September 2000 work session. An action plan was developed by the Alaska Department of Fish and Game (ADF & G) and acted upon by the BOF in January 2001. The SSFP directs ADF & G to assess salmon stocks in areas addressed during the BOF regulatory cycle to identify stocks of concern and to reassess the stock of concern status. In 2003, the department recommended continuation of the Yukon River fall chum salmon classification as a stock of yield concern, which was supported by the BOF at its January 2004 meeting. The Toklat River stock was removed as a management concern because the BOF realigned the escapement objective from an optimal escapement goal (OEG) to the established biological escapement goal (BEG) which did not fit the criteria of a management concern. However, the Toklat River fall chum salmon stock was included in the drainage-wide yield concern classification. The Fishing Branch River stock was also removed as a management concern because management of that portion of the drainage is covered by an annex to the Pacific Salmon Treaty, the U.S./Canada Yukon River Salmon Agreement (Agreement) which is governed under the authority of the Yukon River Panel (Panel). Based on the much improved run size since 2002 and large available surpluses in 2003, 2005 and 2006 being near the historical yield, the Yukon River fall chum salmon stock no longer meets the stock of yield concern criteria. Therefore, ADF & G recommends the Yukon River fall chum salmon stock no longer be considered as a stock of concern. BEGs for fall chum salmon and the Yukon River Drainage Fall Chum Salmon Management Plan were both reviewed and updated at the January 2004 BOF meeting. Escapement and harvest monitoring projects are in place to aid in managing for sustained yield objectives. Proposal 173 has been submitted to the BOF for considering changes to the Yukon River Coho Salmon Management Plan to coordinate management of the overlapping fall chum and coho salmon fisheries.

Download or read book Kuskokwim River Salmon Stock Status and Kuskokwim Area Fisheries 2022 written by Nicholas J. Smith and published by . This book was released on 2022 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This report provides the Alaska Board of Fisheries with information on Kuskokwim Area salmon stock status, including escapement and harvest data for the January 2023 regulatory meeting. The Alaska Department of Fish and Game is responsible for managing Kuskokwim Area salmon stocks for sustained yield. Subsistence fishing occurs throughout the area whereas commercial salmon fishing is restricted to 4 districts within the Kuskokwim Area. Commercial fishing Districts 1 and 2 are within Kuskokwim River; Districts 4 and 5 are in Kuskokwim Bay and target salmon bound for the Kanektok and Goodnews Rivers. Chinook salmon runs to the Kuskokwim River have been low since 2010, which led to severe restrictions to conserve Chinook salmon from 2014–2022 and Federal Special Actions enacted within the Yukon Delta National Wildlife Refuge. Since 2014, subsistence harvest of Chinook salmon has been well below established amounts reasonably necessary for subsistence (ANS), and commercial and sport fisheries have been closed during the Chinook salmon run. Chum salmon runs to the Kuskokwim River have declined to some of the lowest runs on record since 2020. Abundance of coho salmon to the Kuskokwim River have been below average since 2018, with 2022 being the lowest on record. Sockeye salmon abundance from 2016–2020 was average to above average for both lake and river-type life histories. The 2021 and 2022 sockeye salmon runs were mixed throughout the drainage with above-average lake-type abundance and below-average river-type abundance.

Download or read book Yukon River Chinook Salmon Stock Status and Development of Management action Plan Options written by Thomas D. Vania and published by . This book was released on 2000 with total page 50 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Yukon River Chinook Salmon Stock Status and Action Plan written by Steve J. Hayes and published by . This book was released on 2006 with total page 30 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This report looks at escapements and stock status of chinook salmon, Oncorhynchus tshawytscha, and recommends that the Yukon River chinook salmon stock remain classified as a "stock of yield concern."

Download or read book Yukon River Salmon 2021 Season Summary and 2022 Season Outlook written by Yukon River Joint Technical Committee and published by . This book was released on 2022 with total page 174 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Yukon River Joint Technical Committee (JTC) of the United States and Canada meets twice a year to analyze and discuss harvest and escapement goals, management trends, postseason reviews, preseason outlooks, and results of cooperative research projects for Canadian-origin Yukon River salmon. This report summarizes the status of Chinook Oncorhynchus tshawytscha, coho O. kisutch, and summer and fall chum salmon O. keta stocks in 2021, presents a 2022 season outlook, and provides data about salmon harvests in commercial, subsistence, First Nations, personal use, domestic, and sport or public angling fisheries. Summaries of Yukon River research projects are also included. For 2021, the preliminary estimate of Chinook salmon (mainstem) spawning escapement in Canada was 31,452 fish, which was below the interim management escapement goal (IMEG) range of 42,500–55,000 fish. A preliminary estimate of the total Canadian-origin Chinook salmon run was 32,972 fish. The preliminary estimate of fall chum salmon spawning escapement in the Canadian mainstem Yukon River was approximately 23,170 fish, which was below the IMEG range of 70,000–104,000 fish. The preliminary estimate of fall chum salmon spawning escapement in the Fishing Branch River (Porcupine River), obtained from a weir count was 2,413 fish, which was below the IMEG range of 22,000–49,000 fish. Recommended interim management escapement goals for Canadian-origin mainstem fall chum salmon and Fishing Branch (Porcupine River) fall chum salmon in 2022 remain the same as for 2021. The JTC recommended a new escapement goal for Canadian-origin Yukon River Chinook salmon of 52,500 with an acceptable deviation range of 42,500–62,500. The Yukon River Panel will be presented with the new Chinook salmon escapement goal recommendation for consideration at their 2022 pre-season meeting.

Download or read book Yukon River Chinook Salmon Stock Status and Action Plan written by Tracy L. Lingnau and published by . This book was released on 2003 with total page 28 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Yukon River Fall Chum Salmon Stock Status and Development of Management action Plan Options written by Alaska. Division of Commercial Fisheries. Arctic-Yukon-Kuskokwim Region and published by . This book was released on 2000 with total page 45 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Yukon River Fall Chum Salmon Stock Status and Action Plan written by Fred J. Bue and published by . This book was released on 2004 with total page 27 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Yukon River Summer Chum Salmon Stock Status and Action Plan written by Paul G. Salomone and published by . This book was released on 2004 with total page 18 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Yukon River Salmon Enumeration Eagle AK 2022 written by Jody D. Lozori and published by . This book was released on 2022 with total page 99 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Both the Alaska Department of Fish and Game (ADF&G) and the Canadian Department of Fisheries and Oceans (DFO) actively manage Chinook salmon Oncorhynchus tshawytscha and fall chum salmon O. keta fisheries in the Yukon River. Alaska is obligated to manage Canadian-origin Yukon River Chinook and fall chum salmon stocks according to precautionary, abundance-based harvest-sharing principles set by the Yukon River Salmon Agreement (Yukon River Panel 2004). This negotiated agreement represents an international commitment to the restoration, conservation, and management of Yukon River salmon, and is based on escapement management . Of importance to salmon management on the Yukon River is the ability to accurately assess the numbers of Chinook and fall chum salmon migrating through the U.S./Canada border. This project employs split-beam and imaging sonar equipment on the Yukon River to generate inseason passage estimates of Chinook and fall chum salmon migrating across the U.S./Canada border. Additionally, drift gillnetting is conducted daily to monitor species composition, and to collect biological data used in characterizing Chinook and fall chum salmon runs. The project is located approximately 30 km downstream from the U.S./Canada Border (Figures 1 and 2) and is scheduled to operate continuously from approximately July 1 through October 10 annually. This project has been fully operational since 2006 (Dunbar and Crane 2007).

Download or read book Northern Southeast Alaska Chinook Salmon Stock Status and Action Plan 2022 written by Grant Hagerman and published by . This book was released on 2022 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Escapements of Chinook salmon have fallen below the lower bound of the current BEG range for Chilkat River in 3 of the past 5 years, for King Salmon River in 4 of the past 5 years, and for the Taku River in 5 of the past 5 years. In response to guidelines established in the Policy for the management of sustainable salmon fisheries (SSFP), the Alaska Department of Fish and Game (department) recommended the Chilkat and King Salmon River Chinook salmon (Oncorhynchus tshawytscha) stocks be designated as stocks of “management concern” in 2017 followed by approval from the Alaska Board of Fisheries at the 2018 Southeast and Yakutat Finfish and Shellfish meeting. In October 2020, the department recommended the continuation of stock of management concern status for the Chilkat and King Salmon Rivers and to add the Taku River Chinook salmon stock at 2021 Southeast Alaska and Yakutat meeting. A “management concern” is defined as “a concern arising from a chronic inability, despite use of specific management measures, to maintain escapements for a salmon stock within the bounds of the SEG [sustainable escapement goal], BEG [biological escapement goal], OEG [optimum escapement goal], or other specified management objectives for the fishery.” Since 2012, the department has implemented conservative management measures to reduce the harvest of the Chilkat River stock of Chinook salmon and increase escapement. Through these measures, and from actions taken to reduce the harvest of the Taku River stock of Chinook salmon, by extension, harvest on the stock of Chinook salmon from the King Salmon River may likewise have been reduced. Although these management actions have been effective at reducing overall harvest rates, the poor runs have been so low that achievement of BEGs has been problematic.

Download or read book Yukon River Summer Chum Salmon Stock Status and Development of Management action Plan Options written by Alaska. Division of Commercial Fisheries. Arctic-Yukon-Kuskokwim Region and published by . This book was released on 2000 with total page 45 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Status of Salmon Stocks Fisheries and Management Programs in the Yukon River written by Alaska. Division of Commercial Fisheries. Arctic-Yukon-Kuskokwim Region and published by . This book was released on 1982 with total page 54 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book The Salmon Fisheries of the Yukon River written by Lawrence S. Buklis and published by . This book was released on 1985 with total page 44 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Unuk and Chickamin Chinook Salmon Stock Status and Action Plan 2022 written by Bo Meredith and published by . This book was released on 2022 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In response to guidelines established in the Policy for the Management of Sustainable Salmon Fisheries (SSFP), the Alaska Department of Fish and Game (department) recommended that the Unuk River stock of Chinook salmon (Oncorhynchus tshawytscha) be designated as a “stock of management concern” in October 2017. This recommendation was adopted by the Alaska Board of Fisheries (board) in January 2018. Then, in October 2020, the department recommended continuing this designation and additionally recommended that the Chickamin River stock of Chinook salmon be added as a “stock of management concern”. A “management concern” is defined as “a concern arising from a chronic inability, despite use of specific management measures, to maintain escapements for a salmon stock within the bounds of the SEG [sustainable escapement goal], BEG [biological escapement goal], OEG [optimum escapement goal], or other specified management objectives for the fishery.” The escapement of the Unuk River stock of Chinook salmon has been below the lower bound of the existing BEG (1,800–3,800 fish) in 3 of the past 5 years (2016–2020). The escapement of Chickamin River Chinook salmon has been below the lower bound of the existing BEG (2,150–4,300 fish) in 4 of the past 5 years (2016–2020). Since 2014, the department has implemented conservative management actions to reduce harvest of Unuk River Chinook salmon, and by extension and proximity to the Unuk River, it is assumed those actions have reduced harvests of Chickamin River Chinook salmon as well.

Download or read book Yukon River King Salmon Stock Status and Summer Chum Salmon Fishery 2019 written by Holly C. Carroll and published by . This book was released on 2018 with total page 53 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In response to the guidelines established in the Policy for the Management of Sustainable Salmon Fisheries (SSFP; 5 AAC 39.222), the Alaska Board of Fisheries (board) classified the Yukon River king salmon Oncorhynchus tshawytscha stock as a stock of yield concern at its September 2000 work session. An action plan was developed by the Alaska Department of Fish and Game and acted upon by the board in January 2001. The status as a yield concern was continued at the January 2004, 2007, 2010, 2013 and 2016 board meetings. The stock of yield concern for king salmon was recommended to continue at the 2018 work session. King salmon escapement goals were generally met throughout the Alaska portion of the Yukon River drainage the past 5 years (2014-2018). Conservative management actions taken inseason have contributed to achieving escapement goals. Run size has been improving since 2013, but runs are still below the 1989-1998 period when run sizes were much larger and provided unrestricted subsistence harvest and a consistent commercial harvest. King salmon runs in 2014-2016 and 2018 have shown moderate increases sufficient to provide some subsistence harvest, but not commercial harvest. The run size in 2017 was the largest since 2003 and could have provided a full subsistence harvest and a surplus available for commercial. Inseason assessment uncertainty makes it challenging to fully utilize available surpluses. Yukon River summer chum salmon (O. keta) runs have had large surpluses available for harvest the past 5 years.