Operational Plan: Situk River Chinook Salmon Creel Survey, 2023-2024
Operational Plan: Situk River Chinook Salmon Creel Survey, 2023-2024

Author: Jason A. Pawluk

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Published: 2023

Total Pages: 0

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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.

Operational Plan: Kenai River Chinook Salmon Creel Survey and Inriver Netting Study, 2021-2023
Operational Plan: Kenai River Chinook Salmon Creel Survey and Inriver Netting Study, 2021-2023

Author: Eric Wood

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Published: 2022

Total Pages: 43

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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.

Operational Plan: Crooked Creek Chinook Salmon Enhancement Project, 2022-2024
Operational Plan: Crooked Creek Chinook Salmon Enhancement Project, 2022-2024

Author: Jenny L. Gates

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Published: 2022

Total Pages: 34

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The Crooked Creek Chinook Salmon Enhancement Project is designed to monitor both naturally- and hatchery-produced Chinook salmon (Oncorhynchus tshawytscha) escapement as well as collect broodstock and conduct egg takes to provide additional sport fishing opportunities within the Kasilof River and other terminal fisheries on the Kenai Peninsula. This project will imprint Chinook salmon smolt for 7 to 10 days at the beginning of June. Additionally, age, sex, and length, will be collected from returning naturally- and hatchery-produced Chinook salmon. The sustainable escapement goal for Crooked Creek is 700–1,400 naturally-produced Chinook salmon.

Operational Plan: Situk River Chinook Salmon Creel Survey, 2021-2022
Operational Plan: Situk River Chinook Salmon Creel Survey, 2021-2022

Author: Jason A. Pawluk

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Published: 2022

Total Pages: 0

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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.

Juvenile Abundance and Harvest of Unuk River Chinook Salmon, 2022-2024
Juvenile Abundance and Harvest of Unuk River Chinook Salmon, 2022-2024

Author: Nathan Frost

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Published: 2023

Total Pages: 0

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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.

Operational Plan
Operational Plan

Author: Brittany Blain-Roth

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Published: 2020

Total Pages: 130

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This operational plan details the qualitative evaluation of Chinook and coho salmon stocks in selected drainages within the Anchorage Management Area. The numbers of Chinook salmon and coho salmon will be counted in 5 different drainages by foot and float surveys. The numbers of other salmon species will be recorded as well. Data from these surveys will be used to manage the Chinook and coho salmon sport fisheries in the Anchorage Management Area.

Operational Plan: Sockeye Salmon Escapement Studies at the Russian River, 2023-2026
Operational Plan: Sockeye Salmon Escapement Studies at the Russian River, 2023-2026

Author: Jenny L. Gates

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Published: 2023

Total Pages: 0

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The Russian River sockeye salmon escapement assessment project, which began in 1962, is one of the oldest stock assessment projects in the state of Alaska. During 2023–2026, the Russian River weir will be operated annually from early June through the first 7 to 10 days of September. All species of fish seen passing the weir through the fish chute will be enumerated daily. Sampling of sockeye salmon for age, sex, and length data will be done each Friday, and the sample size each week will be based on the previous week’s fish passage. Sockeye and Chinook salmon spawning downstream of the Russian River weir to the confluence of the Russian River and the Kenai River will be assessed by a foot survey during the fourth week of August. Multiple foot surveys will also be conducted from mid-May to 10 June to assess spawning rainbow trout.

Spawning Escapement of Chinook Salmon in the Stikine River, 2022–2024
Spawning Escapement of Chinook Salmon in the Stikine River, 2022–2024

Author: Kristin Courtney

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Published: 2022

Total Pages: 45

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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).

Operational Plan: Northern Cook Inlet Chinook and Coho Salmon Escapement Surveys for 2021-2025
Operational Plan: Northern Cook Inlet Chinook and Coho Salmon Escapement Surveys for 2021-2025

Author: Samantha Oslund

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Published: 2022

Total Pages: 0

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Aerial index counts from 22 NCIMA Chinook salmon streams are used detect trends in escapement for various NCIMA stocks and are used to assist fisheries managers with future management and refinement of escapement goals for streams and stocks. The objectives of this project are to count the number of Chinook salmon in each of 22 selected NCIMA area streams during 1 annual survey of each stream between 15 July and 7 August in 2021 through 2025, and to count the number of coho salmon in each of 8 selected NCIMA area streams during 1 annual survey of each stream between 20 September and 4 October in 2021 through 2025. Surveys may be limited by budgetary constraints and priority will be given to streams and stocks with escapement goals.

Operational Plan: Monitoring the Chinook Salmon Sport Fishery on the Nushagak River Drainage, 2023
Operational Plan: Monitoring the Chinook Salmon Sport Fishery on the Nushagak River Drainage, 2023

Author: Lee K. Borden

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Published: 2023

Total Pages: 0

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This project surveys the Chinook salmon sport fishery on the Nushagak River. Information will be collected on angler-days of effort by type of angler (guided vs. unguided) and gear (bait or no bait), catch and harvest rates of Chinook salmon, as well as age, sex, length, weight, and genetics of Chinook salmon in the sport harvest. Data will be reported to fisheries managers in Dillingham daily, providing real-time information regarding sport fishing success as well as the composition of the harvest. Data collected from onsite surveys will be used to document use patterns and design regulations that will accommodate growth of the sport fishery and maintain angling opportunity. Results will also guide review of current regulations and will be used to assess the effectiveness of current regulations in maintaining compliance with the management plan.