Prince William Sound Area Commercial Salmon Fisheries
Prince William Sound Area Commercial Salmon Fisheries

Author: Charles W. Russell

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Published: 2021

Total Pages: 40

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Commercial salmon harvests in the Prince William Sound Area were relatively weak from 2018 through 2020, and harvests were 32% less than the 2008-2017 average. The Copper River salmon fishery performed poorly over this 3-year span because sockeye Oncorhynchus nerka and Chinook salmon O. tshawytscha harvests were at historic lows in 2018 and 2020. Harvest in the Prince William Sound Area was dominated by pink salmon O. gorbuscha, which made up an average of 85% of the harvest from 2018 to 2020. Harvest was primarily from commercial gillnet and purse seine fisheries (86%); the remainder (14%) were from hatchery harvests for broodstock and cost recovery.

Area Management Report for the Recreational Fisheries of Prince William Sound, 2007
Area Management Report for the Recreational Fisheries of Prince William Sound, 2007

Author: Brian Marston

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Published: 2008

Total Pages: 87

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This report provides a detailed summary of sport fisheries in the Prince William Sound Management Area under consideration by the Alaska Board of Fisheries in December 2008. Included are a description and overview of each fishery, how the fisheries are managed, and fishery performance and escapement, 2005-2007. The recreational fisheries include Chinook salmon, coho salmon, sockeye salmon, pink salmon, chum salmon, cutthroat trout, halibut, rockfish, lingcod, shellfish, sharks, and Dolly Varden.