Fishery Management Report for Sport Fisheries in the Northwest/North Slope Management Area, 2011
Author: Brendan P. Scanlon
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Published: 2012
Total Pages: 58
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKSport fisheries season summaries for 2011 and preliminary information for 2012 in the Northwest/North Slope Management Area are presented. The Northwest/North Slope Management Area (NW/NSMA) consists of all waters north of the Yukon River drainage in Norton Sound, the Seward Peninsula, Kotzebue Sound (including the major drainages of the Kobuk and Noatak rivers), and all north-draining waters of the Brooks Range east to the Canadian border. Sport and subsistence fisheries target king, coho, chum, and pink salmon, Dolly Varden, sheefish, Arctic grayling, and northern pike. Summaries of major sport fisheries within the NW/NSMA are detailed, including descriptions of recent performances, comparisons to commercial and subsistence harvests, Alaska Board of Fisheries regulatory actions, social and biological issues, and descriptions of ongoing research and management activities.