Author : Nicole L. Zeiser
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 26 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (12 download)
Book Synopsis Annual Management Report of the 2016 Yakutat Area Commercial Salmon Fisheries by : Nicole L. Zeiser
Download or read book Annual Management Report of the 2016 Yakutat Area Commercial Salmon Fisheries written by Nicole L. Zeiser and published by . This book was released on 2017 with total page 26 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The 2016 Yakutat set gillnet fishery harvest of 260,000 salmon was 25% below the recent 10-year average. The total harvest included 300 Chinook, 93,000 sockeye, 144,000 coho, 22,000 pink, and 600 chum salmon. The salmon harvest had an exvessel value of $2.4 million which was an increase of $1.0 million from the 2015 exvessel value. The Yakutat set gillnet fishery was comprised of 111 active permit holders, slightly below the recent 10-year average. The 2016 sockeye salmon harvest of 93,000 fish was 28% below the 10-year average. Sockeye salmon harvests in almost all Yakutat District fisheries were below the 5-year average in 2016. Biological escapement goals for sockeye salmon were met in all sockeye salmon producing systems, with the exception of the Lost River. The total coho salmon harvest of 144,000 was slightly above the recent 10-year average. The Situk-Ahrnklin River produced 90% of the total Yakutat Area coho salmon harvest, with the Tsiu River as the second-largest producer. The Chinook salmon harvest was well below the 10-year average. The top Chinook salmon producers were the Alsek River and Yakutat Bay. There were no directed Chinook salmon fisheries in the Situk-Ahrnklin Inlet. The 2016 preseason projection was for a total run of approximately 684 large Chinook salmon returning to the Situk River. Given recent fishery and harvest trends, a run of that size is not expected to achieve the escapement goal without fishery restrictions. For the sixth year in a row, the subsistence, sport, and commercial fisheries were closed for the taking of Chinook salmon. The Situk River pink salmon harvest was well below average. The Situk River chum salmon harvest was less than half the average. Most of the pink salmon harvest came from Situk-Ahrnklin Inlet and Yakutat Bay fisheries.