Author : Dawn M. Wilburn
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 96 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (12 download)
Book Synopsis Chignik Management Area Salmon Annual Management Report, 2016 by : Dawn M. Wilburn
Download or read book Chignik Management Area Salmon Annual Management Report, 2016 written by Dawn M. Wilburn and published by . This book was released on 2017 with total page 96 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This report summarizes the 2016 commercial Pacific salmon Oncorhynchus spp. fisheries within the Chignik Management Area (CMA; Area L). The CMA encompasses all coastal waters and inland drainages of the northwest Gulf of Alaska between Kilokak Rocks and Kupreanof Point. All 5 species of North American Pacific salmon were commercially harvested in the CMA: Chinook O. tshawytscha, sockeye O. nerka, coho O. kisutch, pink O. gorbuscha, and chum O. keta salmon. In 2016, the Chignik River Chinook salmon escapement of 1,843 fish was within the escapement goal range of 1,300 to 2,700 fish. The 2016 Chignik River early-run sockeye salmon escapement of 418,290 fish was within the early-run escapement goal range of 350,000 to 450,000 fish. The late-run sockeye salmon escapement of 354,884 fish was also within the late-run escapement goal range of 275,000 to 400,000 fish. The CMA 2016 harvest of Chinook salmon was 20,719 fish. The total 2016 CMA sockeye salmon harvest of 1,394,091 fish (including the department's test fish harvest) was below the most recent 5-year average and similar to the recent 10- and 20-year averages. CMA coho salmon harvest of 94,397 fish was below the most recent 5-year average and similar to the 10- and 20-year averages. Estimated 2016 peak pink salmon escapement in the CMA was very poor and well below the recent 5- , 10-, and 20-even-year averages. The 2016 indexed peak pink salmon escapement estimate of 68,100 fish was well below the even-year sustainable escapement goal (SEG) range of 170,000 to 280,000 fish. The 2016 CMA harvest of 140,913 pink salmon was also well below all recent averages. Estimated peak chum salmon escapement was also below recent averages however, the indexed peak escapement of 69,900 chum salmon was within the SEG range of 45,000 to 110,000 fish. In 2016, 118,435 chum salmon were harvested which was below recent 5-, 10-, and 20-year average harvests. A total of 69 CMA permit holders made deliveries in 2016. The exvessel value for commercial salmon harvest in the CMA for 2016 totaled approximately $8.64 million.