Author : Brad A. Fuerst
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 200 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (114 download)
Book Synopsis Kodiak Management Area Weir Descriptions and Salmon Escapement Report, 2019 by : Brad A. Fuerst
Download or read book Kodiak Management Area Weir Descriptions and Salmon Escapement Report, 2019 written by Brad A. Fuerst and published by . This book was released on 2020 with total page 200 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In 2019, the Alaska Department of Fish and Game operated 9 fish counting weirs and 1 fish pass in the Kodiak Management Area (KMA). Operation of these weirs began in mid-May and continued through mid-September, depending upon the run timing of Pacific salmon populations in the different systems. Chinook Oncorhynchus tshawytscha, sockeye O. nerka, coho O. kisutch, pink O. gorbuscha, and chum salmon O. keta were enumerated. Steelhead trout O. mykiss and Dolly Varden char Salvelinus malma were also enumerated. The data from the weirs provided the basis for inseason management actions regulating the commercial, sport, and subsistence fisheries in the KMA. Surveys of Pacific salmon were also conducted from fixed-wing single-engine aircraft and by foot on other area salmon streams without weirs to facilitate inseason stock assessment. A combined total of 7,367,288 salmon were estimated using weir, foot, and aerial survey counts in the KMA during 2019. The total consisted of 5,863 Chinook, 1,287,032 sockeye 67,832 coho, 5,593,088 pink, and 413,473 chum salmon.