Shellfish Fisheries Southeast Alaska Yakutat Region 1995 96 Report To The Board Of Fisheries

Author : Quinn T. Smith
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 30 pages
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Download or read book Southeast Alaska 2019/2020 Miscellaneous Shellfish Fisheries Management Report written by Quinn T. Smith and published by . This book was released on 2021 with total page 30 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The commercial miscellaneous shellfish (or "dive") fisheries in the Southeast Region (Registration Area A/Southeast Alaska and Registration Area D/Yakutat) are a group of fisheries targeting geoduck clams, red sea urchins, sea cucumbers, and abalone. The common feature of these fisheries is that all are limited to hand picking by divers. Except for abalone, all of the dive fisheries have well-developed management plans with abundance-based stock assessment programs at their core. The dive fisheries are relatively new to Alaska; most of these fisheries developed in the 1990s. The Alaska Department of Fish and Game (ADF&G) works closely with the Southeast Alaska Regional Dive Fisheries Association to develop management plans for these fisheries. Southeast Alaska Regional Dive Fisheries Association is a nonprofit organization that represents limited entry permit holders of the dive fisheries and that generates funds for management, research, and the promotion of dive fisheries. Sea otters pose a major threat to the dive fisheries in Southeast Alaska. ADF&G has documented substantial declines in population levels of sea cucumbers, sea urchins, and geoducks in areas occupied by sea otters. Consequently, guideline harvest levels have been reduced, and a growing number of areas have been closed to commercial harvest.