Author : Grant Hagerman
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 89 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (127 download)
Book Synopsis Annual Management Report for the 2020 Southeast Alaska/Yakutat Salmon Troll Fisheries by : Grant Hagerman
Download or read book Annual Management Report for the 2020 Southeast Alaska/Yakutat Salmon Troll Fisheries written by Grant Hagerman and published by . This book was released on 2021 with total page 89 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This report describes the Southeast Alaska/Yakutat salmon troll fishery, management methods, and actions taken by the Alaska Department of Fish and Game during the 2020 Chinook salmon accounting period, which occurred from October 1, 2019, through September 30, 2020. Approximately 1.05 million salmon were harvested in the 2020 Southeast Alaska troll fishery. Of this, 30,000 salmon (3%) were taken by hand troll gear and 1.02 million salmon (97%) by power troll gear. The harvest included 170,000 Chinook (Oncorhynchus tshawytscha), 1,700 sockeye (O. nerka), 751,000 coho (O. kisutch), 44,000 pink (O. gorbuscha), and 79,000 chum (O. keta) salmon landed by 624 power troll and 203 hand troll permit holders during the 2020 calendar year. The Chinook salmon harvest was rank as the 11th lowest and coho salmon harvests as the 18th lowest over the last 61 years since statehood, whereas the chum salmon harvest ranked 28th lowest over the same time period. The preliminary estimated Alaska hatchery contribution of Chinook salmon to the troll fishery, including hatchery terminal harvest, was 7,640 fish (4%). A total of 205,366 coho salmon produced by Alaska hatcheries were harvested by the troll fleet, accounting for 28% of the total troll coho salmon harvest. Chinook salmon escapements for 6 out of 11 Southeast Alaska rivers were within the desired escapement goal ranges, whereas escapements for 7 of the 11 coho salmon indicator systems were within or above the desired escapement goal ranges.