Author : Kenneth James Goldman
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 93 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (14 download)
Book Synopsis Bottom Trawl Surveys for Tanner Crab in Lower Cook Inlet and Prince William Sound 1990-2015, with Harvest Strategy Recommendations for Prince William Sound by : Kenneth James Goldman
Download or read book Bottom Trawl Surveys for Tanner Crab in Lower Cook Inlet and Prince William Sound 1990-2015, with Harvest Strategy Recommendations for Prince William Sound written by Kenneth James Goldman and published by . This book was released on 2018 with total page 93 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This report summarizes bottom trawl survey data used to assess Tanner crab Chionoecetes bairdi abundance within the Alaska Department of Fish and Game's Central Region. Trawl surveys replaced pot surveys as the primary method of assessing Tanner crab in Central Region in the early 1990s. Data for the Central Region were collected from 2 management districts in the Lower Cook Inlet Management Area: 1) the Southern District (1990-2013), and 2) the Kamishak Bay and Barren Islands Districts (1990-2012). Data were also collected from the Prince William Sound Management Area (1991-2015). Since 1993 in the Southern District, and 1990 in the Kamishak Bay and Barren Islands Districts, the estimated abundance of legal male Tanner crab has not exceeded the minimum stock size threshold defined in regulation that is necessary to open a commercial fishery (Alaska Administrative Code 5 AAC 35.408). Bottom trawl survey methods have changed through the history of the survey and those changes are documented in this report. Abundance trends of legal and sublegal male and female Tanner crab are also described along with trends in recruitment. Analysis and harvest strategy recommendations to create a management plan for commercial and noncommercial Tanner crab fisheries in the Prince William Sound Management Area are presented.