Chinook Salmon Research Initiative
Kuskokwim River Chinook Salmon
Lower Kuskokwim Adult Spawning Abundance
Project Summary
Project Name: | Lower Kuskokwim River Adult Chinook Salmon Spawning Abundance |
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Overview: | Adult Chinook salmon mark-recapture and age, sex, and length studies. This project will evaluate relative Chinook salmon escapement into tributaries of the lower Kuskokwim River, through helicopter surveys. The helicopter counts will be used to develop relative escapement ratios between Kisaralik and Eek rivers and Kwethluk River. The ratios will then be expanded based on Kwethluk River weir escapement counts to estimate total escapement. These estimates will be compared with existing escapement estimates to evaluate the current habitat based expansion method, and provide an alternative method of Chinook salmon escapement estimation for lower Kuskokwim River tributaries. |
Location: | Lower Kuskokwim River |
Total Project Cost: | $2,400,000 |
Project Dates: | 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017 |
Project Type(s): | Adult abundance |
Life Stage: | Adult |
Stock: | Kuskokwim River Chinook salmon |
Project Partners: | Kuskokwim Native Association |
Contacts
Division of Commercial Fisheries
Alaska Department of Fish and Game
333 Raspberry Road
Anchorage, Alaska 99518
Fishery Biologist III
Sean Larson
Phone: (907)267-2385
Email: sean.larson@alaska.gov
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