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Southeast Alaska & Yakutat
Recorded Announcements: For recorded fishery information in Southeast Alaska
please see the Southeast Contacts page.
Fishery News Releases and Announcements
- 2014 Southeast Alaska Herring Spawn-On-Kelp Pound Fisheries (PDF 118 kB) - 3/6/14
- 2014 Ernest Sound Herring Spawn-On-Kelp Pound Fishery Vessel Charter (PDF 103 kB) - 3/6/14
- Sitka Sound Herring Fishery Announcement (PDF 100 kB) - 3/5/14
- Southeast Alaska Winter Food and Bait Herring Fisheries (PDF 35 kB) - 2/26/14
- 2014 Southeast Alaska Eulachon Fishery Announcement (PDF 107 kB) - 2/19/14
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Harvest
Sitka Seine Sac Roe
| Year | Forecast Biomass |
GHL (tons) | Sac Roe Harvest (tons) |
Roe % | Nautical Miles Spawn |
Spawn Biomass (tons)1 |
Total Run (tons) |
Exvessel $ Value Millions |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 33,365 | 5,120 | 4,813 | 9.9 | 55 | 57,709 | 62,522 | $2.67 |
| 2001 | 52,985 | 10,597 | 11,972 | 10.9 | 61 | 68,223 | 80,195 | $5.79 |
| 2002 | 55,209 | 11,042 | 9,789 | 10.9 | 43 | 51,970 | 61,759 | $4.44 |
| 2003 | 39,319 | 6,969 | 7,051 | 10.7 | 47 | 69,477 | 76,528 | $3.20 |
| 2004 | 53,088 | 10,618 | 10,490 | 10.8 | 80 | 81,437 | 91,927 | $5.16 |
| 2005 | 55,962 | 11,192 | 11,366 | 11.4 | 40 | 78,615 | 89,981 | $6.12 |
| 2006 | 52,059 | 10,412 | 9,967 | 10.5 | 57 | 79,243 | 89,210 | $2.64 |
| 2007 | 59,519 | 11,904 | 11,571 | 11.4 | 50 | 73,711 | 85,282 | $5.70 |
| 2008 | 87,715 | 14,723 | 14,386 | 11.6 | 55 | 70,183 | 84,569 | $8.90 |
| 2009 | 72,521 | 14,504 | 14,776 | 11.8 | 65 | 79,862 | 94,638 | $10.60 |
| 1 Spawning biomass estimates are hindcast from 2008 ASA model run. | ||||||||
Set Gillnet Sac Roe
| Hobart/Houghton | Seymour Canal | Total | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Season | tons | permits | tons | permits | tons |
| Oct1999 - Sep00 | - | 389 | 43 | 389 | |
| Oct2000 - Sep01 | - | 620 | 54 | 620 | |
| Oct2001 - Sep02 | - | 1,066 | 62 | 1,066 | |
| Oct2002 - Sep03 | - | 1,519 | 76 | 1,519 | |
| Oct2003 - Sep04 | - | 804 | 85 | 804 | |
| Oct2004 - Sep05 | 204 | 48 | 945 | 61 | 1,150 |
| Oct2005 - Sep06 | - | 1,187 | 39 | 1,187 | |
| Oct2006 - Sep07 | - | 1,219 | 44 | 1,219 | |
| Oct2007 - Sep08 | 302 | 59 | 1,208 | 60 | 1,510 |
| Oct2008 - Sep09 | 341 | 62 | 866 | 73 | 1,208 |
Northern Spawn on Kelp
| Year | Hoonah Sound | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Herring GHL (tons) |
SOK Harvest (tons) |
Permit Holders Landing |
Fishery Exvessel Value |
|
| 2000 | 359 | 36 | 84 | $587,568 |
| 2001 | 366 | 66.2 | 87 | $1,005,997 |
| 2002 | 1,264 | 136.6 | 98 | $2,000,000 |
| 2003 | 427 | 141.6 | 108 | $1,929,286 |
| 2004 | 1,207 | 236.1 | 107 | $2,071,347 |
| 2005 | 728 | 181.7 | 94 | $1,117,568 |
| 2006 | 669 | 162.1 | 79 | $1,943,422 |
| 2007 | 681 | 159.4 | 91 | $4,491,071 |
| 2008 | 2,238 | 228.1 | 101 | $5,221,568 |
| 2009 | 2,238 | 234.7 | 101 | $2,332,514 |
| Year | Tenakee Inlet | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Herring GHL (tons) |
Herring GHL for SOK |
SOK Harvest (tons) |
Permit Holders Landing |
Fishery Exvessel Value |
|
| 2000 | |||||
| 2001 | |||||
| 2002 | |||||
| 2003 | 528 | 180 | 47.6 | 59 | $580,500 |
| 2004 | 399 | 360 | 98.7 | 85 | $981,464 |
| 2005 | 476 | 476 | 93.7 | 91 | $512,900 |
| 2006 | - | - | - | - | - |
| 2007 | - | - | - | - | - |
| 2008 | - | - | - | - | - |
| 2009 | 875 | 621 | 64.1 | 83 | $558,900 |
| Year | SE Region Total SOK | |
|---|---|---|
| SOK Harvest (tons) |
Fishery Exvessel Value |
|
| 2000 | 36 | $587,568 |
| 2001 | 93.1 | $1,152,856 |
| 2002 | 178.3 | $2,218,700 |
| 2003 | 258.4 | $2,932,786 |
| 2004 | 440.2 | $3,748,355 |
| 2005 | 393.6 | $2,234,191 |
| 2006 | 191.1 | $2,241,997 |
| 2007 | 203.9 | $5,578,603 |
| 2008 | 386.5 | $8,490,751 |
| 2009 | 438.5 | $4,280,698 |
Southern Spawn on Kelp
| Year | Craig-Klawock | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Herring GHL (tons) |
Herring GHL for SOK |
SOK Harvest (tons) |
Permit Holders Landing |
Fishery Exvessel Value |
Herring GHL (tons) |
|
| 2000 | 626 | 280 | - | - | - | |
| 2001 | 1,058 | 914 | 26.9 | 51 | $146,859 | |
| 2002 | 952 | 852 | 41.7 | 89 | $218,700 | |
| 2003 | 630 | 528 | 69.2 | 118 | $423,000 | |
| 2004 | 1,754 | 1,579 | 49.3 | 95 | $325,000 | 875 |
| 2005 | 2,217 | 1,667 | 118.2 | 70 | $603,723 | - |
| 2006 | 1,955 | 1,266 | 29 | 34 | $298,575 | - |
| 2007 | 1,860 | 1,284 | 44.5 | 47 | $1,087,532 | - |
| 2008 | 1,945 | 1,380 | 148.5 | 122 | $3,066,788 | 1,382 |
| 2009 | 1,945 | 1,802 | 137.3 | 137 | $1,256,777 | 476 |
| Year | Ernest Sound | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Herring GHL for SOK |
SOK Harvest (tons) |
Permit Holders Landing |
Fishery Exvessel Value |
|
| 2000 | ||||
| 2001 | ||||
| 2002 | ||||
| 2003 | ||||
| 2004 | 831 | 56.1 | 64 | $370,544 |
| 2005 | - | - | - | - |
| 2006 | - | - | - | - |
| 2007 | - | - | - | - |
| 2008 | 700 | 9.8 | 13 | $202,395 |
| 2009 | 300 | 2.5 | 4 | $24,423 |
Management
Management Plans
2013
- 2013 Southeast Alaska Sac Roe Herring Fishery Management Plan (PDF 877 kB)
- 2013 Southeast Alaska Herring Spawn-On-Kelp Pound Fishery Management Plan (PDF 1,124 kB)
2012
- 2012 Southeast Alaska Sac Roe Herring Fishery Management Plan (PDF 594 kB)
- 2012 Southeast Alaska Herring Spawn-On-Kelp Pound Fishery Management Plan (PDF 963 kB)
2011
- 2011 Southeast Alaska Sac Roe Herring Fishery Management Plan (PDF 333 kB)
- 2011 Southeast Alaska Herring Spawn-On-Kelp Pound Fishery Management Plan (PDF 922 kB)
2010
Forecasts
- 2012 Sitka Sound Herring Fishery Announcement (PDF 44 kB)
- Herring Gillnet Sac Roe Fishery Quotas For 2011 Season (PDF 67 kB)
Maps
- Southeast Alaska Major Herring Stock Locations (PDF 816 kB)
- Statewide Herring Locations (PDF 2,039 kB)
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