Spring Troll Fishery Update
Southeast Alaska & Yakutat Commercial Fisheries

2024 Spring Troll Fishery

2022 Spring Troll Fishery Management Plan (PDF 4,798 kB)
2024 Spring Troll FAS Exemption Permit (PDF 181 kB)
2024 Spring Troll Fishery Areas (PDF 2,819 kB)
Summary of Spring Troll Fisheries in Southeast Alaska, 2011–2018 (PDF 9,388 kB)
Summary of Spring Troll Fisheries in Southeast Alaska, 1999–2010 (PDF 15,803 kB)
Summary of Management and Harvest During Spring Salmon Troll Chinook Fisheries, 1986–1998 (PDF 1,474 kB)
Spring troll fisheries target Alaska hatchery-produced Chinook and chum salmon.
Spring fisheries for Chinook and chum salmon occur near hatcheries and release sites, with additional opportunities for chum salmon available in migratory corridors. Each spring troll area is managed individually, and fishing periods are opened in season, by emergency order.
Weekly fishing time may be extended or reduced, based on inseason assessment of hatchery contributions from coded-wire tag (CWT) data and historical catch timing for each individual area.
Although the spring troll fisheries target Alaska hatchery Chinook salmon, Treaty Chinook are also harvested. The Alaska Board of Fisheries has established guideline limits of Treaty fish that may be harvested in each spring fishing area.
The 2024 spring troll fishery tier limits as specified under 5 AAC 29.090(d)(1)(D) are as follows:

Alaska hatchery contribution to the harvest	2024 PST Chinook salmon limit
Less than 25%	1,000
At least 25% and less than 35%	2,000
At least 35% and less than 50%	3,000
At least 50% and less than 66%	5,000
66% or more	no limit

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