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Division: Sport Fish
Title: Amendment: Crooked Creek Chinook salmon enhancement project, 2016-2018.
Author: Gates, J. L.
Year: 2017
Report ID: Alaska Department of Fish and Game, Regional Operational Plan ROP.SF.2A.2017.13, Soldotna.
Abstract: The Crooked Creek Chinook Salmon Enhancement Project is designed to monitor both naturally- and hatchery-produced Chinook salmon escapement as well as collect brood stock and conduct egg takes to provide additional sport fishing opportunities within the Kasilof River and other terminal fisheries on the Kenai Peninsula. This project imprints Chinook salmon smolt for seven to ten days at the beginning of June. Additionally, age, sex, length and genetic samples will be collected from returning naturally- and hatchery-produced Chinook salmon. The sustainable escapement goal for Crooked Creek is 650-1,700 naturally-produced Chinook salmon. The overall goal of this research program is to reconstruct naturally- and hatchery-produced returns of Chinook salmon to Crooked Creek such that a biological escapement goal (BEG) can be established.
Keywords: Crooked Creek, Chinook, enhancement, amendment