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Search Again| Division: | Sport Fish |
| Title: | Operational Plan: Russian River sockeye salmon early run tagging study. |
| Author: | Eskelin, T. |
| Year: | 2017 |
| Report ID: | Alaska Department of Fish and Game, Regional Operational Plan ROP.SF.2A.2017.15, Anchorage. |
| Abstract: | The primary goal of this study is to estimate the time it takes for Russian River early-run sockeye salmon to migrate from the Kenai River rivermile (RM) 13.7 sonar site to the Russian River area sport fishery at Kenai River RM 73.0 and to the Russian River weir near Lower Russian Lake. A representative sample of 50 sockeye salmon will be captured with inriver gillnets at RM 8 and implanted with radio transmitters during 25 May to 30 June 2017, then tracked throughout their migration using fixed telemetry stations, and boat and aerial tracking. A sample of at least 200 captured sockeye salmon will also be deployed with spaghetti tags and recaptured at the Russian River weir to further assess the migration timing of Russian River early-run sockeye salmon. The sonar at RM 13.7 can enumerate fish passage by size, thereby providing a minimum estimate of run size of sockeye salmon at RM 13.7. Detailed knowledge of Russian River early-run sockeye salmon run timing from the sonar site to the sport fishery and weir will help with future inseason management of this stock. |
| Keywords: | sockeye salmon, Oncorhynchus nerka, Kenai River, Russian River, early run, radio transmitter. |