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Search Again| Division: | Sport Fish |
| Title: | Operational Plan Amendment: Juneau area rainbow trout pre-stocking assessment, 2017-2018. |
| Author: | Schroeder, K., K. Smikrud, and A. Reimer. |
| Year: | 2017 |
| Report ID: | Alaska Department of Fish and Game, Division of Sport Fish, Regional Operational Plan ROP.SF.1J.2017.03, Anchorage. |
| Abstract: | Four lakes along the Juneau roadside freshwater fishery are scheduled to be stocked with all-female triploid rainbow trout, beginning in 2018. The Statewide Stocking Plan for the Alaska Department of Fish and Game, Division of Sport Fish includes management objectives associated with stocking projects included in the plan, which are used by managers to evaluate the success of stocking efforts. These evaluations often involve some measurement of angler effort, catch, and harvest of the stocked fish. These statistics are often estimated by using the Statewide Harvest Survey for Sport Fisheries. However, it will not be possible to get an accurate measure of effort, catch, and harvest through the Statewide Harvest survey for the four lakes associated with this project for 2 primary reasons: 1) because they are grouped with most other Juneau roadside freshwater lake and stream fisheries, and 2) the Statewide Harvest Survey is only sent to licensed anglers; unlicensed anglers (those under 16 years of age) are likely to utilize these stocked fisheries, but are not counted in the survey. Since it is not logistically or financially viable to operate an onsite creel survey for these lakes, this amendment describes some low-cost indirect estimates of effort and angler success that will be used instead. Results from these techniques may provide managers with baseline information to help them evaluate whether adequate benefit is being derived by sport anglers in future years. |
| Keywords: | Juneau, rainbow trout, pre-stocking assessment, amendment |