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Search Again| Division: | Sport Fish |
| Title: | Juneau area rainbow trout post-stocking assessment, 2019-2022. |
| Author: | Schroeder, K., and A. Reimer. |
| Year: | 2019 |
| Report ID: | Alaska Department of Fish and Game, Regional Operational Plan No. SF.1J.20192019.02, Anchorage. |
| Abstract: | The Alaska Department of Fish and Game, Division of Sport Fish is scheduled to begin stocking 4 lakes (Crystal, Glacier, Moraine, and Twin lakes) along the Juneau roadside freshwater fishery with all-female triploid rainbow trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss) beginning in 2018. After these lakes get stocked with rainbow trout, post-release surveys will be conducted to assess biological and chemical conditions at selected lakes. These surveys will evaluate growth, survival, and movement out of or between the lakes where fish are stocked for the lakes sampled, as well as fishing effort and harvest at each stocked lake. Fish will be captured using hoop traps, a tangle net, and hook-and-line (i.e., sport fishing) gear. Water quality profiles will be performed in each lake sampled to measure water clarity, temperature, dissolved oxygen, pH, specific conductivity, salinity, and total dissolved solids. Results from these surveys will help managers determine the success of these stocking efforts and whether the stocking strategy needs to be modified. |
| Keywords: | triploid, rainbow trout, Oncorhynchus mykiss, stocking, Juneau roadside fishery, post-release surveys, lake assessment, water quality, survival, fishing effort, harvest, Crystal Lake, Glacier Lake, Moraine Lake, Twin Lakes. |