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Search Again| Division: | Sport Fish |
| Title: | Sport Fisheries of the Northern Kenai Peninsula Management Area, 2016–2018, with overview for 2019. |
| Author: | Lipka, C. G., J. L. Gates, and S. K. Simons. |
| Year: | 2020 |
| Report ID: | Alaska Department of Fish and Game, Fishery Management Report No. 20-01, Anchorage. |
| Abstract: | TThis report provides a detailed summary of the sport fisheries in the Northern Kenai Peninsula Management Area for 2017 and 2018, with updates for 2016 and an overview for 2019. Summary information is provided for estimates of effort, catch, and harvest through 2018. The following sport fisheries are included: Kenai River Chinook salmon (Oncorhynchus tshawytscha) early and late runs, Kasilof River Chinook salmon early and late runs, Russian River sockeye salmon (O. nerka) early and late runs, Kenai River sockeye salmon late run, areawide coho salmon (O. kisutch) and pink salmon (O. gorbuscha), and resident species including rainbow trout and steelhead (O. mykiss), Dolly Varden (Salvelinus malma), lake trout (Salvelinus namaycush), Arctic grayling (Thymallus arcticus), and illegally introduced northern pike (Esox lucius). The educational fisheries, guided sport fisheries, various habitat concerns, and Kenai and Kasilof rivers sockeye salmon personal use fisheries are also discussed. |
| Keywords: | Northern Kenai Peninsula Management Area, Kenai River, Kasilof River, Russian River, Chinook salmon, Oncorhynchus tshawytscha, sockeye salmon, Oncorhyncus nerka, coho salmon, Onchoryncus kisutch, rainbow trout, Onchorynchus mykiss, Dolly Varden, Salvelinus malma, northern pike, Esox lucius, personal use dip net fisheries, Alaska Board of Fisheries |