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Search Again| Division: | Sport Fish |
| Title: | Operational plan: sockeye salmon escapement studies at the Russian River. |
| Author: | Gates, J. L. |
| Year: | 2021 |
| Report ID: | Alaska Department of Fish and Game, Regional Operational Plan ROP.SF.2A.2021.02, Anchorage. |
| Abstract: | Russian River escapement data has been collected since 1962 and is one of the oldest stock assessment projects in the state of Alaska. During 2019–2022, the Russian River weir will be operated annually from early June through the first week of September. All species of fish seen passing the weir through the fish chute will be enumerated daily. Sampling of sockeye salmon for age, sex, and length data will be done each Friday and the sample size each week will be based on the previous week’s fish passage. Sockeye and Chinook salmon spawning downstream of the Russian River weir to the confluence of the Russian River and the Kenai River will be assessed by a foot survey during the fourth week of August. Multiple foot surveys will also be conducted from mid-May to 10 June to assess spawning rainbow trout. |
| Keywords: | Russian River, sockeye salmon, Chinook salmon, weir, age, sex, and length composition, foot surveys, rainbow trout, spawning surveys. |