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Search Again| Division: | Multi-Divisional Collaboration |
| Title: | Review of salmon escapement goals in Bristol Bay, Alaska, 2021. |
| Author: | Vega, S. L., J. M. Head, T. Hamazaki, J. W. Erickson, and T. R. McKinley. |
| Year: | 2022 |
| Report ID: | Alaska Department of Fish and Game, Fishery Manuscript No. 22-07, Anchorage. |
| Abstract: | The Alaska Department of Fish and Game interdivisional escapement goal review committee reviewed Pacific salmon Oncorhynchus spp. escapement goals for the major river systems in Bristol Bay. There were 13 escapement goals reviewed in the Bristol Bay management area for this review. The committee evaluated spawner-return data for all Bristol Bay sockeye salmon O. nerka and Chinook salmon O. tshawytscha stocks with escapement goals. For this escapement goal review, the committee recommends that all sockeye salmon escapement goals in the Bristol Bay management area remain the same. After the development of a run reconstruction model recommended at the last cycle, the committee also recommends no change to the Nushagak River Chinook salmon escapement goal for this cycle and that a run reconstruction-based escapement goal be considered during the next Board of Fisheries cycle. |
| Keywords: | Pacific salmon, Oncorhynchus spp., sockeye salmon, O. nerka, Chinook salmon, O. tshawytscha, chum salmon, O. keta, coho salmon, O. kisutch, pink salmon, O. gorbuscha, Bristol Bay, Kvichak River, Alagnak River, Naknek River, Egegik River, Ugashik River, Wood River, Igushik River, Nushagak River, Togiak River, spawning escapement goal, Alaska Board of Fisheries |