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Search Again| Division: | Commercial Fish |
| Title: | Review of salmon escapement goals in the Kodiak Management Area, 2022. |
| Author: | Foster, M. B., T. B. Polum, M. L. Wattum, E. K. C. Fox, T. R. McKinley, K. L. Schaberg, and H. Finkle. |
| Year: | 2023 |
| Report ID: | Alaska Department of Fish and Game, Fishery Manuscript No. 23-03, Anchorage. |
| Abstract: | An interdivisional team of staff from the Alaska Department of Fish and Game met beginning in October of 2022 to review existing Pacific salmon (Oncorhynchus) escapement goals in the Kodiak Management Area (KMA) and report findings to the directors of the divisions of Commercial Fisheries and Sport Fish. The KMA salmon escapement goals had been reviewed most recently in 2019. The current review team found 20 goals that will remain unchanged, 1 goal will be revised and 1 goal will be discontinued. The Pasagshak River sockeye salmon (O. nerka) aerial survey based lower-bound sustainable escapement (SEG) goal will be replaced with a weir-based SEG of 2,000 to 8,000 fish and the Malina Creek sockeye salmon SEG of 1,000 to 10,000 fish will be discontinued. When combined with existing escapement goals, these staff findings to the directors of the divisions of Commercial and Sport Fisheries result in 21 escapement goals for the KMA: 12 for sockeye salmon, 2 for Chinook salmon (O. tshawytscha), 4 for coho salmon (O. kisutch), 3 for pink salmon (O. gorbuscha), and 1 for chum salmon (O. keta). |
| Keywords: | Pacific salmon, Oncorhynchus spp., escapement goal, Kodiak, stock status, KMA |