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Search Again| Division: | Sport Fish |
| Title: | Area management report for the recreational fisheries of the Prince William Sound Management Area, 1998. |
| Author: | Hoffmann, A. and M. Miller. |
| Year: | 2000 |
| Report ID: | Alaska Department of Fish and Game, Fishery Management Report No. 00-2, Anchorage. |
| Abstract: | This report is divided into two sections. Section I presents an introductory overview of the Prince William Sound Management Area. Included in this section are a general geographic and organizational description of the management area; an overview of the Alaska Board of Fisheries process and schedules for the management area; an inventory of available fishery resources; a historical perspective of recreational angler effort and harvest within management area waters; a discussion of the economic value of recreational fisheries; and a general description of stocking, research, management, partnership, aquatic education, viewing, and access activities being conducted in the management area. Also included are a summary of the major fishery and social issues that presently occur in the Prince William Sound Management Area as well as recommendations for solving them including, but not limited to, research, management, access, regulatory changes, aquatic education, partnership, stocking, or habitat options. Section II provides a more detailed summary of all major fisheries that occur in the Prince William Sound Management Area. Included in this section are a description and historical perspective of each fishery, the management objective(s) for each fishery, a description of recent fishery performance, a description of recent Board of Fisheries actions, a description of any social or biological issues surrounding each fishery, and a description of ongoing or recommended research or management activities for each fishery. The Prince William Sound area was previously reported in the Area Management Report for the Recreational Fisheries of the Central Gulf Coast Management Area. The Central Gulf Coast Management Area was recently divided into two separate areas and will now be reported in separate reports. |
| Keywords: | Prince William Sound, Valdez, Whittier, Cordova, coho salmon Oncorhynchus kisutch, Chinook O. tshawytscha, sockeye O. nerka, chum O. keta, pink O. gorbuscha, halibut Hippoglossus stenolepis, rockfish Sebastes, lingcod Ophiodon elongates, shark , Dolly Varden Salvelinus malma, cutthroat O. clarki, rainbow trout O. mykiss, shrimp Pandalidae, shellfish, sport fish, recreational fishery, Prince William Sound Management Area, Board of Fisheries, angler effort, wild trout, hatchery raised fish |