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Search Again| Division: | Sport Fish |
| Title: | 2008-2010 Recreational fisheries overview and historical information for North Kenai Peninsula: fisheries under consideration by the Alaska Board of Fisheries, February 2011 |
| Author: | Begich, R. N. and J. A. Pawluk |
| Year: | 2010 |
| Report ID: | Alaska Department of Fish and Game, Fishery Management Report No. 10-51, Anchorage. |
| Abstract: | This report provides information on fisheries in the North Kenai Peninsula Management Area under consideration by the Alaska Board of Fisheries in February 2011. An overview of information for the 2008 2010 recreational fisheries is included and provides updated fishery statistics with inseason assessment data from 2010. Summary information is provided for estimates of effort, catch, and harvest through 2009. The following recreational 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, Kenai River coho salmon O. kisutch, areawide coho salmon, Kenai River resident species (rainbow trout O. mykiss and Dolly Varden Salvelinus malma), and areawide northern pike. The Kenai and Kasilof rivers sockeye salmon personal use fisheries are also discussed. |
| Keywords: | North Kenai Peninsula Management Area, 2008–2010 season overview, Kenai River, Kasilof River, Russian River, Chinook salmon, sockeye salmon, coho salmon, rainbow trout, Dolly Varden, northern pike, personal use, dip net, Alaska Board of Fisheries. |