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Search Again| Division: | Commercial Fish |
| Title: | Report to the Alaska Board of Fisheries Kuskokwim area salmon, 1988 |
| Author: | Francisco, R. K., C. Burkey, D. Huttunen, D. Schneiderhan, and D. Andersen |
| Year: | 1987 |
| Report ID: | Alaska Department of Fish and Game, Division of Commercial Fisheries, Regional Information Report 3B87-37. |
| Abstract: | The Division of Commercial Fisheries of the Alaska Department of Fish and Game is responsible for the management of commercial and subsistence fisheries in the Kuskokwim Area. The main objective of the Department's program is to manage both fisheries on a sustained yield basis by the policies set forth by the Alaska Board of Fisheries. The area's commercial fishery has expanded during the last ten years as a result of increased participation by individual fishermen and improvements in fishing gear, tendering, and processing capabilities. In 1988, a record 811 of the 832 permit holders made at least one landing (Table 1). Kuskokwim Area permit holders transfer freely between districts. Total effort counts began in 1984 by making cross-district comparisons of landings by permit to prevent double counting. There were 838 permanent and interim salmon permits issued in the Kuskokwim Area in 1976 by the Limited Entry Commission. Later adjudication has resulted in a total of 829 permanent and 3 interim permits being available in 1988. Commercial harvest guidelines and gear restrictions have offset increases in fishing effort and efficiency so that adequate subsistence harvests and average spawning escapements could be maintained. |
| Keywords: | Kuskokwim, commercial fishery, Board of Fish, subsistence fishery, 1987, annual, management, harvest values, stocks,outlook,summary,season, regionalinformation report, salmon |