Fisheries, Subsistence, and Habitat
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Search Again| Division: | Sport Fish |
| Title: | Kenai River Chinook salmon creel survey, inriver gillnetting, and age composition study. |
| Author: | Perschbacher, J |
| Year: | 2014 |
| Report ID: | Alaska Department of Fish and Game, Division of Sport Fish, Regional Operational Plan ROP.SF.2A.2013.25 Anchorage. |
| Abstract: | A creel survey to estimate sport-angler effort, catch, and harvest of Chinook salmon (Oncorhynchus tshawytscha) and an inriver gillnetting study to estimate species catch rates and species composition are critical to inseason management, as well as development of management plans and escapement goals for Kenai River Chinook salmon. This project estimates parameters necessary for inseason management and postseason stock-recruit analysis of Kenai River Chinook salmon. These parameters include: 1) catch and harvest of Chinook salmon by the inriver sport fishery (for inseason monitoring of escapement), 2) proportion of Chinook salmon passing the Chinook salmon sonar site at RM 8.5 (used in augmenting the sonar estimate of inriver abundance), and 3) total return of Chinook salmon by brood year (for stock-recruit analysis). |
| Keywords: | Kenai River, Oncorhynchus tshawytscha, Chinook salmon, creel survey, effort, harvest, gillnet, CPUE, age composition |