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Division: Sport Fish
Title: Operational Plan: Kenai River Chinook salmon monitoring and reporting.
Author: Eskelin, T.
Year: 2015
Report ID: Alaska Department of Fish and Game, Regional Operational Plan ROP.SF.2A.2015.10, Soldotna.
Abstract: The primary goal of this study is to determine the number of radiotagged Chinook salmon that enter the Killey River and the number of radiotagged Chinook salmon that migrate upstream of the USFWS Killey River weir in order to estimate Killey River Chinook salmon escapement. Chinook salmon captured during May and June at river mile (RM) 8 of the Kenai River will be tagged with radio transmitters. Fixed telemetry stations at the Killey River mouth and Killey River weir will count radiotagged Chinook salmon that migrate into the Killey River and those that pass the weir. Fixed stations will also be installed at the RM 13.7 Chinook salmon sonar site, Slikok Creek confluence, Funny River confluence, and the Kenai Lake outlet to monitor migration. Aerial surveys will be conducted to determine approximate spawning locations. The combined total of Killey River and Funny River Chinook salmon escapement will provide a coarse minimum estimate of early run Kenai River Chinook salmon abundance independent of sonar.
Keywords: Chinook salmon, Oncorhynchus tshawytscha, Kenai River, Funny River, Killey River, radio transmitter.