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Search Again| Division: | Sport Fish |
| Title: | Estimates of Chinook salmon passage in the Kenai River at river mile 8.6 using dual-frequency identification sonar, 2013. |
| Author: | Key, B. H., J. D. Miller, D. L. Burwen, and S. J. Fleischman. |
| Year: | 2016 |
| Report ID: | Alaska Department of Fish and Game, Fishery Data Series No. 16-13, Anchorage. |
| Abstract: | Kenai River Chinook salmon (Oncorhynchus tshawytscha) passage was estimated in 2013 at RM 8.6 using dual-frequency identification sonar (DIDSON). Estimates of midriver Chinook salmon passage between and at least 3 m from the transducers were 1,439 (SE 138) fish for the early run (16 May-30 June) and 15,185 (SE 566) fish for the late run (1 July-15 August). The early-run estimate is too small to explain weir counts at upriver tributaries. Methods and results from a second experimental sonar site located above tidal influence at RM 13.7 are presented in a separate report. |
| Keywords: | DIDSON, Chinook salmon, Oncorhynchus tshawytscha, acoustic assessment, Kenai River, riverine sonar. |