Hatcheries Research
Findings and Updates
Meetings
The Alaska Hatchery Research Project is a long-term research project designed to provide information on the interaction of wild and hatchery pink and chum salmon in Prince William Sound (PWS) and Southeast Alaska. The agenda and presentations from these meetings are posted here for your information.
Informational Meetings
The purpose of these meetings is to provide an update on project research completed to date as well as an update of ongoing and planned work.
March 9, 2022
The agenda is currently being developed and all presentations will be posted once they are finalized.
- Meeting Agenda (PDF 147 kB)
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- AHRP Field Sampling during 2013–2015:
- Part 1: General introduction, stray rate stream sampling (PDF 4,931 kB)
- Part 2: Ocean Sampling (PDF 5,381 kB)
- Part 3: Fitness stream sampling (PDF 2,803 kB)
- Review of Evidence of Genetic Interaction Between Hatchery and Wild Pink Salmon in Prince William Sound (PDF 7,122 kB)
- Pink Salmon pedigree analyses results and remaining work (PDF 3,471 kB)
- Pink Salmon pedigree analyses methods (PDF 5,037 kB)
- Chum Salmon pedigree analyses and remaining work (PDF 339 kB)
- Chum Salmon progress on genetic markers (PDF 960 kB)
- Contemporary Population Structure of Pink Salmon from Prince William Sound, Alaska (PDF 6,623 kB)
- Population structure of chum salmon in Prince William Sound and Southeast Alaska (PDF 3,468 kB)
- Development of pink salmon genetic markers for the Alaska Hatchery Research Program (PDF 1,738 kB)
- Assessing Mechanisms Driving Relative Reproductive Success (PDF 1,916 kB)
- Changes to the number of sampled years and fitness streams in PWS and SEAK to maximize statistical power (PDF 971 kB)
- Alaska Hatchery Research Program Hatchery/Wild Interactions Study (PDF 137 kB)
- AHRP Design Changes to Maximize Information Content/Cost (PDF 1,620 kB)
- Project Financial Proforma (PDF 223 kB)
- Chum Salmon Pedigree Sampling (PDF 2,730 kB)
- Proportions of hatchery fish in escapements of summer-run Chum Salmon in Southeast Alaska, 2013-2015 (PDF 7,933 kB)
- AHRP Research Questions (PDF 1,254 kB)
- Alaska Hatchery Research Program Background/Salmon Enhancement Issues (PDF 1,747 kB)
March 6, 2020
- Background & Overview (PDF 2,214 kB)
- Project Financial Proforma (PDF 134 kB)
- Population structure of chum salmon in Prince William Sound and Southeast Alaska (PDF 1,429 kB)
- Contemporary Population Structure of Pink Salmon from Prince William Sound, Alaska (PDF 6,171 kB)
- Pink and chum salmon in Prince William Sound during 2013-2015 (PDF 3,167 kB)
- Proportion of Hatchery Chum in Streams (PDF 1,656 kB)
- Proportions of hatchery fish in escapements of summer-run Chum Salmon in Southeast Alaska, 2013-2015 (PDF 6,657 kB)
- Adult pink and chum salmon returns to Prince William Sound 2013-2015 (PDF 2,401 kB)
- AHRP Design Changes to Maximize Information Content/Cost (PDF 489 kB)
- Changes to the number of sampled years and fitness streams in PWS and SEAK to maximize statistical power (PDF 756 kB)
- Development of pink salmon genetic markers for the Alaska Hatchery Research Program (PDF 640 kB)
- Pink Salmon pedigree analyses and remaining work (PDF 2,499 kB)
- Chum Salmon progress on genetic markers (PDF 302 kB)
- Southeast Alaska Chum Salmon Pedigree Sampling (PDF 2,372 kB)
- Chum Salmon pedigree analyses and remaining work (PDF 299 kB)
- Comparative isotope analysis of hatchery and wild pink salmon in 2015 (PDF 3,932 kB)
- Assessing Mechanisms Driving Relative Reproductive Success (PDF 4,801 kB)
March 7, 2019
- Meeting Agenda (PDF 20 kB)
- Introduction (PDF 1,355 kB)
- Background & Overview (PDF 2,814 kB)
- Project Financial Proforma (PDF 213 kB)
- Population Structure of Chum Salmon in PWS and Southeast Alaska (PDF 2,079 kB)
- Population Structure of Pink Salmon from PWS (PDF 6,155 kB)
- Spatial and Temporal Patterns in the Returns of Hatchery- and Natural-origin Pink and Chum Salmon in PWS during 2013–2015 (PDF 8,607 kB)
- Extent and Annual Variability of Straying in Southeast Alaska Chum Salmon Escapements (PDF 268 kB)
- PWS Total Run Estimate & Alevin Sampling (PDF 2,338 kB)
- Development of Pink Salmon Genetic Markers for the Alaska Hatchery Research Program (PDF 1,763 kB)
- Fitness Studies - PWS Pink Salmon Pedigree Analyses and Remaining Work (PDF 2,534 kB)
- Fitness Studies - Southeast Alaska Chum Salmon Progress on Genetic Markers (PDF 383 kB)
- Hatchery-Wild Interactions Study (PDF 4,569 kB)
- Fitness Studies - Southeast Alaska Chum Salmon Pedigree Analyses and Remaining Work (PDF 455 kB)
- Department Framework for Interpretation of Results (PDF 1,903 kB)
- Tagging Study: Update and Preliminary Results from 2017 and 2018 (PDF 3,803 kB)
- Straying, Stress, and Performance on the Spawning Grounds by Hatchery-produced Chum Salmon in Southeast Alaska (PDF 2,924 kB)
- Stream Studies of Hatchery-Wild Pink and Chum Salmon Interactions in PWS and SE, Alaska, 2015 (PDF 3,981 kB)
Business Meetings
January 22, 2025
- Meeting Agenda (PDF 113 kB)
- Summarized Meeting Notes and Decision Points (PDF 228 kB)
January 26, 2024
- Meeting Agenda (PDF 109 kB)
- Summarized Meeting Notes and Decision Points (PDF 218 kB)
March 30, 2023
- Meeting Agenda (PDF 132 kB)
- Summarized Meeting Notes and Decision Points (PDF 236 kB)
December 14, 2022
- Meeting Agenda (PDF 138 kB)
- Summarized Meeting Notes and Decision Points (PDF 285 kB)
January 19, 2022
- Meeting Agenda (PDF 129 kB)
- Summarized Meeting Notes and Decision Points (PDF 260 kB)
November 22, 2021
- Meeting Agenda (PDF 135 kB)
- Summarized Meeting Notes and Decision Points (PDF 256 kB)
May 14, 2021
- Meeting Agenda (PDF 130 kB)
- Meeting Minutes (PDF 303 kB)
December 21, 2020
- Meeting Agenda (PDF 126 kB)
- Summarised Meeting Notes and Decision Points (PDF 240 kB)
November 9, 2020
- Meeting Agenda (PDF 135 kB)
- Summarised Meeting Notes and Decision Points (PDF 256 kB)
December 16, 2019
- Meeting Agenda (PDF 37 kB)
- Summarised Meeting Notes and Decision Points (PDF 126 kB)
September 13, 2019
- Meeting Agenda (PDF 39 kB)
- Meeting Minutes (PDF 79 kB)
May 29-30, 2019
- Meeting Agenda (PDF 44 kB)
- Summarised Meeting Notes and Decision Points (PDF 68 kB)
Workshops
Alaska Hatchery Research Project workshops will be held periodically to provide the public and department an overview of the progress made and challenges encountered, and so that mid-course adjustments can made if necessary.
March 5, 2016
- Alaska Hatchery Research Project Workshop Agenda March 5, 2016 (PDF 181 kB)
- Alaska Hatchery Research Project March 5 2016 Intro - Ron Josephson (PDF 526 kB)
- HW Sci Panel Intro to Contractor Report 3-5-16 (PDF 794 kB)
- Ocean Sampling Report by P. Rand March 2016 (PDF 1,568 kB)
- Stream Studies Report by K. Gorman March 2016 (PDF 3,984 kB)
- PWS Run Size Estimate Alevin Summary and Closing by E. Knudsen March 2016 (PDF 1,688 kB)
- Population Structure odd-year (PDF 1,877 kB)
- Progress on pink salmon genetic markers (PDF 513 kB)
- Progress on chum salmon genetics (PDF 103 kB)
- Priorities for pink salmon pedigree analyses (PDF 554 kB)
- Timeline for GCL tasks (PDF 139 kB)
- GCL Budgets 2 (PDF 124 kB)
- Seeking direction on SEAK chum salmon project priorities (PDF 127 kB)
- PWS pink power even year (PDF 441 kB)
- AHRP Meeting Minutes, March 5, 2016 (PDF 516 kB)
December 12, 2014
- 2014 Hatchery Research Meeting Agenda (PDF 50 kB)
- 2014 Prince William Sound Science Center Progress Report (PDF 11,095 kB)
- MTA Mark Recovery Lab, Juneau, Process & Progress Report (PDF 1,424 kB)
- Alaska Hatchery Research Project 2014 Progress report (PDF 1,654 kB)
- Population Structure of Pink Salmon in Prince William Sound (PDF 2,497 kB)
- Preliminary parentage analysis of 2014 Southeast AK chum alevin (PDF 390 kB)
- Pink salmon sequencing and marker development (PDF 1,152 kB)
- Examining power of parentage analysis for the AK Hatchery Research Program (PDF 3,019 kB)