The Western Alaska Salmon Stock Identification Program (WASSIP)
Technical Documents

Technical Documents

1. WASSIP Technical Committee Review - 09/2008 (PDF 91 kB)
   • Weir, B. S., R. S. Waples and T. P. Quinn. 2012. Western Alaska Salmon Stock Identification Program Technical Document 1: Technical committee comments and review of the original proposal. (PDF 454 kB) Alaska Department of Fish and Game, Division of Commercial Fisheries, Regional Information Report 5J12-06, Anchorage.
2. Investigation of temporal variation in sockeye and chum salmon baselines (PDF 486 kB)
   • Jasper, J. R., C. Habicht, and W. D. Templin. 2012. Western Alaska Salmon Stock Identification Program Technical Document 2: Investigation of temporal variation in sockeye and chum salmon baselines. (PDF 1,146 kB) Alaska Department of Fish and Game, Division of Commercial Fisheries, Regional Information Report 5J12-07, Anchorage.
3. Estimating small proportions (PDF 143 kB)
   • Jasper, J. R., C. Habicht, W. D. Templin. 2012. Western Alaska Salmon Stock Identification Program Technical Document 3: Estimating small proportions. (PDF 486 kB) Alaska Department of Fish and Game, Division of Commercial Fisheries, Regional Information Report, 5J12-08, Anchorage.
4. Status of the SNP baseline for chum salmon - 08/2009 (PDF 860 kB)
   • Jasper, J. R., N. DeCovich, W. D. Templin. 2012. Western Alaska Salmon Stock Identification Program Technical Document 4: Status of the SNP baseline for chum salmon. (PDF 1,013 kB) Alaska Department of Fish and Game, Regional Information Report 5J12-09, Anchorage.
5. Status of the SNP baseline for sockeye salmon - 09/2009 (PDF 1,324 kB)
   • Dann, T. H., A. Barclay and C. Habicht. 2012. Western Alaska Salmon Stock Identification Program Technical Document 5: Status of the SNP baseline for sockeye salmon. (PDF 2,631 kB) Alaska Department of Fish and Game, Division of Commercial Fisheries, Regional Information Report 5J12-10, Anchorage.
6. Selection of the 96 SNP marker set for sockeye salmon (PDF 3,153 kB)
   • Dann, T. H., J. R. Jasper, H. A. Hoyt, H. Hildebrand, and C. Habicht. 2012. Western Alaska Salmon Stock Identification Program Technical Document 6: Selection of the 96 SNP marker set for sockeye salmon. (PDF 3,539 kB) Alaska Department of Fish and Game, Division of Commercial Fisheries, Regional Information Report 5J12-11, Anchorage.
   • Allele frequencies of 115 SNP markers screened for 36 populations in 9 fine-scale regional groupings (PDF 731 kB)
7. Regional Allocation Model (PDF 515 kB)
   • Jasper, J. R., C. Habicht, A. R. Munro, and W. D. Templin. 2012. Western Alaska Salmon Stock Identification Program Technical Document 7: Regional allocation model. (PDF 624 kB) Alaska Department of Fish and Game, Regional Information Report 5J12-12, Anchorage.
8. Chum salmon SNP selection process outline (PDF 1,089 kB)
   • DeCovich, N., J. R. Jasper, C. Habicht, and W. D. Templin. 2012. Alaska Salmon Stock Identification Program Technical Document 8: Chum salmon SNP selection process outline. (PDF 750 kB) Alaska Department of Fish and Game, Division of Commercial Fisheries, Regional Information Report 5J12-15, Anchorage.
9. Chum salmon SNP discovery – First method (PDF 498 kB)
   • Seeb, J. E., C. E. Pascal, E. D. Grau, L. W. Seeb, W. D. Templin, T. Harkins, and S. B. Roberts. 2012. Western Alaska Salmon Stock Identification Program Technical Document 9: Chum salmon SNP discovery, first method. (PDF 348 kB) Alaska Department of Fish and Game, Department of Commercial Fisheries, Regional Information Report 5J12-14, Anchorage.
10. Optimal Rate of Correct Assignment with backward elimination locus selection (PDF 227 kB)
    • Jasper, J. R., W. D. Templin. 2012. Western Alaska Salmon Stock Identification Program Technical Document 10: Optimal rate of correct assignment with backward elimination locus selection. (PDF 408 kB) Alaska Department of Fish and Game, Division of Commercial Fisheries, Regional Information Report 5J12-19, Anchorage.
11. Defining Reporting Groups (PDF 1,305 kB)
    • Habicht, C., J. R. Jasper, T. H. Dann, N. Decovich, and W. D. Templin. 2012. Western Alaska Salmon Stock Identification Program Technical Document 11: Defining reporting groups. (PDF 2,499 kB) Alaska Department of Fish and Game, Division of Commercial Fisheries, Regional Information Report 5J12-16, Anchorage.
12. Tests of Togiak and Goodnews reporting groups for sockeye salmon (PDF 430 kB)
    • Dann, T. H., C. Habicht, and W. D. Templin. 2012. Western Alaska Salmon Stock Identification Program Technical Document 12: Tests of Togiak and Goodnews reporting groups for sockeye salmon. (PDF 597 kB) Alaska Department of Fish and Game, Regional Information Report 5J12-17, Anchorage.
13. Selection of a Prior for Mixed Stock Analysis (PDF 948 kB)
    • Jasper, J. R.,S. M. Turner, and C. Habicht. 2012. Western Alaska Salmon Stock Identification Program Technical Document 13: Selection of a prior for mixed stock analysis. (PDF 1,426 kB) Alaska Department of Fish and Game, Division of Commercial Fisheries, Regional Information Report 5J12-20, Anchorage.
    • Addendum to Technical Document 13 (PDF 403 kB)
    • Addendum to Technical Document 13 Supplemental Figures (PDF 816 kB)
14. Sockeye salmon baseline based upon 96 SNPs (PDF 1,488 kB)
15. Chum salmon reporting group evaluations using simulated fishery mixtures (PDF 160 kB)
    • Habicht, C., W. D. Templin, N. A. DeCovich, and J. R. Jasper. 2012. Western Alaska Salmon Stock Identification Program Technical Document 15: Chum salmon reporting group evaluations using simulated fishery mixtures (PDF 1,414 kB). Alaska Department of Fish and Game, Division of Commercial Fisheries, Regional Information Report 5J12-22, Anchorage.
    • Addendum 1 to Technical Document 15 (PDF 696 kB)
    • Addendum 2 to Technical Document 15 (PDF 562 kB)
    • Ad hoc committee report on CWAK chum October 18 2011 (PDF 794 kB)
16. Examining prior sensitivity using the chum salmon baseline (PDF 427 kB)
    • Habicht, C., W. D. Templin, and J. R. Jasper. 2012. Western Alaska Salmon Stock Identification Program Technical Document 16: Prior sensitivity using the chum salmon baseline (PDF 598 kB). Alaska Department of Fish and Game, Division of Commercial Fisheries, Regional Information Report 5J12-23, Anchorage.
17. Chum Reporting Groups Exploratory Methods (PDF 1,343 kB)
    • Habicht, C., W. D. Templin, N. A. DeCovich, and J. R. Jasper. 2012. Western Salmon Stock Identification Program Technical Document 17: Chum reporting groups exploratory methods (PDF 611 kB). Alaska Department of Fish and Game, Division of Commercial Fisheries, Regional Information Report 5J12-24, Anchorage.
18. Estimating escapement of Western Alaskan sockeye salmon for WASSIP reporting groups, 2006 to 2008 (PDF 146 kB)

More Technical Documents

• DeCovich, N. A., J. R. Jasper, S. M. Turner, C. Habicht, and W. D. Templin. 2012. Western Alaska Salmon Stock Identification Program Technical Document 23: Chum salmon SNP selection results. (PDF 4,016 kB) Alaska Department of Fish and Game, Division of Commercial Fisheries, Regional Information Report 5J12-25, Anchorage.
• Habicht, C., A. R. Munro, and W. D. Templin. 2012. Western Alaska Salmon Stock Identification Program Technical Document 26: Reporting measures of central tendency. (PDF 576 kB) Alaska Department of Fish and Game, Division of Commercial Fisheries, Regional Information Report 5J12-26, Anchorage.
• Habicht, C., and T. H. Dann. 2012. Western Alaska Salmon Stock Identification Program Technical Document 27: Sockeye salmon reporting group evaluations using simulated fishery mixtures. (PDF 946 kB) Alaska Department of Fish and Game, Division of Commercial Fisheries, Regional Information Report 5J12-27, Anchorage.