Fisheries, Subsistence, and Habitat
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Search Again| Division: | Commercial Fish |
| Title: | 2017 Kuskokwim area management report |
| Author: | Lipka, C., and A. Tiernan. |
| Year: | 2018 |
| Report ID: | Alaska Department of Fish and Game, Fishery Management Report No. 18-22, Anchorage. |
| Abstract: | This report summarizes the 2017 season and historical information regarding commercial salmon and herring fisheries, as well as subsistence salmon fisheries, within the Kuskokwim Management Area (KMA). These fisheries mainly target 4 species of Pacific salmon (Chinook Oncorhynchus tshawytscha, sockeye O. nerka, coho O. kisutch, and chum O. keta). There was no large-scale commercial salmon processor in the Kuskokwim Management Area in 2017. Within the subsistence fishery, amounts reasonably necessary for subsistence (ANS) have been consistently achieved throughout the Kuskokwim Area, with the exception of Chinook salmon in recent years. There are 23 escapement goals for salmon within the KMA, 15 of which were met or exceeded, 1 was not met, and 7 were not assessed in 2017. Historically, Pacific herring (Clupea pallasii) have been harvested for commercial and subsistence purposes in the KMA. In recent years, the market for commercial herring has declined and no harvest has occurred in the Kuskokwim Area since 2013. |
| Keywords: | Pacific salmon Oncorhynchus spp., Chinook Oncorhynchus tshawytscha, chum O. keta, sockeye O. nerka, coho O. kisutch, Pacific herring, Clupea pallasii, subsistence, subsistence fisheries, commercial fisheries, Annual Management Report (AMR), Kuskokwim River, Kuskokwim Bay. |