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Search Again| Division: | Sport Fish |
| Title: | Operational Plan: Kenai River coho salmon radiotelemetry, 2023–2024. |
| Author: | Eskelin, T., and K. Gates. |
| Year: | 2023 |
| Report ID: | Alaska Department of Fish and Game, Division of Sport Fish, Regional Operational Plan No. ROP.SF.2A.2023.11, Anchorage. |
| Abstract: | This study will describe the geographic spawning distribution of radiotagged coho salmon in the Kenai River drainage for 2 years (2023 and 2024). Drift gillnets will be employed in the Kenai River to capture and tag adult coho salmon with radio transmitters. Radiotelemetry will be used to uniquely identify and track tagged coho salmon to spawning destinations. Up to 490 radio transmitters will be deployed annually between August 1 and October 31 each year. Movements of radiotagged coho salmon will be documented using a combination of fixed data-logging receiver stations and mobile tracking using boats and fixed-wing aircraft. This project will be the 2nd and 3rd year of a 3-year collaboration between the Alaska Department of Fish and Game (ADF&G) and the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS). The USFWS conducted the first year of the project in 2022, and ADF&G and USFWS will be collaborating on the radiotelemetry project in 2023 and 2024. |
| Keywords: | coho salmon, Oncorhynchus kisutch, Kenai River, radio tag, transmitter, gillnetting |