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Search Again| Division: | Multi-Divisional Collaboration |
| Title: | Kenai River late-run king salmon stock status and action plan, Alaska Department of Fish and Game report to the Alaska Board of Fisheries, February 23, 2024. |
| Author: | Miller, M. G., C. G. Lipka, and A. D. Poetter. |
| Year: | 2023 |
| Report ID: | Alaska Department of Fish and Game, Special Publication No. 23-11, Anchorage. |
| Abstract: | In response to guidelines established in the Policy for Management of Sustainable Fisheries (SSFP), the Alaska Department of Fish and Game (department) recommended that Kenai River late-run king (Chinook) salmon be designated a “stock of management concern” based on failure to achieve escapement goals over a 4- to 5-year period. In October of 2023, the Alaska Board of Fisheries designated this stock as such and triggered the requirement for the department to develop an action plan identifying options to rebuild the stock. This plan identifies a range of options for both directed and indirect (incidental) fisheries that could potentially impact rebuilding. |
| Keywords: | Kenai River, Chinook salmon, Oncorhynchus tshawytscha, stock of management concern, sport fisheries, commercial fisheries, personal use fisheries, SSFP, Alaska Board of Fisheries, BOF, Upper Cook Inlet |