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Search Again| Division: | Sport Fish |
| Title: | Surveys of the sockeye salmon sport fishery in the Upper Kvichak River, Alaska, 1995. |
| Author: | Dunaway, D. O. and S. J. Fleischman |
| Year: | 1996 |
| Report ID: | Alaska Department of Fish and Game, Fishery Data Series No. 96-18, Anchorage |
| Abstract: | A roving creel survey was conducted on the sport fishery in the upper Kvichak River near Igiugig, Alaska from 26 June through 16 July 1995. Emphasis was on the sockeye salmon Oncorhynchus nerka sport fishery. Anglers were counted, and 460 anglers were interviewed to estimate 4,707 (SE = 434) angler-hours of effort. The catch and harvest of sockeye salmon were estimated to be 13,724 (SE = 1,596) and 3,186 (SE = 344) fish, respectively. The catch per hour (CPUE) for sockeye salmon ranged from 0.70 (SE = 0.06 ) to 5.80 (SE = 0.65). An estimated 97.5% (SE = 9.1%) of the daily angler trips resulted in a catch of one or more sockeye salmon and 89.4% (SE = 8.6%) of the trips harvested one or more sockeye salmon. The first sockeye salmon harvested among all daily harvests produced 24.0% (SE = 2.5%) of the total harvest during the survey. Most anglers (66%, SE = 2.2%) were guided, 81% (SE = 1.8%) were not Alaskan residents, and 97% ( SE = 0.8%) used fly tackle. Age 2.2 and 2.3 sockeye salmon comprised 79.4% (SE = 3.3%) and 18.7% (SE = 3.1%) of the sport harvest, respectively. An estimated 315 (SE = 83) rainbow trout Oncorhynchus mykiss were caught and 35 (SE = 19) were harvested during the study. |
| Keywords: | Sockeye salmon, Oncorhynchus nerka, red salmon, rainbow trout, Oncorhynchus mykiss, sport fishing, sport harvest, sport catch, creel survey, fishery survey, angler success, bag limit, guided anglers, unguided anglers, gear type, terminal tackle, Kvichak River, Iliamna Lake, Bristol Bay. |