Fish Inventory Site FSH0212A56

Site Comments: Unnamed right bank tributary of Kustatan River.

Project Supervisor: Cecil Rich, Alaska Department of Fish and Game — Anchorage, AK
Observers: Joe Buckwalter, Michael Anderson

Station Characteristics

Water Temperature: 13.4° C	Conductivity: 12.0 μS/cm	Stream Stage: Medium
Water Color: Clear	Turbidity:	Stream Gradient: 3.5%
Qualitative Velocity: Medium	48 hr. Precipitation/Runoff: None/Trace
Substrates: Boulder, Cobble, Gravel
Channel Dimensions:   (OHW) (Wetted) Stream Width: 5.7 m 5.3 m Thalweg Depth: 0.25 m	Rosgen Channel Classification: (B2) Moderately entrenched, moderate gradient, riffle dominated channel, with infrequently spaced pools. Very stable plan and profile. Stable banks.
Visit Comments: Good step rearing pools.

Vegetation Classification

		Left Bank	Right Bank
Distance From OHW(m)	0-5
	5-10
	10-20
	20-30

Fish Sampling Effort

Gear Type: Backpack Electrofisher (A)
EF Time(s): 97		Efficiency:
Channel Type: Main Channel (>50% of water flow)
Gear Type: Visual Observation, Helicopter (B)
Channel Type:

Fish Observations

Species: juvenile Dolly Varden		Life History: Unknown
Total Fish Observed: 11	Fish Measured: 5	Passage Barrier:
Fork Lengths (mm) Min: 55 Max: 138 Mean: 100
Collected/Observed by Gear Type: Backpack Electrofisher (11)
Species: juvenile coho salmon		Life History: Anadromous
Total Fish Observed: 9	Fish Measured: 4	Passage Barrier:
Fork Lengths (mm) Min: 43 Max: 51 Mean: 45
Collected/Observed by Gear Type: Backpack Electrofisher (9)
Species: adult spawning sockeye salmon		Life History: Anadromous
Total Fish Observed: 200	Fish Measured:	Passage Barrier:
Fork Lengths (mm) Min: Max: Mean:
Collected/Observed by Gear Type: Visual Observation, Helicopter (200)

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