2012 Southeast Alaska purse seine fishery management plan.

Alaska Department of Fish and Game, Regional Information Report 1J12-08, Douglas.

The Southeast Alaska purse seine fishery is managed according to statute, regulations, emergency order authority, and in consultation with the public and industry through the Purse Seine Management Task Force process. The Alaska Department of Fish and Game issued a preseason forecast for a harvest of 17 million pink salmon for 2012. This forecast for pink salmon, together with historical escapement estimates, fishery performance data, private non-profit hatchery forecasts for chum salmon and other species, are used to establish the management plan. The management plan for the 2012 Southeast Alaska salmon purse seine fishery is described in detail, along with expected run sizes, harvest strategies, and related management issues.