Alaska Department of Fish and Game, Special Publication No. 12-30, Anchorage In response to the guidelines established in the Policy for the Management of Sustainable Salmon Fisheries (SSFP; 5 AAC 39.222), the Alaska Board of Fisheries (board) classified the Yukon River king salmon Oncorhynchus tshawytscha stock as a stock of yield concern at its September 2000 … Continue reading
Alaska Department of Fish and Game, Special Publication No. 12-29, Anchorage In response to the guidelines established in the Policy for the Management of Sustainable Salmon Fisheries (SSFP; 5 AAC 39.222), the Alaska Board of Fisheries (board) classified the Norton Sound Subdistrict 1 (Nome) chum salmon Oncorhynchus keta stock as a stock of management concern and Subdistricts … Continue reading
Alaska Department of Fish and Game, Special Publication No. 12-28, Anchorage In response to the guidelines established in the Policy for Management of Sustainable Salmon Fisheries (SSFP; 5 AAC 39.222), the Alaska Board of Fisheries (board) classified the Norton Sound Subdistrict 5 (Shaktoolik) and Subdistrict 6 (Unalakleet) king salmon Oncorhynchus tshawytscha as a stock of concern, specifically … Continue reading
Alaska Department of Fish and Game, Special Publication No. 12-27, Anchorage This report provides the Alaska Board of Fisheries with information on Kuskokwim Area salmon stock status including escapement and harvest data for the January 2013 regulatory meeting. The Alaska Department of Fish and Game is responsible for managing Kuskokwim Area salmon stocks for sustained … Continue reading
Alaska Department of Fish and Game, Special Publication No. 12-20, Anchorage The purpose of this report is to provide the Alaska Board of Fisheries with background information regarding fishing effort and sockeye salmon (Oncorhynchus nerka) harvest by gear type in the Bristol Bay commercial salmon fishery. Data in this report were obtained from previous reports … Continue reading
Alaska Department of Fish and Game, Special Publication No. 12-19, Anchorage In response to the guidelines established in the Policy for management of sustainable salmon fisheries (SSFP), the Alaska Department of Fish and Game (department) first classified the Kvichak River sockeye salmon Oncorhynchus nerka stock as a “stock of yield concern” in 2001. A yield … Continue reading
Alaska Department of Fish and Game, Special Publication No. 12-17, Anchorage This report summarizes sport fisheries addressed in Bristol Bay proposals to the Alaska Board of Fisheries during 2012. Fisheries include Nushagak and Naknek rivers rainbow trout Oncorhynchus mykiss, Togiak, Kulukak, Nushagak, and Naknek rivers king salmon O. tshawytscha, and Ugashik River coho salmon O. … Continue reading
Alaska Department of Fish and Game, Fishery Manuscript Series No. 12-04, Anchorage The Alaska Department of Fish and Game interdivisional escapement goal review committee reviewed Pacific salmon Oncorhynchus spp. escapement goals for the major river systems in Bristol Bay. The committee evaluated spawner-return data for sockeye salmon O. nerka in the Alagnak, Egegik, Igushik, … Continue reading
Alaska Department of Fish and Game, Fishery Manuscript Series No. 12-03, Anchorage This report summarizes statewide Pacific salmon escapement goals in effect in 2011 and documents escapements for all species and stocks with goals from 2003 through 2011. Annual escapements are compared against escapement goals in place at the time to assess outcomes, with summaries … Continue reading
Alaska Department of Fish and Game, Fishery Management Report No. 12-42, Anchorage This report summarizes the 2012 season and historical information regarding commercial salmon fisheries of the South Alaska Peninsula Management Area (Area M). The total commercial salmon harvest in the South Alaska Peninsula was 7,644 Chinook Oncorhynchus tshawytscha, 1,993,880 sockeye O. nerka, 86,724 coho … Continue reading
http://www.adfg.alaska.gov/FedAidpdfs/FMR11-59.pdf The commercial dive fisheries in the Southeast Region (Registration Area A / Southeast Alaska and Registration Area D / Yakutat) are a group of fisheries targeting geoduck clams, red sea urchins, sea cucumbers and abalone. The common feature of these fisheries is that all are limited to hand picking by diving. With the exception … Continue reading
http://www.adfg.alaska.gov/FedAidpdfs/FMR11-71 This report summarizes the development and implementation of the Southeastern Alaska Area Enhanced Salmon Allocation Management Plan (5 AAC 33.364), and the status of the allocation of enhanced fish among the three commercial gear groups in the Southeast Region: drift gillnet, seine, and troll through 2010.
http://www.adfg.alaska.gov/FedAidpdfs/FMR11-33.pdf This report summarizes the 2010 season and historical information regarding commercial salmon fisheries of the South Alaska Peninsula Management Area (Area M). The total commercial salmon harvest in the South Peninsula was 7,863 Chinook Oncorhynchus tshawytscha, 1,284,882 sockeye O. nerka, 164,824 coho O. kisutch, 837,985 pink O. gorbuscha, and 792,369 chum O. keta salmon. … Continue reading
http://www.adfg.alaska.gov/FedAidpdfs/FMS11-06.pdf This report summarizes statewide Pacific salmon escapement goals in effect in 2010 and documents escapements for all species and stocks with goals from 2002 through 2010. Annual escapements are compared against escapement goals in place at the time to assess outcomes, with summaries by the Division of Commercial Fisheries regions. We list methods used … Continue reading
http://www.adfg.alaska.gov/FedAidpdfs/FMR11-62.pdf This report reviews the commercial fishery for Dungeness crabs in Region I, which includes Southeast Alaska (Registration Area A) and Yakutat (Registration Area D). Dungeness crab harvests in Region I totaled 3,245,265 pounds valued at $5.53 million during the last completed season. The average exvessel price per pound for Dungeness crabs during the 2010/2011 … Continue reading
http://www.adfg.alaska.gov/FedAidpdfs/SP11-12.pdf The 2011 Prince William Sound Area commercial salmon harvest of 38.5 million fish is below the 10-year harvest average for this area. The harvest was made up of 32.8 million pink (Oncorhynchus gorbuscha), 3.5 million sockeye (O. nerka), 1.9 million chum (O. keta), 347,000 coho (O. kisutch), and 19,000 king salmon (O. tshawytscha). Approximately … Continue reading
http://www.adfg.alaska.gov/FedAidpdfs/FMR11-14.pdf A Pacific herring Clupea pallasii sac roe fishery may occur in the Alaska Peninsula-Aleutian Islands Management Area (Area M) in 2011. This document is a guide for commercial herring harvesters, buyers, and tender operators and describes the management strategy, guideline harvest levels, fishing industry requirements for participation, and provides Alaska Department of Fish and … Continue reading
http://www.adfg.alaska.gov/FedAidpdfs/RIR.4K.2011.01.pdf This document contains Alaska Department of Fish and Game (department) staff comments on statewide (general provisions) subsistence, personal use, sport, and commercial king and Tanner crab regulatory proposals. These comments were prepared by the department for use at the Alaska Board of Fisheries (board) meeting, March 22–26, 2011 in Anchorage, Alaska to assist the … Continue reading
http://www.adfg.alaska.gov/FedAidpdfs/RIR.4K.2011.12 This document contains Alaska Department of Fish and Game (department) staff comments on commercial Pacific cod regulatory proposals. These comments were prepared by the department for use at the Alaska Board of Fisheries (board) meeting, October 6–10, 2011 in Anchorage, Alaska to assist the public and board. The stated staff comments should be considered … Continue reading
http://www.adfg.alaska.gov/FedAidpdfs/RIR.2A.2011.02 This document contains Alaska Department of Fish and Game staff comments on commercial, sport, subsistence, and personal use finfish regulatory proposals for the Prince William Sound and Upper Copper/Upper Susitna Management Areas. These comments were prepared by the department for use at the Alaska Board of Fisheries meeting, December 2-7, in Valdez, Alaska. The … Continue reading
http://www.adfg.alaska.gov/FedAidpdfs/FMR12-05 This report includes summaries of reported harvest and effort information and management actions for Dungeness crab, shrimp, and miscellaneous shellfish fisheries managed by the Alaska Department of Fish and Game (ADF&G) in the Prince William Sound Management Area (Area E). Area E currently encompasses waters of Alaska from 144°00’ W. longitude, near Cape Suckling, … Continue reading
http://www.adfg.alaska.gov/FedAidpdfs/FMR12-08.pdf A sac roe Pacific herring Clupea pallasii fishery may occur in the Alaska Peninsula-Aleutian Islands Management Area (Area M) in 2012. This document is a guide for commercial herring harvesters, buyers, and tender operators and describes the management strategy, guideline harvest levels (GHLs), fishing industry requirements for participation, and provides Alaska Department of Fish … Continue reading
http://www.adfg.alaska.gov/FedAidpdfs/SP12-02.pdf Red king crab (Paralithodes camtschaticus, RKC) are harvested throughout the Bering Sea, and Norton Sound harbors one of the northernmost commercially harvestable stocks. Annual crab harvest levels are determined preseason using models that predict biomass of legal male RKC. This report provides an overview of crab prediction models for determining guideline harvest levels (GHL), … Continue reading
http://www.adfg.alaska.gov/FedAidpdfs/RIR.4K.2012.01 This document contains Alaska Department of Fish and Game (department) staff comments on subsistence, personal use, sport, and commercial Dungeness crab, shrimp and miscellaneous shellfish regulatory proposals. These comments were prepared by the department for use at the Alaska Board of Fisheries (board) meeting, March 20–24, 2012 in Anchorage, Alaska to assist the public … Continue reading
Alaska Department of Fish and Game, Special Publication No. 11-24, Anchorage. The primary purpose of this report is to provide an overview of the sport fisheries and associated management for rockfish (Sebastes spp.) and lingcod (Ophiodon elongates) in Southeast Alaska. Catch and harvest information relative to rockfish and lingcod are summarized for these fisheries, and … Continue reading