Alaska Department of Fish and Game, Fishery Data Series No. 12-85, Anchorage A two-event mark-recapture experiment was used to estimate the abundance of Chinook salmon Oncorhynchus tshawytscha that returned to spawn in the Unuk River in 2009. Abundance of large Chinook salmon (³660 mm MEF) was estimated to be 3,157 (SE = 354) in 2009. … Continue reading
http://www.adfg.alaska.gov/FedAidpdfs/FDS12-04 Two-event mark-recapture experiments were used to estimate the abundance of Chinook salmon Oncorhynchus tshawytscha that returned to spawn in the Unuk River in 2007 and 2008. Biological data were collected during both events. Each apparently healthy fish was marked with a numbered solid-core spaghetti tag sewn through its back and 2 secondary batch marks … Continue reading