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 Management Report No. 12-46, Anchorage Historic, current, and future performance and management of the recreational fisheries of the Alaska Department of Fish and Game (department) Region III Tanana River Management Area (TRMA) is presented in this report. Particular emphasis is placed on the performance and management of TRMA … Continue reading
Alaska Department of Fish and Game, Fishery Management Report No. 12-43, Anchorage Information specific to recreational fisheries in the Kuskokwim-Goodnews Management Area in 2011 and preliminary information for 2012 is presented. Estimates of fishing effort, total catch, and effort is summarized through the 2011 season. This information is provided to the Alaska Board of Fisheries … Continue reading
Alaska Department of Fish and Game, Fishery Data Series No. 12-81, Anchorage A creel survey was mailed to parties reserving any of 79 U.S. Forest Service (USFS) recreational cabins located near cutthroat trout Oncorhynchus clarkii and rainbow/steelhead trout O. mykiss systems in Southeast Alaska during 2009. The survey was used to estimate trout (cutthroat and … Continue reading
Alaska Department of Fish and Game, Fishery Management Report No. 12-32, Anchorage. Historic, current, and future performance and management of the recreational fisheries of the ADF&G Region III Tanana River Management Area (TRMA) is presented in this report. Particular emphasis is placed on the performance and management of TRMA fisheries for 2010 with preliminary information … Continue reading
Full Report (pdf) The abundance of rainbow trout Oncorhynchus mykiss in a 70-kilometer study section of the Kisaralik River was estimated using mark-recapture techniques during July and August of 1997. A total of 1,115 rainbow trout were captured using hook and line gear, tagged with numbered Floy® anchor tags, and released at point of capture. … Continue reading
Full Report (pdf) Concerns over the potential impacts of fishing pressure on the rainbow trout population within the Ungalikthluk and Negukthlik Rivers have been expressed by state and federal biologists. In an effort to monitor the rainbow trout population, length frequency measurements were compared over time. One hundred and forty-three rainbow trout were measured on … Continue reading
Full Report (pdf) This project estimated the total abundance and potential spawner abundance of rainbow trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss) on the lower eight river miles of the Negukthlik River. A multiple capture event study design consisting of six four-day capture events was employed. Fish were captured, measured, sexed, given unique marks, and released during each capture … Continue reading
Full Report (pdf) This reports summarizes baseline fisheries data collected from Togiak River tributaries within Togiak National Wildlife Refuge in southwest Alaska from 1993 to 1995. Pungokepuk and Gechiak Creeks, and the Ongivinuck, Kemuk and Izavieknik Rivers were included in this survey. Length and weight were measured from,all fish captured and scale samples for aging … Continue reading
Full Report (pdf) As part of a two-year (1988-1989) investigation of the fishery resources in the Swanson River watershed, data were collected on resident fish populations, with an emphasis on rainbow trout Oncorhynchus mykiss. The relative abundance of resident fish species in the mainstem river and eleven headwater lakes was examined by a combination of … Continue reading
Full Report (pdf) Fishery and limnological surveys were conducted on 25 remote and roadside lakes on the Kenai National Wildlife Refuge during 1993 to evaluate their potential contribution to recreational fisheries. Experimental gill nets and minnow traps were used to examine species composition and determine relative abundance of fish species. Other objectives were to describe … Continue reading
Full Report (pdf) Baseline age, weight and length (AWL) sampling of resident fish species was conducted by U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service field crews on seven creeks and rivers within the Togiak National Wildlife Refuge in 1996. A total of 670 rainbow trout, 349 Arctic grayling, 187 char, and 34 northern pike were sampled. All … Continue reading
Full Report (pdf) The Togiak National Wildlife Rehge (Rehge) fisheries program emphasizes conducting annual resident fish inventories. The purpose of this report is to continue the annual compilation of fisheries biological data to make it available to fisheries biologists and managers. All raw data summarized in this report are available in electronic format archived with … Continue reading
Full Report (pdf) As part of an ongoing effort to inventory fish assemblages in the waters of Togiak National Wildlife Refuge, an inventory of the resident fish species occurring in Amanka Lake, was performed June 30 — July 9, 2004. Fish were collected with gillnets of varying mesh sizes, baited minnow traps, and hook and … Continue reading
Full Report (pdf) A fish weir equipped with an underwater video system was installed and operated in the Funny River during 2006 to collect abundance, run timing, and biological information on adult Chinook salmon Oncorhynchus tshawytscha. A total of 2,779 Chinook salmon were counted past the Funny River weir between 16 May and 2 October. … Continue reading
Full Report (pdf) A fish weir equipped with an underwater video system was installed and operated in the Funny River during 2007 to collect abundance, run timing, and biological information on adult Chinook salmon Oncorhynchus tshawytscha. A total of 2,075 Chinook salmon was counted past the Funny River weir between 25 May and 4 August. … Continue reading
Full Report (pdf) The Kanektok River supports one of the largest sport fisheries for rainbow trout Oncorhynchus mykiss in southwest Alaska. To monitor stock status, rainbow trout within the wilderness area of Togiak National Wildlife Refuge between river km 28 and 60 were sampled during 18 – 27 July 2000. Two hundred twenty-five rainbow trout … Continue reading
Full Report (pdf) A fish weir equipped with an underwater video system was installed and operated between 29 April and 5 August in the Funny River during 2008 to collect abundance, run timing, and biological information on adult Chinook salmon Oncorhynchus tshawytscha and steelhead O. mykiss. A total of 1,246 Chinook salmon and 187 steelhead … Continue reading
Full Report (pdf) A fish weir equipped with an underwater video system was installed and operated between 1 May and 17 August in the Funny River during 2009 to collect abundance, run timing, and biological information on adult Chinook salmon Oncorhynchus tshawytscha and steelhead O. mykiss. The total number of Chinook salmon and steelhead counted … Continue reading
Full Report A fish weir equipped with an underwater video system was installed and operated between 29 April and 6 August in the Funny River during 2010 to collect abundance, run timing, and biological information on adult Chinook salmon Oncorhynchus tshawytscha and steelhead O. mykiss. The total number of Chinook salmon and steelhead counted past … Continue reading
Alaska Department of Fish and Game, Fishery Data Series No. 10-80, Anchorage. Stocked rainbow trout populations were sampled in 10 lakes in the Tanana River and Copper River drainages during 2006 to determine if the stocked fisheries program was meeting management objectives. Rainbow trout populations in nine lakes had “regional” management objectives and the population … Continue reading
Alaska Department of Fish and Game, Fishery Data Series No. 10-90, Anchorage Fish populations in 14 lakes in the Tanana River and Copper River drainages were selected for sampling in 2007. Fishery managers needed information about the population length-age structure for rainbow trout populations in Four Mile Lake and Geskakmina Lake to determine if current … Continue reading
Alaska Department of Fish and Game, Special Publication No. 11-15, Anchorage. Rainbow trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss) length measurements were compiled from samples from the Bristol Bay Sport Fish Management Area (BBMA) and the Lower Kuskokwim Management Area (LKMA) from 1956 to 2002. Most fish were sampled with hook-and-line gear (64%), followed by seine (18%), weir trap … Continue reading
Alaska Department of Fish and Game, Fishery Data Series No. 10-25, Anchorage. The first documentation of Tubifex tubifex and Myxobolus cerebralis (Mc) in Alaska occurred in 2006 when a representative sample from a single cohort of rainbow trout Oncorhynchus mykiss from the Alaska Department of Fish and Game Elmendorf Fish Hatchery identified genetic material unique … Continue reading
Alaska Department of Fish and Game, Fishery Management Report No. 11–17, Anchorage. Historic, current, and future performance and management of the recreational fisheries of the ADF&G Region III Tanana River Management Area (TRMA) is presented in this report. Particular emphasis is placed on the performance and management of TRMA fisheries for 2009 with preliminary information … Continue reading