Review of Salmon Escapement Goals in the Chignik Management Area, 2015

Download or read book Review of Salmon Escapement Goals in the Chignik Management Area, 2015 written by Kevin L. Schaberg and published by . This book was released on 2015 with total page 47 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In January 2015, an interdivisional team of staff from the Alaska Department of Fish and Game reviewed existing Pacific salmon Oncorhynchus spp. escapement goals in the Chignik Management Area (CMA). CMA salmon escapement goals had most recently been reviewed in 2013. In 2015, the team reviewed recent data for the 6 goals in existence to determine whether substantial new information existed. Upon this initial review, the CMA aggregate goals for even and odd year pink salmon, and chum salmon were analyzed further. The team recommends revising the CMA odd year pink salmon aggregate sustainable escapement goal (SEG) to 260,000 to 450,000 fish, the CMA even year pink salmon aggregate SEG to 170,000 to 280,000 fish, and the CMA chum salmon aggregate SEG to 45,000 to 110,000 fish. The team recommends no change to the Chinook or sockeye salmon escapement goals. No goals were eliminated and none were added for systems currently without escapement goals.