Review of Salmon Escapement Goals in the Kodiak Management Area, 2016

Download or read book Review of Salmon Escapement Goals in the Kodiak Management Area, 2016 written by Kevin L. Schaberg and published by . This book was released on 2016 with total page 144 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An interdivisional team of staff from the Alaska Department of Fish and Game met 3 times beginning in March 2016 to review existing Pacific salmon Oncorhynchus spp. escapement goals in the Kodiak Management Area (KMA), for the purpose of making recommendations to the directors of the divisions of Commercial Fisheries and Sport Fish. The KMA salmon escapement goals had previously been reviewed in 2013. The review team recommends 18 goals remain unchanged, the elimination of 2 goals (Uganik Lake sockeye salmon O. nerka lower-bound sustainable escapement goal, and Mainland District chum salmon O. keta aggregate lower-bound sustainable escapement goal), and the revision of 4 goals (Ayakulik Chinook salmon O. tshawytscha biological escapement goal range 4,800?8,400, Karluk River early-run sockeye salmon biological escapement goal range 150,000?250,000, Karluk River late-run sockeye salmon biological escapement goal range 200,000?400,000, and Kodiak Archipelago chum salmon aggregate lower-bound sustainable escapement goal 101,000). When combined with existing escapement goals, these staff recommendations to the directors of the divisions of Commercial and Sport Fisheries result in 22 escapement goals for the KMA in 2017: 12 for sockeye salmon, 2 for Chinook salmon, 4 for coho salmon O. kisutch, 3 for pink salmon O. gorbuscha, and 1 for chum salmon.