Review of Salmon Escapement Goals in Southeast Alaska, 2020

Review of Salmon Escapement Goals in Southeast Alaska, 2020 PDF Author: Steven C. Heinl
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Category : Escapement (Fisheries)
Languages : en
Pages : 93

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The Alaska Department of Fish and Game interdivisional escapement goal review committee reviewed Pacific salmon Oncorhynchus spp. escapement goals for Southeast Alaska in August of 2019 and again early in 2020. Escapement goals were reviewed based on the Policy for the Management of Sustainable Salmon Fisheries (5 AAC 39.222) and the Policy for Statewide Escapement Goals (5 AAC 39.223) adopted by the Alaska Board of Fisheries into regulation in 2001. There is a total of 47 escapement goals in Southeast Alaska for 11 Chinook, 12 sockeye, 13 coho, 3 pink, and 8 chum salmon stocks. The Southeast escapement goal review committee recommended changes to these goals to the directors of the Divisions of Commercial Fisheries and Sport Fish as follows: (1) change the Taku River sockeye salmon sustainable escapement goal range of 71,000–80,000 fish (based on a historical dataset) to a biological escapement goal range of 40,000–75,000 fish based on a revised dataset; and (2) change the Situk River coho salmon biological escapement goal range of 3,300–9,800 fish to a sustainable escapement goal range of 3,800–9,600 fish based on percentiles of historical survey counts. Detailed analyses of Chilkoot, Speel, and Redoubt Lakes sockeye salmon escapement goals are also documented here, although the committee did not recommend changes to those goals.

Review of Salmon Escapement Goals in Southeast Alaska, 2020

Review of Salmon Escapement Goals in Southeast Alaska, 2020 PDF Author: Steven C. Heinl
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Category : Escapement (Fisheries)
Languages : en
Pages : 93

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The Alaska Department of Fish and Game interdivisional escapement goal review committee reviewed Pacific salmon Oncorhynchus spp. escapement goals for Southeast Alaska in August of 2019 and again early in 2020. Escapement goals were reviewed based on the Policy for the Management of Sustainable Salmon Fisheries (5 AAC 39.222) and the Policy for Statewide Escapement Goals (5 AAC 39.223) adopted by the Alaska Board of Fisheries into regulation in 2001. There is a total of 47 escapement goals in Southeast Alaska for 11 Chinook, 12 sockeye, 13 coho, 3 pink, and 8 chum salmon stocks. The Southeast escapement goal review committee recommended changes to these goals to the directors of the Divisions of Commercial Fisheries and Sport Fish as follows: (1) change the Taku River sockeye salmon sustainable escapement goal range of 71,000–80,000 fish (based on a historical dataset) to a biological escapement goal range of 40,000–75,000 fish based on a revised dataset; and (2) change the Situk River coho salmon biological escapement goal range of 3,300–9,800 fish to a sustainable escapement goal range of 3,800–9,600 fish based on percentiles of historical survey counts. Detailed analyses of Chilkoot, Speel, and Redoubt Lakes sockeye salmon escapement goals are also documented here, although the committee did not recommend changes to those goals.

Review of Salmon Escapement Goals in Southeast Alaska, 2017

Review of Salmon Escapement Goals in Southeast Alaska, 2017 PDF Author: Steven C. Heinl
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Category : Escapement (Fisheries)
Languages : en
Pages : 97

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The Alaska Department of Fish and Game interdivisional escapement goal review committee reviewed Pacific salmon Oncorhynchus spp. escapement goals for Southeast Alaska in 2017. As of 2016, escapement goals were established for 12 Chinook, 14 sockeye, 14 coho, 4 pink, and 8 chum salmon stocks. The Southeast escapement goal review committee recommended changes to escapement goals to the directors of the divisions of Commercial Fisheries and Sport Fish as follows: (1, 2, 3) replace escapement goal ranges for Chickamin, Blossom, and Keta river Chinook salmon, which are expressed in index survey counts, with ranges expressed as total escapement; (4) eliminate the Klukshu (Alsek) River Chinook salmon goal; (5) eliminate the combined East Alsek-Doame river sockeye salmon biological escapement goal (13,000-26,000 fish) and replace it with a sustainable escapement goal (range 9,000-24,000 fish) germane only to the East Alsek River; (6) eliminate the Lost River sockeye salmon goal; (7) eliminate the Alsek River sockeye salmon goal (8); change the Berners River coho salmon biological escapement goal from 4,000-9,200 fish to 3,600-8,100 fish; (9) change the Tsiu-Tsivat river coho salmon goal from a biological escapement goal to a sustainable escapement goal while maintaining the same goal of 10,000-29,000 fish; (10) eliminate the Ford Arm Creek coho salmon goal; (11) eliminate the Situk River pink salmon goal; and (12) change the aggregate Northern Southeast Inside summer-run chum salmon lower bound sustainable escapement goal from 119,000 to 107,000 fish. As a result of these recommendations, a total of 47 Southeast Alaska escapement goals would be established for 11 Chinook, 12 sockeye, 13 coho, 3 pink, and 8 chum salmon stocks.

Summary of Pacific Salmon Escapement Goals in Alaska with a Review of Escapements from 2014 to 2022

Summary of Pacific Salmon Escapement Goals in Alaska with a Review of Escapements from 2014 to 2022 PDF Author: Andrew Roy Munro
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This report summarizes statewide Pacific salmon escapement goals in effect in 2022 and documents escapements for all species and stocks with goals from 2014 through 2022. 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 to enumerate escapements and to develop current escapement goals (with brief descriptions) for each monitored stock. For the 2021–2022 Alaska Board of Fisheries meeting cycle, escapement goals were reviewed for the Southeast Region and Prince William Sound Management Area, which had been postponed from the 2020–2021 meeting cycle because of the COVID-19 pandemic. As a result of these reviews, there were 7 escapement goal changes for 2022. In the Southeast Region, 2 escapement goals were updated (1 coho and 1 sockeye salmon), and in Prince William Sound, 4 escapement goals were updated (2 coho and 2 sockeye salmon) and the Copper River Chinook salmon escapement goal was revised from a lower-bound SEG to an SEG with an upper and lower bound. The number of salmon escapement goals in Alaska remained at 264. In 2022, 67% of the escapement goals in Alaska were met or exceeded and 33% of the stocks did not meet minimum escapement goals.

Summary of Pacific Salmon Escapement Goals in Alaska with a Review of Escapements from 2013 to 2021

Summary of Pacific Salmon Escapement Goals in Alaska with a Review of Escapements from 2013 to 2021 PDF Author: Andrew Roy Munro
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This report summarizes statewide Pacific salmon escapement goals in effect in 2021 and documents escapements for all species and stocks with goals from 2013 through 2021. 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 to enumerate escapements and to develop current escapement goals (with brief descriptions) for each monitored stock. Leading up to the 2020–2021 Alaska Board of Fisheries meeting cycle, escapement goals were reviewed for the Southeast Region and Prince William Sound Management Area. However, the Alaska Board of Fisheries area regulatory meetings were postponed because of the COVID-19 pandemic. Therefore, none of the recommended escapement goal changes for the Southeast Region or Prince William Sound Management Area were implemented in 2021, and the number of salmon escapement goals in Alaska remained at 264. In 2021, 70% of the escapement goals were met or exceeded and 30% of the stocks did not meet minimum escapement goals.

Review of Salmon Escapement Goals in Southeast Alaska, 2014

Review of Salmon Escapement Goals in Southeast Alaska, 2014 PDF Author: Steven C. Heinl
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Category : Escapement (Fisheries)
Languages : en
Pages : 77

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The Alaska Department of Fish and Game interdivisional escapement goal review committee reviewed Pacific salmon Oncorhynchus spp. escapement goals for Southeast Alaska in 2014. As specified in the Pacific Salmon Treaty, escapement goal recommendations for transboundary Alsek and Klukshu river Chinook and sockeye salmon runs underwent bilateral U.S./Canada review, and recommended changes were adopted by the Transboundary River Panel of the Pacific Salmon Commission in 2013. Thus, as of 2013, escapement goals were established for 12 Chinook, 14 sockeye, 14 coho, 4 pink, and 8 chum salmon stocks. The Southeast escapement goal review committee recommended to the directors of the divisions of Commercial Fisheries and Sport Fish that all but 5 of those escapement goals remain unchanged. The committee recommended (1) changing the Speel Lake sockeye salmon goal from a biological escapement goal range of 4,00-13,000 fish to a sustainable escapement goal range of 4,000-9,000 fish; (2) changing the Lost River coho salmon goal from a lower-bound sustainable escapement goal of 2,200 fish to a sustainable escapement goal range of 1,400-4,200 fish, and changing the name of the goal to Tawah Creek (Lost River); (3-4) increasing aggregate lower-bound sustainable escapement goals for summer-run chum salmon in the Southern Southeast and Northern Southeast Outside subregions to account for the addition of new index streams to those stock groups; and, finally, (5) changing the Chilkat River fall-run chum salmon sustainable escapement goal range of 75,000-170,000 fish to a range of 75,000-250,000 fish.

Summary of Pacific Salmon Escapement Goals in Alaska with a Review of Escapements from 2012 to 2020

Summary of Pacific Salmon Escapement Goals in Alaska with a Review of Escapements from 2012 to 2020 PDF Author: Andrew Roy Munro
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Category : Escapement (Fisheries)
Languages : en
Pages : 80

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This report summarizes statewide Pacific salmon escapement goals in effect in 2020 and documents escapements for all species and stocks with goals from 2012 through 2020. In addition, this report documents changes in escapement goals for both 2019 and 2020 because the report was not published in 2020 due to extenuating circumstances associated with the COVID-19 pandemic. 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 to enumerate escapements and to develop current escapement goals (with brief descriptions) for each monitored stock. Leading up to the 2018/2019 Board of Fisheries meeting cycle, escapement goals were reviewed for the Bristol Bay, Arctic-Yukon-Kuskokwim, Alaska Peninsula/Aleutian Islands, and Chignik Management Areas. As a result of these reviews, there were 29 escapement goal changes in 2019, including the elimination of 10 goals. The remaining changes were due to updates to escapement indices and/or goal development methods. There were no changes to any escapement goals in the Chignik Management Area. For the 2019/2020 Board of Fisheries meeting cycle, escapement goals were reviewed for Upper Cook Inlet, Lower Cook Inlet, and Kodiak Management Areas. As a result of these reviews, there were 32 escapement goal changes in Upper Cook Inlet that included establishing 4 new escapement goals and eliminating 12 goals. There were no escapement goal changes for Lower Cook Inlet. Because of these revisions, there were 272 salmon escapement goals in Alaska in 2019 and 264 escapement goals in 2020. In 2019, 78% of the escapement goals in Alaska were met or exceeded and 22% of the stocks did not meet minimum escapement goals. In 2020, 65% of the escapement goals were met or exceeded and 35% of the stocks did not meet minimum escapement goals.

Review of Salmon Escapement Goals in the Alaska Peninsula and Aleutian Islands Management Areas, 2020

Review of Salmon Escapement Goals in the Alaska Peninsula and Aleutian Islands Management Areas, 2020 PDF Author: Heather Finkle
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Category : Escapement (Fisheries)
Languages : en
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In October 2020, an interdivisional team, including staff from the Division of Commercial Fisheries and the Division of Sport Fish, was formed to review Pacific salmon Oncorhynchus sp. escapement goals of Alaska Peninsula and Aleutian Islands Management areas (Area M). This review was based on the Policy for the Management of Sustainable Salmon Fisheries (5 AAC 39.222) and the Policy for Statewide Salmon Escapement Goals (5 AAC 39.223). Of the 22 existing Area M salmon escapement goals evaluated, the team recommended revising 10 goals and leaving the remaining 12 goals unchanged. After a comprehensive review of the available data, the team found that no changes in the current sustainable escapement goals (SEGs) were warranted for sockeye salmon O. nerka system runs to Bear (early and late run) and McLees Lakes, the Cinder, Meshik, and North Creek Rivers, nor for the sockeye salmon biological escapement goal (BEG) for Nelson River. In addition, the team determined no changes were warranted for Nelson River Chinook salmon (O. tshawytscha), South Peninsula pink salmon (O. gorbuscha), or the current aggregate district SEGs for chum salmon O. keta in the Southeastern, South Central, and Southwestern Districts. The team determined revisions were warranted and revised goals for 6 sockeye salmon systems (Ilnik River SEG 40,000–75,000, Sandy River SEG 37,000–69,000, Christianson Lagoon SEG 23,000–50,000, Orzinski Lake SEG 14,000–28,000, Mortensen Lagoon SEG 1,400–5,700, and Thin Point Lake SEG 9,000–19,000), 2 chum salmon systems (Northern District SEG 49,000–132,000 and Northwestern District SEG 49,000–133,000), and 2 coho salmon systems (Nelson River SEG 19,000–29,000 and Ilnik River SEG 9,000–24,000). The chum salmon aggregate goal reviews incorporated a reduction to the number of index streams, which accounts for the apparent large changes in these goals.

Review of Salmon Escapement Goals in the Chignik Management Area, 2020

Review of Salmon Escapement Goals in the Chignik Management Area, 2020 PDF Author: Heather Finkle
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Category : Escapement (Fisheries)
Languages : en
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In October 2020, an interdivisional team of staff from the Alaska Department of Fish and Game reviewed existing Pacific salmon Oncorhynchus escapement goals in the Chignik Management Area (CMA). The 6 CMA salmon escapement goals were last reviewed in 2018. Starting in 2020, the team reviewed recent data to determine whether substantial new information existed to warrant analyzing and updating the goals. The team determined Chignik sockeye salmon warranted further review. The team revised the early- and late-run sockeye salmon goals to a single biological escapement goal (BEG) of 450,000 to 800,000 fish to address overlaps and subsequent bottlenecks in freshwater rearing between the 2 major stocks. The early- and late-run sockeye salmon goals will be eliminated, and no new goals were added for systems currently without escapement goals.

Review of Salmon Escapement Goals in Bristol Bay, Alaska, 2021

Review of Salmon Escapement Goals in Bristol Bay, Alaska, 2021 PDF Author: Stacy L. Vega
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Category : Escapement (Fisheries)
Languages : en
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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. There were 13 escapement goals reviewed in the Bristol Bay management area for this review. The committee evaluated spawner-return data for all Bristol Bay sockeye salmon O. nerka and Chinook salmon O. tshawytscha stocks with escapement goals. For this escapement goal review, the committee recommends that all sockeye salmon escapement goals in the Bristol Bay management area remain the same. After the development of a run reconstruction model recommended at the last cycle, the committee also recommends no change to the Nushagak River Chinook salmon escapement goal for this cycle and that a run reconstruction-based escapement goal be considered during the next Board of Fisheries cycle.

Review of Salmon Escapement Goals in Bristol Bay, Alaska, 2006

Review of Salmon Escapement Goals in Bristol Bay, Alaska, 2006 PDF Author: Timothy T. Baker
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Category : Escapement (Fisheries)
Languages : en
Pages : 110

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This report contains recommendations after the Alaska Department of Fish and Game Escapement Goal Review Committee reviewed Pacific salmon, Oncorhynchus spp., escapement goals for the major river systems in Bristol Bay. Spawner-return data were evaluated for: sockeye salmon, O. nerka, in the Ugashik, Egegik, Kvichak, Naknek, Alagnak, Wood, Nushagak, Igushik, Togiak, and Kulukak Rivers; chinook salmon, O. tshawytscha, in the Nushagak, Togiak, Alagnak, Naknek, and Egegik Rivers; chum salmon, O. keta, in the Nushagak River; coho salmon, O. kisutch, in the Togiak, Nushagak, and Kulukak Rivers; and pink salmon, O. gorbuscha, in the Nushagak River.