Klawock Sockeye Salmon Commercial Harvest

Salmonid Research, Monitoring, and Evaluation (RM&E)

Monitoring Research
Project IDAK52012
Recovery Domains -
Start Date07/01/2019
End Date06/30/2022
Year2018
StatusCompleted
Last Edited01/25/2024
 
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Description    


Genetic mixed-stock analysis of sockeye salmon (Oncorhynchus nerka) harvested in the commercial purse seine fisheries was used to estimate the harvest of Klawock Lake sockeye salmon in southern Southeast Alaska over a four-year period (2018–2021; 2018 samples were collected with other funding, but included in the analysis conducted through this project). The commercial fisheries in management Districts 103 and 104 were targeted because they are terminal to Klawock Lake and most of the commercial harvest of Klawock Lake sockeye salmon likely occurs in those districts. We further split District 103 into two spatial strata: Northern District 103 (subdistricts 50-90) and Southern District 103 (subdistricts 11-40). The commercial harvest of Klawock Lake sockeye salmon was highest in Northern District 103 in three of four years (2018–2020), and highest in District 104 in one year (2021). Klawock Lake sockeye were virtually absent in the commercial harvest in Southern District 103 in all four years (2018-2021).

Project Benefit    


Information provided by this project will improve understanding of all the possible factors responsible for the recent decline in the Klawock Lake sockeye salmon run, one of the most important and heavily used subsistence salmon resources in Southeast Alaska. Estimates of the commercial harvest of Klawock Lake sockeye salmon and timing and location of the harvest in the commercial fisheries may provide for more effective fishery management, which will directly benefit the sustainability of the run and the subsistence fishery it supports.

Accomplishments

Metric Completed Originally
Proposed

Funding Details

SourceFunds
PCSRF$110,133
State$40,394
Report Total:$150,528


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46115736    


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Location Information

  • Basin: Southern Southeast Alaska (190101)
  • Subbasin: Prince of Wales (19010103)
  • Watershed: San Alberto Bay-Frontal Ursua Channel (1901010313)
  • Subwatershed: Klawock River (190101031306)
  • State: Alaska
  • Recovery Domain:
  • Latitude: 55.5375
  • Longitude: -133.0238

ESU

  • Un-Named ESU Sockeye

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Metrics

Metrics
  • E.0 Salmonid Research, Monitoring, and Evaluation (RM&E)Y (Y/N)
    •      . . E.0.a RM&E Funding 150,528.00
    •      . . E.0.b
      Complement habitat restoration project
    •      . . E.0.c
      Project identified in a plan or watershed assessment.
    •      . . E.0.d.1 Number of Cooperating Organizations 0
    •      . . E.0.d.2
      Name Of Cooperating Organizations.
      None
    •      . . E.0.e.1 Number of reports prepared 1
    •      . . E.0.e.2
      Name Of Report
      Jalbert, C. S., S. C. Heinl, A. Reynolds Manney, and K. R. Shedd. In. Prep. Commercial harvest of Klawock Lake sockeye salmon in the district 103 and 104 purse seine fisheries, Southeast Alaska, 2018–2021. Alaska Department of Fish and Game, Fishery Data Series No. 22-XX, Anchorage.
    •      . . E.1 MonitoringY (Y/N)
      •      . . . . E.1.a Monitoring funding 40,528.00
      •      . . . . E.1.b.1 Stream Miles Monitored .00
      •      . . . . E.1.b.2 Acres of Watershed Area Monitored .0
      •      . . . . E.1.b.3 Square miles of water monitored1684 (Square miles)
      •      . . . . E.1.c.6 Harvest monitoringY (Y/N)
        •      . . . . . . E.1.c.6.a # miles (to nearest 0.01 mile) monitored for harvest .00
        •      . . . . . . E.1.c.6.b # square miles (to nearest 0.01 mile) monitored for harvest1684 (Square miles)
        •      . . . . E.1.d
          Name Of Comprehensive Monitoring Strategy/Program
      •      . . E.2 ResearchY (Y/N)
        •      . . . . E.2.a Research Funding 110,000.00
        •      . . . . E.2.b.3 Genetic analysisY (Y/N)
          •      . . . . . . E.2.b.3.a
            Key issues addressed by genetic analysis research