Yukon River salmon 2008 season summary and 2009 season outlook
Dates
Year
2009
Citation
Yukon River Joint Technical Committee,, Alaska Department of Fish and Game,, and Alaska Division of Commercial Fisheries,, 2009, Yukon River salmon 2008 season summary and 2009 season outlook: Alaska Dept. of Fish and Game, Division of Commercial Fisheries: Anchorage, AK.
Summary
The Joint Technical Committee (JTC) of the United States and Canada serves as a scientific advisory body to the Yukon River Panel. The JTC discusses harvest and escapement goals, management trends, postseason reviews and preseason outlooks, and results of cooperative research projects. The report summarizes the status of salmon stocks (Chinook, coho, summer and fall chum salmon) in 2008 with reference to historical data, presents an outlook for the 2009 season, and provides data on the utilization of salmon species by commercial and subsistence (aboriginal) harvests, personal use (domestic) and sport (recreational) fishery. The report further compiles summaries of Yukon River projects (e.g., mark-recapture, sonar, stock identification) [...]
Summary
The Joint Technical Committee (JTC) of the United States and Canada serves as a scientific advisory body to the Yukon River Panel. The JTC discusses harvest and escapement goals, management trends, postseason reviews and preseason outlooks, and results of cooperative research projects. The report summarizes the status of salmon stocks (Chinook, coho, summer and fall chum salmon) in 2008 with reference to historical data, presents an outlook for the 2009 season, and provides data on the utilization of salmon species by commercial and subsistence (aboriginal) harvests, personal use (domestic) and sport (recreational) fishery. The report further compiles summaries of Yukon River projects (e.g., mark-recapture, sonar, stock identification) and a review of salmon bycatch in the groundfish and pollock fisheries of the Bering Sea and the Gulf of Alaska. Yukon River escapement goals for Chinook, (Oncorhynchus tshawytscha), chum (O. keta) and coho (O. kisutch) salmon remained unchanged for 2009.
