Alaska Salmon Fishing
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The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service is proposing to add hunting and fishing programs on six national wildlife refuges in Alabama, California, Connecticut, Massachusetts, Minnesota and New Hampshire. The Service is also proposing to expand hunting and fishing opportunities at seven additional wildlife refuges. The proposed rule was published in the Federal Register on July 12 and is available for public comment for 30 days. ... U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Proposes Additional Hunting and Fishing Programs on National Wildlife Refuges ... [Read More]
Cyber Salmon: Salmon in Alaska's Economy
Some Alaskan salmon species range widely throughout the Pacific Ocean during their adulthoodat sea. While there, they're harvested by fishing fleets from all over the world. Commercialfishermen harvested over 5 billion pounds of fish and shellfish in 1995 valued at more than $1.26billion. This is more than the state government's entire annual operating budget. ... Alaska's fisheries today and the many people dependant on them are a complex mosaic. Nativesubsistence fishermen continue a fishing tradition that has changed little for thousands of years.In contrast, increased international demand for many Alaskan fish species has created a variety ofcommercial fishing industries throughout the state. ... [Read More]
Lake Clark National Park & Preserve (National Park Service)
Lake Clark National Park and Preserve is a composite of ecosystems representative of many regions of Alaska. The spectacular scenery stretches from the shores of Cook Inlet, across the Chigmit Mountains, to the tundra covered hills of the western interior. The Chigmits, where the Alaska and Aleutian Ranges meet, are an awesome, jagged array of mountains and glaciers which include two active volcanoes, Mt. Redoubt and Mt. Iliamna. Lake Clark, 40 miles long, and many other lakes and rivers within the park are critical salmon habitat to the Bristol Bay salmon fishery, one of the largest sockeye salmon fishing grounds in the world. Numerous lake and river systems in the park and preserve offer excellent fishing and wildlife viewing. ... [Read More]
Alaska Wildlife News Online Magazine
“I've always believed that fish and wildlife are the soul of Alaska. In Alaska there is just a connection to our resources. Whether it's sport hunting and fishing, wildlife viewing, or the commercial aspects of fishing and tourism, there is this tremendous, direct use relationship. It affects almost every aspect of our lives! If you open a newspaper, any newspaper in the state, and look at the Alaska stories, a sizable percentage will be about fish and game. ... Field care for fresh and salt water fish is similar. Most freshwater anglers who are freshwater fishing often have the room, storage facilities/containers to facilitate the temporary preservation of the trophy. However, I have found in my years of being involved in the taxidermy/ wildlife artistry business that most anglers are seldom prepared to assist in the process of field care. ... [Read More]
Cyber Salmon: Index
Traditional Native Alaskan Fishing Technology ... Chinook Salmon Habitats ... Salmon Life Cycles (Grades K -2) ... [Read More]
Commercial Fishing Fatalities in Alaska - Fatalities in the Commercial Fishing Industry in Alaska
The number of fatalities varied by fishery (Figure 5). From 1991 to 1996, in the Alaskan crab fisheries, 30 fatal events resulted in 61 (42% of all) fatalities. Forty-three percent (n=13) of these incidents and 72% of the fatalities were vessel-related, and the majority (62%) of the vessels reportedly were operating in heavy weather conditions (defined as winds > 25 knots and/or waves >15 feet). In the salmon fishery in Alaska, 23 fatal events resulted in 26 fatalities. Eleven of these incidents (14 fatalities) were vessel-related, but most (73%) of the vessels were reportedly sailing in moderately calm waters at the time of the incident. Ten of these 26 salmon fishing-related fatalities occurred after falling overboard, half of them in calm waters. From 1991-1994, 6 fatal events resulted in 11 fatalities in the halibut fishery in Alaska; all of these incidents were vessel-related, and all occurred in heavy seas. No fatalities occurred in the halibut fishery in 1995 or 1996. ... [Read More]
Salmon Fisheries in Alaska
The salmon fisheries in the exclusive economic zone (EEZ) off Alaska are managed under the Fishery Management Plan for the Salmon Fisheries in the EEZ off the Coast of Alaska (salmon FMP). The salmon FMP allows a commercial troll fishery in the EEZ off Southeast Alaska, and closes the remaining EEZ off Central and Western Alaska to commercial salmon fishing. Through the salmon FMP, the NPFMC and NMFS intend to conserve and manage the salmon resources in the North Pacific Ocean. All other salmon fishing occurs either in state waters or in one of three historical State-managed net fishing areas that extend into the EEZ. The salmon FMP does not cover the fisheries in these three State managed fishing areas; Cook Inlet, Prince Williams Sound, and Alaska Peninsula. ... [Read More]
Pacific Salmon in Alaska
P acific salmon (Salmonidae) have played a major role in the history and economy of Alaska and its commercial, sport, and subsistence fisheries; Alaska currently produces about 80% of all salmon harvested in the western United States and Canada. Before commercial exploitation in the late 1800's, salmon were a main food source for Alaska's Native peoples, who subsisted by using an estimated 12 million salmon annually ( Pennoyer 1988 ). By the end of the century, the total commercial harvest in Alaska had expanded to an estimated 56,000 salmon in 1878 but rose to more than 21 million by 1900 ( Rigby et al. 1991 ). Since 1980 the annual commercial harvest has exceeded 100 million salmon in all but one year and is presently at a record high of more than 190 million (Fig. 1). The annual sport harvest of salmon in Alaska has averaged about 1 million fish over the past several years ( Mills 1993 ), as has the subsistence harvest ( INPFC 1992 ). Science-based management, "limited-entry" fishin ... [Read More]
Fish
Alaska's salmon are an amazing resource! Commercial and sport fishing for salmon add millionsof dollars to the state economy each year. These fish have also supported a traditional subsistenceculture for thousands of years. In addition, salmon that spawn, die, and decay enrich interiorAlaska's nutrient poor streams with nitrates and phosphates collected during their oceanexistence. ... Coho Salmon ... Chum Salmon ... [Read More]
Alaska Wildlife News Online Magazine
“I've always believed that fish and wildlife are the soul of Alaska. In Alaska there is just a connection to our resources. Whether it's sport hunting and fishing, wildlife viewing, or the commercial aspects of fishing and tourism, there is this tremendous, direct use relationship. It affects almost every aspect of our lives! If you open a newspaper, any newspaper in the state, and look at the Alaska stories, a sizable percentage will be about fish and game. ... Field care for fresh and salt water fish is similar. Most freshwater anglers who are freshwater fishing often have the room, storage facilities/containers to facilitate the temporary preservation of the trophy. However, I have found in my years of being involved in the taxidermy/ wildlife artistry business that most anglers are seldom prepared to assist in the process of field care. ... [Read More]
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