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Salmon escapement is the amount of a salmon population that does not get caught by commercial or recreational fisheries and return to their freshwater spawning habitat. [1] Estimates of these amount are calculated with statistical analysis using data collected during that particular run season.
During the 2019 agreements, Alaska agreed to reduce Chinook salmon harvests by up to 7.5%, while Canada committed to a 12.5% reduction. [citation needed] These cuts were motivated by ongoing declines in Chinook populations. The Alaska Department of Fish and Game adjusts annual catch limits each year in accordance with the latest treaty provisions.
In order to enumerate the salmon that pass down the river, the Alaska Department of Fish and Game, Division of Commercial Fisheries established a weir on the river, in 1976, a few hundred yards downstream from the outlet of the river from the lake, to carry out visual count of “the total sockeye escapement (postseason).”
A fish study conducted by the Alaska Department of Fish and Game in 1995 reported Arctic grayling (Thymallus arcticus), Dolly Varden trout (Salvelinus malma), and ninespine stickleback (Pungitius pungitius) in the river. [5] An earlier study had also reported the presence of slimy sculpin (Cottus cognatus). [6]
The Alaska Department of Fish and Game (ADF&G) is a department within the government of Alaska.ADF&G's mission is to protect, maintain, and improve the fish, game, and aquatic plant resources of the state, and manage their use and development in the best interest of the economy and the well-being of the people of the state, consistent with the sustained yield principle. [1]
The Board of Fisheries was established under Alaska Statute 16.05.221. [3] While the Alaska Department of Fish and Game was established when Alaska became a state in 1959, the Board of Fisheries was not established until 1975 with the goal of allocating salmon to users. The State Legislature split the Board of Fish and Game into two separate ...
Backers of a measure aimed at repealing Alaska's ranked choice voting system scored an early, partial win in court when a judge ruled that state elections officials did not violate the law or ...
A small rapids between the lake and the lagoon serves as the location of a seasonally staffed salmon-counting weir operated by the Alaska Department of Fish and Game. The river hosts several seasonal salmon runs including, during the peak summer season, part of the largest sockeye salmon migration in the world.