Contributions

  • Alaska. Division of Sport Fish. - Contributor

Publication

1998 - Alaska Dept. of Fish and Game, Division of Sport Fish, Anchorage, Alaska, Alaska

Language

English

Word Count

7,500 words, Guess

Page Count

30 pages

Identifiers

Alternate Titles

  • Federal aid in sport fish restoration (Alaska)

Description

Mark-recapture experiments were conducted along 14 mi of the Delta Clearwater River over a two-week period in July 1996 and 1997 to estimate abundance and composition of Arctic grayling Thymallus arcticus. Hook and line were used to capture 916 fish in 1996 and 1,491 fish in 1997. Fish > 150 mm FL were not recaptured in 1996, so that estimates of abundance were truncated to fish > 240 mm FL. In 1997, estimated abundance of Arctic grayling > 150 mm FL was 9,000 fish (SE = 1,100). Estimated abundance of fish > 240 mm FL in 1996 and 1997 was 3,000 fish (SE = 370) and 7,400 fish (SE = 920), respectively. Quality sized and larger fish ( 270 mm FL) predominated in 1997. Ages 5 and 6 fish comprised 48% (SE = 2%) of the 1996 population while ages 4 and 6 comprised 46% (SE = 2%) of the 1997 population.

Subjects

Topics

Arctic graylingFish populationsArctic grayling -- Alaska -- Delta Clearwater RiverFish populations -- Alaska -- Delta Clearwater River

Places

AlaskaDelta Clearwater River

Series Statement

  • Fishery data series -- no. 98-35.

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