Mortality of arctic char and large arctic grayling captured and released with sport fishing gear

Alternate Titles

• Federal aid in sport fish restoration (Alaska)

Description

An estimated 21,962 angler-days of sport fishing effort occurred in the AYK Region in 1991, of which 155,662 angler-days were expended in the Tanana Area. An estimated 221,164 fish were reported harvested in the AYK Region sport fishery, of which 152,959 were reported harvested in the Tanana Area. The Salcha River harvest of 308 chinook salmon in 1991 was the greatest since 1986. The 1991 estimated sport harvest of 2,345 coho salmon in the Delta Clearwater River was the highest on record. The Arctic grayling fishery on the Chena River was closed by emergency order to harvest on July 1, 1991, and catch-and-release was instituted. The estimated harvest of 12,476 northern pike in the Tanana Area in 1991 was the highest since inception of the statewide harvest survey in 1977. The fall spear fishery for whitefish in the Chatanika River closed on July 1 by emergency order because of low stock abundance. Fishing effort at Piledriver Slough in 1991 exceeded 17,700 angler-days; the largest amount for any waterbody in the Tanana Area. Approximately 2.349 million fish of seven species were stocked in Tanana area waters. A total of four emergency orders were released, and 19 reports were published in the Sport Fish Division series. The Board of Fisheries did not consider changes in AYK Region sport fishing regulations in 1991.

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Series Statement

• Fishery data series -- no. 93-1.

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