July 15th-Return Update
This past week we have seen a large increase in chum harvest at all of our inside summer chum sites. This is very encouraging as up until this past week the chum catch had been substantially below forecast. Both SE Cove and Thomas Bay had a dramatic increase in catch this past week with more than a doubling of numbers and effort. On Tuesday we performed the 4th weekly Hidden Falls test fishing and saw a dramatic change from prior weeks with an average catch of 13,000lbs per set. Our current estimate is 10k adult chum inside the barrier net and we will begin spawning on Monday of next week....
Read MoreJuly 9th-Return Update
Chum returns through this Friday (July 8th) continue to be extremely weak. While we were not anticipating any strong summer chum returns to our project sites, the numbers to date are significantly behind our forecast for this date. Total cumulative combined summer chum catch to date, for all NSRAA return areas, is less than 20,000 fish. This is approximately 20% of the 2021 catch for the same time period. While there is always hope that it may be a late run, it is looking more and more likely that it is a late and weak run. This past week there have been increases in catch at all our...
Read MoreWed 9/1 Silver Bay Update
In cooperation with ADFG, NSRAA is opening a portion of the Silver Bay THA to common property seine on Thursday, Sept 1, to harvest fall chum salmon surplus to brood stock needs. This past Saturday a large buildup of Bear Cove bound chum staged in the Sawmill Cove area. NSRAA performed limited cost recovery in Sawmill Cove on Saturday Aug 28th to target a buildup of chum salmon staged near Sawmill Creek. The otolith data of this harvest of 190klbs indicated approximately 75% of those chum were Bear Cove bound fish, with the remainder Deep Inlet origin and overall 91% 3-year olds and 56%...
Read MoreTuesday 8/24 Update-Crawfish Inlet will open Thursday (8/26) for seine
The NSRAA Crawfish Inlet SHA will open Thursday (8/26) for seine. Openings in the Crawfish Inlet SHA for seine will mirror the Deep Inlet seine rotation with the exception of an hour later start time of 7am. ADFG has determined that it is warranted to open West Crawfish at this time as well and the West Crawfish area will be be open for seine the same days as the Crawfish Inlet SHA. Openings will continue through September 24th, 2021 or unless modified by subsequent ADFG Advisory Announcement. Cost recovery is still ongoing in both West Crawfish and Crawfish Inlet but it is anticipated...
Read MoreSunday 8/22 Update
Cost recovery at Crawfish Inlet has gone very well the last few days and we are now at 60% complete. It is likely cost recovery will be complete Tuesday 8/24 and Crawfish Inlet will open to commercial seine Thur/Fri and mirror the Deep Inlet schedule the rest of the season. ADFG announcement will likely go out Tuesday afternoon. The last few days there has been a buildup in West Crawfish in Shamrock Bay and we have been performing cost recovery there as well. ADFG will look at buildup in West Crawfish next week and determine if a seine opening is warranted in West Crawfish as occurred...
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