Deep Inlet Update – August 29
Deep Inlet opened to Trolling on Saturday. There was some effort by the Troll fleet, although I don’t have catch numbers yet. Sunday was a Seine day; using preliminary numbers it appears approximately 120,000 chum salmon were caught. This was a pleasant surprise and strengthens my belief that the fall run is anomalous in run timing and behavior. It seems likely that this week will see the largest catch of this year’s fall run. Total run Summer (~600,000) and Fall (~600,000) is 1.2 million chum to date. Eggtakes are going well – 24 million eggs through Sunday with 68 million...
Read MoreDeep Inlet Update – August 25
The last push to the finish line is expected to occur today. We need 185,000 lbs to complete cost recovery. Almost certainly we will open Deep Inlet on Saturday for Troll, Sunday for Seine, and Monday/Tuesday for Gillnet. This is not official until ADF&G publishes an announcement, which should occur today or tomorrow. ADF&G has been informed of progress each day, and they are aware of need to get announcement out prior to weekend.
Read MoreDeep Inlet August 20 Cost Recovery
Fish moved in yesterday in decent numbers. Caught approximately 200,000 lbs today. That makes 1.24 million lbs to go. Boats will fish tomorrow if there are fish in the area.
Read MoreDeep Inlet Cost Recovery to Begin August 10, 2016
Deep Inlet cost recovery will begin August 10th and continue August 11th. This will be the first look at how many chum have moved into Deep Inlet. The NSRAA website will be updated daily on catch. Approximately 300,000 chum will need to be caught during the closure.
Read MoreCrawfish Inlet – NSRAA’s newest chum release site
Crawfish Inlet chum program is a Medvejie Hatchery satellite program (remote release) permitted for 30 million eggs. The goal of the program is to produce 700,000 adult chum salmon for common property harvest beginning in 2018 with the first four year olds. The NSRAA board designated the Crawfish Terminal Harvest Area (THA) for troll priority in 2017 and 2018. Crawfish is expected to be an excellent opportunity for trollers due to proximity of a large troll fleet in Sitka, lack of any interception fisheries outside Crawfish Inlet except existing troll fisheries, and terminal area access. In...
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