NSRAA 2020 Spring Board Meeting
NSRAA’s 2020 Spring Board of Directors Meeting will be held on Tuesday and Wednesday, March 3-4, 2020 in Sitka in the NSRAA Board Room. Meetings begin at 9 am each day. The public is invited to attend. Topics will include reviewing the NSRAA FY21 budget, program updates, and planning for the 2020 season and beyond. The meeting agenda will be posted in early February.
Read MoreNSRAA Fall 2019 Board of Directors Meeting
NSRAA’s 2019 Fall Board of Directors Meeting will be held on Tuesday, Wednesday & Thursday, November 12-14, 2019 in Sitka in the NSRAA Board Room. Meetings begin at 12:30 pm on Tuesday, and at 9 am Wednesday and Thursday. Most of the Tuesday session will be devoted to board training, with the main meeting on Wednesday and Thursday. The public is invited to attend. Topics will include a review of the 2019 season, program updates, discussion of Crawfish Inlet management, presentations on McDowell Group studies on the PST and on Mass Marking Chinook, and planning for the 2020 season....
Read MoreCrawfish Inlet SHA Anadromous streams
We are posting maps showing anadromous streams in the Crawfish Inlet SHA and in West Crawfish Inlet. It has been brought to our attention that some seiners have had to release sets because they were fishing too close to an anadromous stream. Please refer to ADF&G News Releases regarding restricted fishing near these streams. Links are shown below. Maps can also be accessed from the NSRAA Home page and Maps page. Crawfish Inlet SHA Anadromous Streams West Crawfish Inlet Anadromous Streams
Read MoreCrawfish & Deep Inlet Update – August 21 2019
The summer run chum at Deep Inlet came in well below forecast (30%) but close to the 25 year historical average of 320,000 chum. The fall run (Medvejie stock) appears to be doing comparatively better, although a later run timing than normal, with 203,000 chum harvested last week (Week 33). The gillnet catch has improved considerably this week and there are signs of chum throughout Eastern Channel, Silver Bay, and the Eckholm Island group. Today was the first day we’ve seen large schools along Camp Coogan to Sugarloaf making their way to Medvejie Hatchery. Based on the Deep Inlet fall...
Read MoreJuly 24 2019 Update Chum Projects
The summer run chum programs are beginning to wind down, with terminal areas showing predominantly females now. Hidden Falls – We are in broodstock collection mode now at Hidden Falls with an eye for an opening once we have secured the majority of the 200,000 chum we need for broodstock. Aerial reports and hatchery operations suggest there are sufficient chum in the SHA for brood but not enough we can risk an opening at this time. Hidden Falls hatchery has collected 30 million of the 190 million eggs needed but chum are not committing to Kasnyku Bay. Rather they are moving in and out...
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