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NSRAA Spring Board Meeting : March 11-12 in Juneau

Posted by on Mar 4, 2015 in news | 0 comments

NSRAA Spring Board Meeting : March 11-12 in Juneau

NSRAA’s 2015 Spring Board of Directors Meeting will be held on Wednesday & Thursday, March 11-12, 2015 in Juneau at the DIPAC Visitor Center. Meetings begin at 9 am each day. The public is invited to attend. Topics will include NSRAA’s FY16 Budget, planning for the 2015 season and beyond, program updates and review of recent Board of Fish actions. To view the agenda, the full board book and staff presentations, visit our Board Info page.

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NSRAA BOARD OF DIRECTORS MEETING – NOV 12-13, 2014

Posted by on Oct 30, 2014 in news | 0 comments

NSRAA BOARD OF DIRECTORS MEETING – NOV 12-13, 2014

NSRAA’s Board of Directors will meet in the Sitka board room on November 12-13. Review the agenda here. The full board book can be found here. Staff presentations will be posted on the Board Info page several days prior to the meeting. The 2014 season will be reviewed; new projects and planning for 2015 will be among the topics discussed. The meeting is open to the public. We hope to see you there!

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Medvejie Eggtakes Complete – 87 million eggs

Posted by on Sep 16, 2014 in news | 0 comments

Eggtakes for Medvejie were completed Monday at 87 million eggs. This meets all Medvejie program goals. An additional 2 million eggs were taken for SJ Hatchery. It appears there are about 15,000 adults excess to broodstock needs. These fish will be harvested for cost recovery or will move up to raceways and harvested. The fisheries at Deep Inlet will continue at least through the end of the month.

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Medvejie & Deep Inlet Update – 9 September

Posted by on Sep 9, 2014 in news, Uncategorized | 0 comments

Medvejie experienced a huge flood on Saturday which destroyed the weir. Fortunately, we employ a barrier net for back up and it saved thousands of fish from going upstream. Fish scattered but came together and we had our best day on Monday with 5.7 million eggs. This brings us to 57% of the goal and it feels like we might make it. There are still plenty of fish around. Deep Inlet catch on Saturday was better than expected. New fish continue to move in. The best news was the high percent of 3 year olds in the seine and gillnet catch on Thursday and...

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Deep Inlet to Open Wednesday – Troll; Thursday – Seine; & Saturday – Gillnet

Posted by on Sep 1, 2014 in news | 0 comments

Deep Inlet will open as per the ADF&G announcement that went out at 2 p.m. today. This week only Wednesday troll, Thursday seine 6 a.m. to 9 p.m, and Saturday gillnet 6 a.m. to 9 p.m. Next week beginning Sunday (new stat week) return to published schedule. We moved the 30,000 chum to Medvejie today starting at 6:45 a.m. with ETA of 5:45 p.m. tonight. Eggtakes improved today as the fish are pushing harder and ended with 3.7 million eggs, our best day this year at Medvejie. We expect to ramp up to 5 million per day soon. Good luck in the re-opening and thanks for your patience and...

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