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2017 Fishing Schedules & Harvest Plans

Posted by Chip Blair on Mar 30, 2017 in cost recovery, news, schedule | 0 comments

NSRAA has finalized 2017 Schedules for Deep Inlet and Hidden Falls chum fisheries. Remember that these schedules are for planning purposes and that ADF&G News releases are the official schedules. The schedules and plans can be viewed on NSRAA’s Homepage, or on the FrontPage.

NSRAA 2017 Spring Board Meeting

Posted by Chip Blair on Jan 6, 2017 in news | 0 comments

NSRAA’s 2017 Spring Board of Directors Meeting will be held on Wednesday & Thursday, March 8-9, 2017 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 FY18 budget, program updates, and planning for the 2017 season and beyond. Click here for the meeting agenda.

NSRAA Fall Board Meeting: November 9-10 in Sitka

Posted by Chip Blair on Oct 28, 2016 in news | 0 comments

NSRAA’s 2016 Fall Board of Directors Meeting will be held on Wednesday & Thursday, November 9-10, 2016 in Sitka in the NSRAA Board Room. Meetings begin at 9 am each day. The public is invited to attend.

Topics will include a review of the 2016 season, program updates and planning for the 2017 season and beyond. To view the agenda, the full board book and staff presentations, visit our Board Info page.

Deep Inlet Update – August 29

Posted by Steve Reifenstuhl on Aug 29, 2016 in hatchery, news, Uncategorized | 0 comments

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 to go. Broodstock numbers look sufficient to complete the job.

We have another 50,000 lbs to complete cost recovery.

Deep Inlet to Open Saturday August 27 for Troll, Sunday Seine……

Posted by Steve Reifenstuhl on Aug 26, 2016 in hatchery, news, schedule | 0 comments

Thursday August 25 at 2 pm ADF&G announced that Deep Inlet would reopen on Saturday August 27 beginning with a Troll rotation, followed by Seine on August 28, and Gillnet on August 29. This puts the fishery rotation in the normal sequence for the remainder of the season.

Cost recovery should be completed today, August 26. There is something less than 100,000 lbs. remaining. We will make the final tally today and hope to close it out. If we do not complete cost recovery today we may harvest outside of the Deep Inlet THA but within NSRAA’s larger SHA.

Broodstock numbers look good at Bear Cove. We have 15 million eggs of the 92 million goal.