August 21st Weekly Return Update
Fall chum returns to Deep Inlet this week have been exceptionally strong and current harvest estimates for Stat WK 33 has total chum harvest of just over 1 million fish. This is a record weekly harvest of chum for Deep Inlet with the vast majority of harvest occurring with the seine fisheries in Deep Inlet and Sitka Sound of approximately 890k fish for the week. Troll effort has lessened in the past week for Sitka Sound but good numbers of chum are still being caught by those trollers still participating in the Sitka Sound chum fishery. Troll chum harvest this past week in Sitka Sound was...
Read MoreAugust 16th Weekly Return Update
Deep Inlet re-opened this week and it has been quite a week with fall chum salmon harvest approaching 700k combined total between the gear groups. With several days left to go in the week and an ongoing Sitka Sound seine pink opening, this weeks chum harvest is approaching record territory and will definitely end up somewhere in the top 3 for all time weekly total. There continues to be a strong chum troll harvest in Sitka Sound this week and will once again top 100k for the third week in a row with total chum troll harvest is approaching 600k for the season. Seine chum harvest this week for...
Read MoreAugust 8th, Weekly Return Update-Deep Inlet to Re-Open Saturday Aug 10th
Deep Inlet will re-open Saturday August 10th to troll. The ADFG announcement will be coming out later today. Please pay particular attention to the ADFG announcement as seine and gillnet days will be altered from standard schedule next week and the following weeks until cost recovery is completed. The Fishing schedule has been altered next week (stat wk 33) to even up the required 1:1 net rotation and has been altered for the following weeks to allow increased opportunity for completion of cost recovery. As occurred pre-closure, Deep Inlet proper will be closed at the entrance to the inlet....
Read MoreAug 2 Weekly Return Update-Deep Inlet Tentative Re-Opening schedule
The NSRAA Executive Committee met on Friday Aug 2 to discuss current Deep Inlet cost recovery progress and to develop a tentative Deep Inlet re-opening schedule. Barring unforeseen lack of progress on cost recovery this coming week Deep Inlet will re-open on Saturday Aug 10th to Troll. In order to equalize the 1:1 required net ratio for the Deep Inlet gillnet/seine rotation the following fishing schedule will occur for Stat Week 32 into Stat Week 33. Sat Aug 10th Troll, Sun-Mon Aug 11th-12th Seine, Tue-Wed Aug 13th-14th gillnet. After August 14th the weekly Deep Inlet rotation will return to...
Read MoreJuly 25th Weekly Return Update
This past week summer chum returns continue to decline and it appears most, if not all, summer chum sites are experiencing an earlier than typical end to the run. While we are in the final week to 10 days until the last of the summer chum make it home we have just passed the 3 million fish mark for the season. This number includes common property, brood stock and cost recovery. It is anticipated that we will likely end up near our preseason forecast of 3.5 million summer stock chum. SE Cove is the only site to surpass their preseason forecast so far. Hidden Falls egg take is proceeding...
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