July 31-Deep Inlet Cost Recovery Update

Cost recovery at Deep Inlet this past week has continued to progress at a slow steady pace. As of today we are 50% complete and a Deep Inlet reopening next week (Stat Wk 32) will not occur. There are strong indications that the fall chum run is entering the sound but we have not seen a large harvestable volume entering the Deep Inlet THA. Thursday’s July 30th Sitka Sound common property seine opening harvested approximately 90,000 chum salmon. Otolith sample information this week indicates over 90% of chum harvested Thursday were NSRAA production, with the fall chum return making up 63% of total. This is the first sample of the season showing more than 50% of the chum harvest being the fall run component. Reminder, the Deep Inlet cost recovery progress bar on the NSRAA home page is updated daily when cost recovery occurs.