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Return Update-July 8th - NSRAA chum returns last week (stat week 27) seemed to flatline. There was minimal cost recovery completed in Deep Inlet and a moderate amount in SE Cove. The Hidden Falls chum weekly return last week took a slight dip to 50,000 from the previous stat week 26 return of 62,000. So far this week there […]
Return Update-June 25th - NSRAA chinook returns have been picking up the past several weeks with a total estimated harvest in Stat Week 25 of 1,341 adults. The spring chinook fisheries in the Sitka area have harvested over 2,000 Medvejie chinook making up 47% of the Sitka Sound area commercial troll harvest. Currently the return is looking like it […]
Gulf of Alaska Chinook Salmon do not warrant listing under Endangered Species Act - NOAA has concluded its 12-month scientific review to not list Chinook salmon in the Gulf of Alaska as threatened or endangered under the Endangered Species Action (ESA). PRESS RELEASE NMFS ESA Ruling
NSRAA Salmon Bake & Hatchery Tour - NSRAA will be offering hatchery tours and a BBQ lunch at Medvejie Hatchery on Saturday, June 27th. Lunch will consist of barbecued King Salmon, baked potato, green salad, rolls, watermelon and non-alcoholic drinks. Tickets are $15.00 per person- CASH ONLY and can be purchased during office hours at NSRAA- 1308 Sawmill Creek Road. (8-5 Mon-Fri) […]
Support Alaska Hatcheries at Board of Fisheries - Alaska Board of Fisheries Proposals. Your voice is needed. The board of fisheries will take up three hatchery proposals at the statewide meeting. Proposals 170, 171, and 172 seek to impose broad, preemptive reductions or moratoria on Alaska’s private nonprofit (PNP) salmon hatchery program without demonstrating a causal link between hatchery production and the specific […]July 1 Weekly Update
Across the board returns continue to be slow and coming in at, or below, the lower range of our forecasts. At Medvejie we have secured approximately 30% of our Chinook broodstock needs and are evaluating a Bear Cove closure to sport and commercial fishing next week if conditions do not improve. Deep Inlet chum catch continues to tick up in numbers. We are ahead of the 2019 Deep Inlet chum catch to date but tracking right on the lower range of our point forecast of 1.48 million. Hidden Falls continues to disappoint with less than 10,000 fish caught to date and will be closed until further notice beginning with the July 2 Thursday seine opener. Southeast Cove appears to be slowly picking up and the catch there is about half the Hidden Falls catch to date. There has been minimal seine effort at Thomas Bay that we are aware of and has resulted in a harvest of less than 100 chum. Dist 8 gillnet opened this week and we will be otolith sampling area 108-60 later today to see if the fleet is picking up any Thomas Bay bound chum. Both the Hawk Inlet and the Point Gardner test fisheries this week had dismal chum catches with a total of 105 and 44 fish respectively. Hopefully the change in weather will shake things up but so far a disappointing start during a very gloomy time across our state, country and world. Enjoy the sunshine the best you can and if you happen to be in Sitka the 4th of July hasn’t been canceled and the fireworks are still on for July 3rd at 1130pm. Stay safe.
UFA Message to the Fleet
UFA reminds us all to do are part in making this a successful fishing season in light of COVID-19 concerns.
Click on the image below or here to view UFA’s flyer which contains links to coronavirus mandates information and UFA’s COVID-19 page.
Request for Cost Recovery Bids: Coho – 2020 Season
NSRAA is seeking proposals for the licensing right to harvest a defined portion of coho salmon returns in two NSRAA Special Harvest Areas for the 2020 season.
Interested Salmon Buyers: please see the bid documents below for full details. Bid forms are included in each document.
- Coho Cost Recovery – Hidden Falls & Mist Cove
- Bidding Deadline – Proposals must be received at NSRAA’s office by 5:00 p.m. ADT, Friday, May 22, 2020
Request for Cost Recovery Bids: Chum & Chinook – 2020 Season
NSRAA is seeking proposals for the licensing right to harvest a defined portion of chum and Chinook salmon returns in two NSRAA Special Harvest Areas for the 2020 season.
Interested Salmon Buyers: please see the bid documents below for full details. Bid forms are included in each document.
- Chum Cost Recovery – Crawfish Inlet & West Crawfish Inlet
- Chinook Cost Recovery – Medvejie Hatchery (Beach Seine)
- Bidding Deadline – Proposals must be received at NSRAA’s office by 5:00 p.m. ADT, Friday, May 1, 2020
COVID-19 Survey – Sitka Sound Science Center
COVID-19 Survey
The Sitka Sound Science Center is conducting an anonymous attitudinal survey about the novel COVID-19 virus. The purpose of this survey is to collect information that can help design policies and support services for isolated rural communities in Southeast Alaska to help minimize any impact of COVID-19 on our communities as well as their cultural knowledge and heritage.
Please take a few minutes to complete this survey.
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