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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 […]
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August 25th-Deep Inlet to reopen Tuesday August 26th - Cost recovery has been completed for Deep Inlet. The Deep Inlet THA will reopen starting Tuesday with the following rotation for this week(stat wk 35)-Tuesday-Troll, Wednesday-seine, Thur/Fri-gillnet, Saturday seine. Next week the Deep Inlet rotation will revert to the regular schedule of Sunday-seine, Mon-Wed-gillnet, Thur/Fri-seine and Saturday-troll. The ADFG announcement should be out shortly.
August 22-Deep Inlet Cost Recovery Progress Update - Based upon Friday morning Deep Inlet cost recovery progress, a Deep Inlet reopening announcement will not be issued at this time. At current harvest rates it is unlikely our cost recovery goal will be met by end of day Saturday. The next potential reopening announcement has been pushed back to Monday, August 25th and will […]
Return Update-August 19th - Deep Inlet Last week a total of 276,000 chum salmon returned to Deep Inlet. The majority of the harvest, 156,000, occurred in the pink salmon seine fishery in Eastern Channel. Troll harvest in Sitka Sounds also increased last week with approximately 60,000 chum harvested by 67 troll permit holders. An additional 35,000 chum were harvested […]Spring Troll Fisheries Underway
Spring Troll Fisheries have been in progress since mid-April, with catch rates increasing in recent weeks. A total of about 7,758 kings have been landed to date (through May 28) Southeast-wide.
Hidden Falls 2015 Season Assessment Tax Rate Set
The 2015 Hidden Falls Chum Assessment Tax has been set at $0.10 / pound …….UPDATE 6/19/15: RATE is approved and is NOW FINAL…
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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.
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!
Medvejie Eggtakes Complete – 87 million eggs
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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