Bristol Bay Salmon Fishery Restructuring Study
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In line with its long-term goal of increasing the economic yield from area fish stocks by catalyzing changes in the management of Bay fisheries, BBSRI has taken a lead role in carefully examining options to restructure the Bristol Bay salmon fishery. Please visit the project web site (www.bbsalmon.com) to learn more.
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Inshore Salmon Catch Sampling
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Beginning in 2002, BBSRI assumed primary responsibility for conducting and managing the salmon catch sampling program in Bristol Bay. This project relies on six technicians from CDQ communities gathering scales and other information from 20,000 salmon from the season's catch. The data gathered from the catch is used in both the in-season management of the fishery and for post-season accounting of catch and escapement to develop data sets for forecasting future returns (brood tables). The 2002 season was a great success and we expect to continue taking a lead role in this project in the future.
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Port Moller Test Fishery
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Beginning in 2002 and in a three-way sharing arrangement with the University of Washington and the Alaska Department of Fish and Game, BBSRI provided funding and technical support for the Port Moller Test Fishery. The gillnet test fishery has operated for decades for about a month each year beginning the first week of June. The test fishery collects abundance and age composition along a 50-mile transect offshore of Port Moller, Alaska (Alaska Peninsula). The project relies on one technician from a CDQ community. The data from Port Moller is used by fishery managers and industry to manage the harvest and processing operations in the Bay.
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Comprehensive Research Agenda to Understand the Causes of the Decline of the Kvichak River Sockeye Salmon Stocks
(short description to be provided soon)
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