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Date Posted: 13:40:53 06/09/10 Wed
Author: Don Johnson
Subject: Kodiak King Salmon Intercept

It appears that we are missing a few king salmon on the Kenai River.
Many anglers are wondering where they could have gone to?
The below information regards what is missing and '' WHO " it may have went to.

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The ADF&G would need to project a king escapement of between 5,300 to 9,000 spawning kings in order to reopen
the Kenai for sportfishing. At the time the ADF&G wrote the emergency order, on June 2, all their information
projected only 3,800 kings entering the river. Sportfish was therefore shut-down for a June 2nd lack of 1,500 projected spawners.
Why the ADF&G didn't go to their "Catch and Release Tool" until being able to project those additional 1,500 spawners, is still part of the mystery.

1,500 missing kings escaping by June 3, 2010.
2,554 missing kings escaping by June 7, 2010.
2,859 missing kings escaping by June 9, 2010


Kenai River (king salmon) Chinook - Early Run 2006 - 2010
http://www.sf.adfg.state.ak.us/Fishcounts/index.cfm/FA/main.displayResults
Jun-10-2006 684 6,637
Jun-09 495 5,953
Jun-08 357 5,458
Jun-07 343 5,101
Jun-06 297 4,758
Jun-05 231 4,461
Jun-04 326 4,230
Jun-03 334 3,904
Jun-02 702 3,570
Jun-01 820 2,868
May-31 469 2,048
May-30 401 1,579
May-29 242 1,178
Jun-10-2007 647 6,839
Jun-09 731 6,192
Jun-08 1,146 5,461
Jun-07 996 4,315
Jun-06 605 3,319
Jun-05 519 2,714
Jun-04 303 2,195
Jun-03 277 1,892
Jun-02 186 1,615
Jun-01 225 1,429
May-31 252 1,204
May-30 164 952
May-29 144 788

Jun-10-2008 601 6,341
Jun-09 374 5,740
Jun-08 363 5,366
Jun-07 373 5,003
Jun-06 563 4,630
Jun-05 423 4,067
Jun-04 343 3,644
Jun-03 288 3,301
Jun-02 210 3,013
Jun-01 213 2,803
May-31 361 2,590
May-30 267 2,229
May-29 287 1,962
Jun-10-2009 445 5,006
Jun-09 533 4,561
Jun-08 305 4,028
Jun-07 371 3,723
Jun-06 466 3,352
Jun-05 344 2,886
Jun-04 266 2,542
Jun-03 159 2,276
Jun-02 205 2,117
Jun-01 153 1,912
May-31 239 1,759
May-30 245 1,520
May-29 353 1,275
Date Count Cumulative Notes
Jun-07-2010 215 1,676
Jun-06 259 1,461
Jun-05 266 1,202
Jun-04 165 936
Jun-03 32 771
Jun-02 15 739
Jun-01 25 724
May-31 24 699
May-30 36 675
May-29 36 639





























Jun-07-2010 data baseline
3,723 kings by Jun-07-09
5,003 kings by Jun-07-08
4,315 kings by Jun-07-07
5,101 kings by Jun-06-06
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18,142 total kings over 4 years.
18,142 / 4 = 4,535 king salmon escapement average over 4 years.
1,676 escapeing king by Jun-07-2010
4,535 average escapeing knigs by June 7th - 1,676 kings = 2,859 missing kings by today June 09, 2010

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Jun-06-2010 data baseline
3,352 kings by Jun-06-09
4,630 kings by Jun-06-08
3,319 kings by Jun-06-07
4,758 kings by Jun-06-06
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16,059 total kings over 4 years.
16,059 / 4 = 4,015 king salmon escapement average over 4 years.
1,461 escapeing king by Jun-06-2010
4,015 average escapeing knigs by June 6th - 1,461 kings = 2,554 missing kings by today June 07, 2010.



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NO RESPONSE
----- Original Message -----
From: Don Johnson
To: robert.begich@alaska.gov
Sent: Sunday, June 06, 2010 11:39 AM
Subject: Re: closure of the Kenai from the Soldotna bridge up river ?


Robert,

I am still attempting to find out why the department felt if was not possible to go to H&R fishing
first on the Kenai, before a total sportfish shut-down?

Don Johnson
ccwow@gci.net
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NO RESPONSE
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----- Original Message -----
From: Don Johnson
To: robert.begich@alaska.gov
Sent: Friday, June 04, 2010 9:40 PM
Subject: Re: closure of the Kenai from the Soldotna bridge up river ?

Robert,

I believe that it is inconsistent for the department to shut down the Kenai River this early in the season.
When was the last time the ADF&G made a call to add or remove sportfishing restrictions by June 3rd?
Most of the time when the department sees lots of sonar kings, they say that they don't know if they
can trust the sonar and that their going to wait and see what happens... Then a major decision is made
usually later in June. Why just slam the fishery down without talking to anyone? There was no notice,
no public discussion, no questioning between hook & release and a total shutdown, just instant
slam the door and totally destroying a 40 million dollar sportfishery. What would H&R have cost the river,
maybe 50 kings max.? At least our 40 million dollar sportfishery could have recovered somewhat with H&R.
With the departments slamming of the door goes the claim that the river would be harmed lacking those
50 dead H&R kings. We both know that 50 kings is not going to make or break the Kenai's first run of kings, that's
why the H&R tool was created, because it could help the economy but not really harm the river.
But the department just decided to not even try to use the tool that was given to it.
You said that you are using ALL tools available, well did the department really use ALL
the tools available when it skipped over H&R? I do not believe that 50 kings loss
within H&R, would have helped or harmed whatever kind of run we end up with on the Kenai but
it surely would have helped save our local economy.
Also the Kenai River Professional Guide Association had two days of king fishing planned
for our veterans but the department canceled that along with our economy. Do you have any idea how these
veterans look forward to these free fishing trips every year? These people fought for our country and
were wounded in action as a result, we attempt to help them out by offering free fishing for them but
the department canceled their fishing just because it did not want to use ALL the management tools
available to it. I would really like to know why the department felt it was necessary to skip over
management tools and jump to auto shut-down, wipe out a 40 million dollar sportfish economy and really
mess up our veterans fishing trips? They fought for you and me and what are we supposed to
tell them when they ask why it was totally impossible to go to H&R fishing?


Don Johnson
ccpwow@gci.net


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----- Original Message -----
From: Don Johnson
To: Begich, Robert N (DFG)
Sent: Friday, June 04, 2010 7:28 PM
Subject: Re: closure of the Kenai from the Soldotna bridge up river ?


I understand the tools available but what numbers would we need to see to reopen the river for king fishing?

Don Johnson
ccpwow@gci.net

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From: ccpwow@gci.net [mailto:ccpwow@gci.net]
Sent: Friday, June 04, 2010 10:34 AM
To: Begich, Robert N (DFG)
Subject: Re: closure of the Kenai from the Soldotna bridge up river ?

Robert,

So does that mean that the whole Kenai River is now closed to king fishing? Don, The answer to your question is yes.
those two links do appear to conflict. How do they conflict? RB

http://www.sf.adfg.state.ak.us/EONR/index.cfm/FA/region.R2
http://www.sf.adfg.state.ak.us/Static/EONR/PDFs/2010/R2/EO_2-KS-1-12-10_Kenai_closed.pdf

What escapement numbers and dates will we need to see to reopen the river for king fishing? We will continue to monitor the run
with all tools available in the Kenai if the run strength unexpectedly and significantly increases, management options
may include the lifting of certain restrictions. RB

thanks,

Don Johnson
ccpwow@gci.net

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IF YOU HAPPEN TO BE WONDERING WHERE ALL OF OUR KINGS MAY BE GOING, READ ON.


The Kodiak Intercept Gauntlet.

Historic Kodiak Fisheries Intercept Information.

In 2010 The Department of Fish & Game claims that there is a problem with the escapment of both
king salmon and larger king salmon, within the Kenai's river first run. The below ADF&G data is showing that
if a Kenai river problem really does exist, that there are clearly also saltwater factors involved.
It would be very short-sighted for anyone to claim that only in-river users could cause such large a river problem.
100% of the Kenai rivers early run king salmon must swim through the Kodiak Intercept Gauntlet.
According to ADF&G's own data these Kodiak fisheries are TWICE as effective
as Cook Inlets commercial fisheries in July. Any fishery which was even close to Cook Inlets
July commercial fisheries should have been placed under a microscope by our Alaska Board of Fish
but instead, it has not even been addressed.

KODIAK INTERCEPT FISHERIES

Back in Feburary, 2002 Alaska Board of Fisheries meeting, the Alaska Department of
Fish & Game [ ADF&G ] announced that it believed that the historic, larger king salmon
within the Kenai rivers first run, were on the decline. The ADF&G announced its concerns with little
if any warning and most fisheries use groups were totally blind-sided by it. When the early run data
was presented, most of these use groups accepted it at face value.
The Kenai River Sportfish Association [ KRSA ] immedately accepted the negative
infromation like the pilot of a doomed aircraft being told that his engine had failed.
In this case however, rather than the pilot attempting an emergency landing, the KRSA just strapped
on parachutes and bailed out of the situation. The " bail out " in reality was the KRSA just accepting the
problem at face value and not looking for the many possible reasons which could cause such low
returns of the larger king salmon.
Upon being told that other saltwater factor's could be involved, the KRSA basically disregarded
the thought and would not investigate the possiblity, let alone bring it before the Board.
The Kenai River Professional Guides Association [ KRPGA ] basically took the same
approach in that it also did not even question if saltwater factor's could be involved.
Both associations final word on saltwater factors was that " there are no saltwater fisheries involved
within this early run problem". I believe these decisions were very short-sighted and that actual fisheries
data proves them to be incorrect Because both sport fish associations were basically caught
off-guard, neither group was able to fully use their normal resources. Both associations were " shooting from the hip "
so-to-speak, and really had no time to fully review all the possible factors involved within the very complex problem.
Rather than questioning the ADF&G data or the possible saltwater factors, both associations allowed
the developing problem to just carry them to the scene of accident therefore requiring them to pile on
more restrictions to anglers on the Kenai River.
We should carefully consider ALL FACTORS which may impact the king salmon which are attempting to return to both the
Kenai and Kasilof rivers. The NUMBER ONE consideration which has never been fully investagated by our Board of Fish is
Kodiak commercial, sport and subsistence saltwater interception factors.

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200 miles south of the Kenai river there are only two ways for a Kenai or Kasilof king salmon to enter into Cook Inlet.
These two paths consist of a northern and eastern entrance around Kodiak Island.
The Shelikof Straits make-up the southern entrance and the Kennedy & Stevenson entrances combine
to make-up the eastern entrance.

KODIAK MAP PICTURE
http://www.jobmonkey.com/alaska/html/maps.html

KODIAK MAP PICTURE http://www.kodiak.org/swakmap.html
Kodiak island & surrounding area map

Both of these entry points are heavy guarded by intense commercial, sport and subsistence
fisheries within the month of June. In June of 2001 the Kodiak commercial fishery took
23,827 king salmon. 91% of these kings were taken by Kodiak Purse Seiners and 8%
taken by Kodiak Set Gillnets.
Kodiak sport fishing took 8,541 king salmon in 2001, with 351 kings being taken
by Kodiak subsistence fisheries.
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23,827 Commercial King salmon 73%
8,541 Sport King salmon --------- 26%
+ 351 Subsistence King salmon 1%
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32,719 King salmon taken in 2001 within Kodiak Management Area Fisheries.

73% of total reported, king salmon taken by Kodiak commercial fisheries
were taken by the Kodiak Commercial Seine Fishery. What is a Seine Fishery?
click here - http://www.jobmonkey.com/alaska/html/purse_seining.html
The Kodiak Commercial Seine Fleet fully guards both Cook Inlet Entrances
and removed 21,611 king salmon from these entrances in June of 2001.
Kodiak set gill netting also removed 2,216 more king salmon in 2201.

KODIAK MAP PICTURE
http://www.fakr.noaa.gov/images/kodiak_map_hg_sm.jpg

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Kodiak Intercept Fisheries have grown substantially in the last 10 years and this can
be clearly seen by the rapid increase in its total king salmon catch.

A.] KODIAK MANAGEMENT AREA COMMERCIAL SALMON
ANNUAL MANAGEMENT REPORT, 2001

Historical Commercial King Salmon Catch In The Kodiak Management Area,
1899 - 2001. Commercial gill net, seine and troller King salmon harvested.
[ page 44]. King Salmon Harvested

Year Kings
1899 ---- 1,104
1905 ---- 2,496
1909 ---- 3,907
1917 ---- 1,457
1927 ---- 4,358
1931 ---- 1,541
1936 ---- 2,548
1945 ---- 2,021
1951 ---- 2,402
1959 ---- 1,837
1972 ---- 1,300
1981 ---- 1,418
1987 ---- 4,612
1990 ---- 18,806
1991 ---- 22,233
1992 ---- 24,299
1995 ---- 18,704
1997 ---- 18,728
2001 ---- 23,827
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Commercial salmon harvest by gear type in the Kodiak Management Area, 2001.
Early Run Commercial fishing begins June 5th.
Purse Seine --- 21,611 King salmon - 91%
Set gillnet --- 2,216 King salmon - 8%
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23,827 Commercial king salmon
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B.] Historical Sport Fish King Salmon Catch In The Kodiak
Management Area, 1977 - 2001. King Salmon Harvested
Year Kings
1977 ---- 483
1979 ---- 752
1981 ---- 789
1984 ---- 921
1986 ---- 520
1990 ---- 996
1991 ---- 2,508
1992 ---- 2,217
1993 ---- 5,092
1994 ---- 3,166
1995 ---- 2,662
1997 ---- 5,221
1998 ---- 4,052
1999 ---- 6,791
2000 ---- 9,629
2001 ---- 8,541
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C.] Subsistence early run, salmon fishery harvest Kodiak
Management Area. [ Page 54 ] King Salmon Harvested
Year Kings
1990 --- 131 King Salmon
1991 --- 177 King Salmon
1992 --- 318 King Salmon
1993 --- 243 King Salmon
1994 --- 205 King Salmon
1995 --- 175 King Salmon
1996 --- 253 King Salmon
1997 --- 383 King Salmon
1998 --- 350 King Salmon
1999 --- 296 King Salmon
2000 --- 351 King Salmon
2001 --- 351 King Salmon, est. not final
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23,827 Commercial king salmon 73%
+ 8,541 Sport king salmon --------- 26%
351 Subsistence king salmon 1%
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32,719 King salmon were taken in 2001 within Kodiak Management Area Fisheries.
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There were 12,069 king salmon commercially havested within the Cook Inlet Area in July & August of 2002.
There were 32,719 king salmon caught within Kodiak Fisheries in June of 2001.
This demonstrates a combined June Kodiak commercal/sport/subsistence harvest
which is TWICE as effective as Cook Inlets July commercial fishery.

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----- Original Message
Below is some general information regarding our Kodiak Intercept Fishery.
It also explains how we waste 4 billion dollars each year allowing Kodiak to intercept
sport allocated fish stocks.

Alaska's Kodiak Island Commercial Fisheries literary guard the front-door to
our Cook Inlet Fisheries. Below is listed what we do with the ever reducing number of salmon
Kodiak Commercial Fisherman allow to enter Cook Inlet waters.

When commercial gill netters start telling ya just how important
what they do is, try responding with a little dose of REALITY.
Here are some of The Facts our ADF&G and commercial gill netters
will never tell you.

1.] More than 60% of the anglers who fish the Kenai River watershed and
Cook Inlet live in Anchorage.

2.] Cook Inlet is home to more than 60% of the Alaska sportfishery but less than
6 percent of the statewide commercial salmon harvest.

3.] Some 1,340 commercial fishermen are allocated about 85-90 percent of the Cook Inlet
salmon harvest, while 216,000 sport anglers and an unknown number of personal
users receive only 10-15 percent of that same harvest.

4.] The 2004 Kenai Peninsula Borough Comprehensive Plan shows the economic impact
of sportfishing on the Kenai Peninsula was worth $664 million in 2003, while
commercial fishing was valued at $54 million in 2002.

5.] Setnet fishermen receive about 80 cents per pound for a 40-pound king salmon;
the sport angler spends about $1,200 to catch a 40-pound king! That comes down to
$40 per pound sport and 80 cents per pound commercial. This results in a resource
want and waste factor to the State of $39.20 per pound when a king salmon is allocated
to commercial users.

6.] In 2004, the Upper Cook Inlet commercial east-side setnet fishery harvested more
second-run Kenai River kings as by-catch than the entire sportfishery caught. The ADF&G
recorded that commercial east-side setnets "accidentally" caught 22,000 kings, while
sport anglers caught 18,000 kings. Does it mean anything to you that from 1998-2002,
our ADF&G "recorded" an averaged 6,700 incidental king harvest by these same setnets?
Before 2002 an average of 6,700 annually and in 2004, 22,000 kings? That's a three fold
increase in the second-run king by-catch by ADF&G's own records.

Since the total number of total Kodiak commercial harvest was 110,773,000 pounds
of salmon and they received about a maximum of a dollar per pound; that gives a
commercial catch value of $35,640,000 USD. Using the above sport/commercial fisheries
dollar value ratio, sportfisheries are willing to pay about $39.20 more per pound
than commercial fish processors.
2009's catch of 110,773,000 pounds of Kodiak salmon multiplied by $39.20 comes to,
[110,773,000 pounds X $39.20 per pound ] = $4,312,000,000.
That is roughly a 4 billion dollar State waste! Each year!
This means that the State of Alaska wastes a possible 4 billion dollar natural resource
surplus each year when it allocated these fish to commercial fisheries instead
of sportfisheries.
4 billion dollars is a lot money to waste; especially when the State of Alaska gets upset
with its residents if they WANT & WASTE even five pounds of wild-game during a hunt!

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Kodiak salmon numbers are up?
Article published on Wednesday, November 18th, 2009
By LOUIS GARCIA

The Alaska Department of Fish and Game on Monday released the preliminary summary
for the 2009 salmon season and Kodiak harvest numbers as well as monetary values
that were an improvement over 2008.
“This year was a pretty strong year,” assistant Kodiak area salmon/herring management
biologist Geoff Spalinger said.
Chinook, sockeye, coho, pink and chum salmon are the types of fish included in the data.
Average weights for individual types of fish, average price per pound, number of fish
harvested, total weight of fish harvested and estimated value of the catch is all recorded in the report.
This year, preliminary estimates for number of fish harvested are at 30,630,000 while the
weight for harvested fish is at 110,773,000 pounds.
The preliminary summary has the estimated value of the catch estimated at $35,640,000.
In 2008, 11,837,000 fish were harvested weighing in at 52,823,000 pounds.
The value of the catch in that report was slightly lower at $30,585,000.
The estimated average price per pound for chinook in Kodiak was 80 cents per pound;
sockeye, $1.11; coho, 48 cents; pink, 23 cents; and chum, 36 cents.
Price per pound last year was slightly higher. Chinook was $1 per pound; sockeye,
$1.19; coho, $1.20; pink, 36 cents; and chum, 50 cents.
Kodiak, Southeast, Prince William Sound, Cook Inlet, Bristol Bay, Chignik,
Alaska Peninsula/Aleutian Islands, Kuskokwim, Norton Sound, Yukon and
Kotzebue make up the areas where total harvest data originates.
The number of total harvested salmon from these areas is 161.7 million.
This was the 11th largest harvest since statehood.
The 2009 harvest was 15 million fish higher than the 2008 harvest that came in at 146 million.
It was also 14 million fish below the preseason forecast of 175 million fish and
11 million below the most recent 10-year average of 172-million fish for commercial harvest.
The estimated value of all of the areas for the 2009 catch totals $370.1 million,
which is higher than the most recent 10-year average of $308 million.
The preliminary average prices however show decreases for all species of salmon
across the state compared to 2008. The statewide chum salmon harvest of 17.9 million
fish is the seventh best harvest since statehood, but the ex-vessel (price per pound) value
of $57.4 million was below the near record setting 2008 ex-vessel value of $87.1 million.
Final 2009 prices may be higher for all species after post-season adjustments and
end-of-season bonuses paid to fishermen.
These preliminary estimates will be revised in 2010 when all fish ticket data and the
submission of annual processors reports that include the final prices paid for salmon in 2009 are finalized.
Mirror writer Louis Garcia can be reached via e-mail at lgarcia@kodiakdailymirror.com
http://www.kodiakdailymirror.com/?pid=19&id=8236


Don Johnson
ccpwow@gci.net

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Kodiak Commercial salmon fisheries normally begin in early June of each year.
These fisheries opened June 9th in 2009 and ended on Sept. 30th, 2009.
Kodiak, Chignik, Alaska Peninsula Commercial Intercept King Fisheries
20,000 king salmon average intercepted each year, Kodiak
5,000 king salmon average intercepted each year, Chignik
6,000 king salmon average intercepted each year, Alaska Peninsula
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Kodiak area commercial fisheries are intercepting an average of 31,000 king salmon each and every year.
http://www.cf.adfg.state.ak.us/region4/finfish/salmon/kodiak/09kodseasum.pdf

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Kodiak ADF&G Commercial Fishies Collecting Sockeye Scale Samples In Larsen Bay?
If the ADF&G can take scale samples of sockeye salmon for research purposes why
can't they also take scale samples of Kodiak commercial fisheries king salmon, to determine their river of origin?
This kind of a program would go a long ways to actually show Cook Inlet fisheries that Kodiak is or
is not intercepting Cook Inlet king salmon.
http://www.cf.adfg.state.ak.us/region4/finfish/salmon/kodiak/catch.php

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Kodiak Commercial Fisheries Area Map
http://www.cf.adfg.state.ak.us/region4/finfish/salmon/kodiak/kodstatmap.pdf

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Statewide Alaska Commercial King Salmon Bycatch, 1970-2007
http://www.cf.adfg.state.ak.us/geninfo/finfish/salmon/catchval/history/1970-2007s.php

2007 563,807 King Salmon


2006 625,760 King Salmon


2005 680,329 King Salmon


2004 802,989 King Salmon


2003 613,870 King Salmon


2002 557,305 King Salmon



Commercial Chinook Salmon Catches 1878 - 2008


All Salmon or Chum | Coho | Pink | Sockeye
http://www.cf.adfg.state.ak.us/geninfo/finfish/salmon/catchval/history/chin1878.php
For additional information regarding Alaska's salmon fisheries
please contact dfg.dcf.info@alaska.gov.

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All Salmon Species Combined
All Commercial Salmon Catches 1878 - 2008


http://www.cf.adfg.state.ak.us/geninfo/finfish/salmon/catchval/history/all_1878.php
For additional information regarding Alaska's salmon fisheries
please contact dfg.dcf.info@alaska.gov.

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Kodiak management area commercial salmon annual management report ... ... Alaska Commercial Entry Commission, Juneau. Roppel, P. 1986. Salmon from Kodiak:
a history of the salmon fishery of Kodiak Island, Alaska. ...
www.sf.adfg.state.ak.us/FedAidPDFs/fmr07-25.pdf
[ More results from www.sf.adfg.state.ak.us/FedAidPDFs ]

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Recent History of Chinook Salmon Harvests in Marine Waters of ... Recent history of chinook salmon harvests in marine waters of ... from chinook salmon
harvested in commercial salmon fisheries near Kodiak, 1980-1995.
www.sf.adfg.state.ak.us/FedAidPDFs/fmr98-01.pdf

http://google.state.ak.us/search?sort=date%3AD%3AL%3Ad1&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&q=+kodiak+commercial+salmon+history&site=DFG&client=DFG&proxystylesheet=DFG&output=xml_no_dtd&submit.x=19&submit.y=14


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---- Original Message -----
From: Don Johnson
Sent: Sunday, June 06, 2010 4:07 PM
Subject: Commercial Intercept King Fisheries


Kodiak Area commercial salmon fisheries
http://www.cf.adfg.state.ak.us/region4/finfish/salmon/maps/kod_all.php

2009 Kodiak Commercial Fisheries Summary 2009
20,000 king salmon intercepted each year on a 10 year average. 1999 - 2008 data
http://www.cf.adfg.state.ak.us/region4/finfish/salmon/kodiak/09kodseasum.pdf

2009 Chignik Commercial Fisheries Summary 2009
5,000 king salmon intercepted each year.
http://www.cf.adfg.state.ak.us/region4/finfish/salmon/chignik/09chigsum.pdf

Alaska Peninsula, Aleutian Islands, Atka - Amlia Island Fisheries Summary 2009
6,000 king salmon intercepted each year.
http://www.cf.adfg.state.ak.us/region4/finfish/salmon/penin/09summaryaream.pdf

Kodiak, Chignik, Alaska Peninsula Commercial Intercept King Fisheries
20,000 king salmon average intercepted each year
5,000 king salmon average intercepted each year
6,000 king salmon average intercepted each year
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31,000 intercepted king salmon each year by Kodiak Area Commercial Fisheries.

And the Kenai River was shut-down because it lacked being able to project an escapement of 1,500 king salmon?
At least 31,000 kings being removed from the equation BEFORE Cook Inlet even has a chance to try to reach
its king escapement goal in June each year and this is just from one area down south. The bycatch within
the Gulf of Alaska also must be addressed and you can just guess what their bycatch king numbers are.

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This is what I believe needs to be done regarding Bycatch and Alaska fisheries.

Many things need to be changed but the key issue which needs to change is the commercial fisherman's
ability to sell and profit from killing non-targeted species. That would mean that comm. fish should be
required to DONATE all bycatch to charity. By charity I mean a Food Bank. This would avoid comm. fish
donating it to their favorite "comm. fish non-profit".
This change alone, over time, would eventually end up preventing most bycatch. With this change comm. fish would
eventually be forced to at least begin thinking about avoiding non-targeted species. Its all about money, if you
can make bycatch non-profitable, they will eventually find a way to prevent the loss.
As long as comm. fish is allowed to profit from its bycatch, the bycatch issue will never go away and therefore
all public fisheries will suffer forever. I am suggesting that anglers organize and do whatever it takes to begin
a process which will eventually prevent all comm. fish from profiting from all of their bycatch.
This would mean that we would have to compel the Alaska Board of Fish and the North Council.to make
this change.

Below are additional Kodiak commercial gillnet ineterception web posts.

Reference web posting:
Dear Alaska Board of Fisheries Member:
http://www.voy.com/177140/4/21.html

KODIAK INTERCEPT FISHERIES & USER PARACHUTES
http://www.voy.com/177140/4/20.html

Kodiak Gill Net Intercept Fishery
http://www.voy.com/177140/4/17.html

Kodiak / Cook Inlet king bycatch relationship
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