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Date Posted: 03:58:56 04/28/04 Wed
Author: Don Johnson
Subject: BOF - Kodiak interception Kenai & Kasilof king salmon

BOF - Kodiak interception Kenai & Kasilof king salmon

Dear Alaska Board of Fisheries Member:

New information has come to my attention concerning the Kenai & Kasilof rivers
king salmon fisheries management problems the Board addressed in Feburary
of 2002. The issue last Feburary was the reduction of the larger early run,
king salmon in the Kenai river and general king salmon escapement concerns
within the early run, Kasilof river.

At the Feburary 2002, Board of Fish meeting little if any concern was given to the
possible saltwater factors which may be affecting these early king runs. I now believe
that this may have been a very serious error within the way all parties addressed
these issues.

I have done much research on this subject since the Feburary meeting and I have
concluded that there are substantial interception issues involved within the saltwater
environment which once fully reviewed, would have played a dramatic role in a correct
solution to the Boards early run concerns.
The issue is (general saltwater interception) of Kenai & Kasilof early run king salmon
and specifally within the Kodiak commercial, sport and subsistence fisheries.
My research has found that Kodiak fisheries have change dramatically within the last
few years. These fisheries have gone from historically catching a couple of thousand
king salmon to presently catching tens of thousands of king salmon.
Many of these kings are local feeder kings but ADF&G data is also showing a large percentage
of these kings are not local.

I have requested all available information from ADF&G to fully address the true Kodiak iterception factor of Kenai & Kasilof king salmon. I have reviewed some ADF&G coded wire tag data which is showing substantial king salmon interception evidence. I believe this
data is part of a bigger picture as to where these kings are really going.
A Kodiak king salmon interception factor was never fully addressed at the Feburary, 2002 BOF meeting.
This Kodiak king salmon interception data has all the signs of a substantial reallocation of fisheries which has resulted within the last few years and very few persons, if any are looking at it.
Kodiak fisheries have gone from historically intercepting 2,000 king salmon per season,
to a present day interception rate of 30,000 - 40,000 kings per season.

This ADF&G data is showing an interception factor which the Board needs to evaluate to correctly determine the degree of the interception.
The ADF&G has substantial data which supports a significant Kenai & Kasilof, king salmon interception factor. The Alaska Board of Fish needs to request this information from the ADF&G in order to correctly evaluate this issue at its
March, 2003 meeting.

I am requesting that the Alaska Board of Fish request all available Kodiak king salmon interception data, including all ADF&G coded wire tag data.
There is no way for the Board of Fish to correctly address early run king problems
within the Kenai & Kasilof rivers without this information.
This information is available but the Board must request it from the ADF&G so it may be processed into a usable format which the Board can deal with in March.

Thank you for your attention to this important matter.

Don Johnson
ccpwow@gci.net

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