Survey of fishery resources in the Meshik River drainage basin
Wagner TA and Lanigan SH. 1988. Survey of fishery resources in the Meshik River drainage basin. Alaska Fisheries Technical Report. 1. US Fish and Wildlife Service, Region 7. King Salmon, AK
A fish resource inventory of the Meshik River drainage basin was conducted from 22 May to 4 September 1984 to provide baseline data on the physical, chemical, and biological characteristics of the drainage. The Meshik River drainage is siturated along a proposed pipeline corridor crossing the Alaska Peninsula from Port Heiden Bay to Kujulik Bay and is within the boundaries of the Alaska Peninsula National Wildlife Refuge (refuge) (anonymous 1985). Gill nets, minnow nets, fyke nets and hook and line were used to collect fish; aerial surveys were flown to identify salmonid spawning areas. Riverine habitat was observed during float trips and foot surveys of the river. Species commonly found include: (1) adult and juvenile chinook (Oncorhynchus tshawytscha), coho (O. kisutch), sockey (O. nerka) and chum (O. keta) salmon; (2) Dolly Varden (Salvelinus malma); (3) coastrange sculin (Cottus aleuticus); (4) threespine (Gasterosteus aculeatus) and ninespine (Pugitius pungitius) sticklback. One Alaska blackfish (Dallia pectoralis), one starry flounder (Platichthys stellatus) and 11 pink salmon (O. gorbuscha) were captured....
- Type
- Published Report
- Authors
- Wagner, Threresa; Lanigan, Steven
- Date of Issue
- 1988-12
- Publisher
- US Fish and Wildlife Service, Region 7
- Units
- ANIA
- Keywords
- Anaikchak National Monument and Preserve AK, Animal Studies, Aquatic Sciences, Birds, Chinook, Coho, Dolly Varden, Drainage, Fish, Fisheries, fisheries studies, Freshwater Fish, Mammals, Meshik, Plants, Resources, Salmonid, Salmonids, Sockeye Salmon, Spawning, Species Lists, Vegetation, Water Chemistry