1996 Kotzebue Sound salmon season summary
Author unknown. 1996. 1996 Kotzebue Sound salmon season summary
This report summarizes the 1996 Kotzebue Sound salmon season. Fishery management objective are to provide adequate chum salmon escapement through the commercial fishery while also meeting subsistence harvest needs. Escapement was not measured in 1996 for lack of a reliable index, but catch rates remained above average for the duration of the season. Tables and graphs are included to document commercial catch statistics for chum salmon, coho salmon, and dolly varden.
- Type
- Unpublished Report
- Authors
- Author unknown
- Date of Issue
- 1996
- Units
- KOVA
- Keywords
- Animal Studies, Aquatic Sciences, Bering Land Bridge National Preserve, Cape Krusentstern National Monument, catch statistics, Commercial Fishing, Harvest, Kobuk Valley National Park, Kotzebue, Salmonid