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During recent years (FY 2001-05) the Commercial Fisheries Division of the Alaska Department of Fish and Game (ADF&G) has received approximately 10-13 million dollars annually of funding from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) for assisting state fisheries research, restoration and development activities statewide. This award funding has been allocated for diverse commercial marine fisheries, including all species of Pacific salmon, king and Tanner crabs, various groundfish, rockfish, sea urchins, scallops, and geoduck clams.

ADF&G federally funded commercial fisheries research is intended to promote, in addition to NOAA award conditions and objectives, the department's core mission to protect, maintain, and improve state fishery resources, and manage their use and development for the maximum benefit of the people of the state, consistent with sustained yield principles. Department services in this respect include providing ample opportunities to utilize fishery resources, ensuring sustainable and harvestable surpluses, and providing accurate information to and involving the public in the management of fishery resources.

The ADF&G Commercial Fisheries Federal Aid Program has compiled the following showcase examples of NOAA funded fishery research projects conducted during FY 2001-05 that were, following completion, judged particularly successful by fishery managers and scientists for meeting the goals and objectives stated in the department’s mission for both state and federally managed fisheries. Some of these individual overviews also include links to supplemental presentations that provide additional project detail.

These project summaries will be augmented with additional project success stories as they become available.

These outstanding research projects were supported through the following multi-year or continuing year NOAA federal assistance awards: Extended Jurisdiction, Nearshore Marine Fisheries Research, Alaska Fisheries Information Network, Norton Sound Fishery Disaster Fund, Yukon River Salmon Negotiation Studies, and U.S./Canada Pacific Salmon Treaty.

Questions or inquiries concerning these federally funded NOAA award projects may be directed to Stephen E. Wright, Federal Aid Coordinator, Division of Commercial Fisheries (907) 465-6121 or e-mailed to stephen.wright@alaska.gov.

 

Project Summaries

Extended Jurisdiction Fisheries Research:

• Crab Biology and Ecology (PDF file* - 192K)
  
  
  • Climatic Effects on Crab Discard Mortality and Implications for Fisheries Management ( Flash presentation file*** - 4,682K )
    

  • Predicting Body and Leg Temperatures of Crabs Exposed to Air - The Link Between Weather and Handling Mortality
    ( PDF file* - 2.060K )
    
    
  • Developing Thermal Models for Morphologically Complex Organisms Exposed to Air: Crabs in Winter Fisheries
    ( Flash presentation file*** - 2,401K )
    
    
• Crab Management Strategies and Crab Biometrics (PDF file* - 554K)
  
  
• Demersal Shelf Rockfish Stock Assessment in the Eastern Gulf of Alaska (PDF file* - 1,715K)
  
  
• Cooperative Management of Statewide Weathervane Scallops (LARGE PDF file* - 2,035K)

Nearshore Marine Fisheries Research:

• Geoduck Clam Commercial Fisheries Research (PDF file* - 261K)
  
  
• Red Sea Urchins Commercial Fisheries Research (PDF file* - 289K)

Pacific Salmon Treaty:

• Inseason Abundance-Based Management for Stikine, Taku, and Alsek River Salmon Stocks (PDF file* - 65K)

• Are 5 Years of Population Estimation and 3 Years of Radio Telemetry Enough to Manage Alsek River Sockeye Salmon? (PDF file* - 154K)
  

• Alsek River Sockeye Salmon: Abundance and Spawning Distribution from Mark-Recapture and Radio Telemetry
  ( Flash presentation file*** - 6,803K)
  
  
• Three Case Studies of Cooperative Research and Management of Shared Salmong Resources in Southeast Alaska and Northern British Columbia (PDF file* - 409K)
  
  
  • Multi-Agency Research and Management of Transboundary River Salmon Stocks in Southeast Alaska and Northern British Columbia ( Flash presentation file*** - 6,358K)

Norton Sound Fishery Disaster:

• Research and Prevention Relative to the 1999 Norton Sound Fishery Disaster: Sockeye Salmon Restoration in Salmon Lake — Pilgrim River Drainage (PDF file* - 560K)

Alaska Fisheries Information Network (AKFIN):

• Providing Critical Support to Fisheries Management in Alaska's Groundfish and Shellfish Fisheries through Fisheries Catch and Biological Data Collections and Fish Age Determination (PDF file* - 420K)

Yukon River Salmon Agreement Studies:

• Yukon River Chinook Salmon Radio Telemetry (PDF file* - 202K)

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