A special permit is required to participate in the alaska subsistence harvest of migratory birds in cordova andin the kodiak roaded area

Permit holders are required to report their harvest via methods collaborativelyestablished by the alaska migratory bird CO-management council. This project supports work for 2024 datacollection, analysis, review, and reporting for both the cordova and the kodiak roaded area permits. Harvestreporting for the cordova permit is done using a post-season mail form in three mailings. Harvest reporting forthe kodiak roaded area is done employing both an in-season form and are distributed as permits are issued, and apost-season form with three mailings. Data collection, management, analysis and reporting include the followingtasks: collaborate with local partners to gather permit data mail post-season harvest report forms to permitholders, track returns and mail reminders to permit holders that have not yet provided a complete report preparedata for data entry for quality control, enter data twice and correct mismatches analyze data expandingreported harvests to account for permit holders that have not provided a complete harvest report form, calculateestimated harvest and confidence intervals prepare draft reporting in summary, user-friendly version and providepreliminary results for review by ambcc partners address review comments coordinate with ambcc regionalpartners for review and adoption of data, including participation in meetings of the ambcc regional bodies forthe gulf of alaska-cook inlet and kodiak archipelago regions attend ambcc council meetings for both fall 2024AND spring 2025 and coordinate final adoption of permit harvest data.