Pacific salmon treaty coded wire tag funds provided for this project will be used to maintain or increase coded wire tag sampling rates for chinook salmon caught in commercial fisheries in southeast…

The Department of Commerce National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration awarded a $2.14 million Project Grant to the Alaska Department of Fish & Game under the Pacific Coast Salmon Recovery Pacific Salmon Treaty Program (CFDA 11.438) for the period of July 1, 2022 through December 31, 2023. Funding will support maintaining or increasing coded wire tag sampling rates for Chinook salmon caught in commercial fisheries in Southeast Alaska at an objective of 20% or more each statistical week, gear, and strata. Personnel will also work to increase the efficiency of coded wire tag recovery through the use of handheld tag detection wands and collect matched scale and tissue samples from commercially harvested Chinook salmon in Southeast Alaska troll and select net fisheries. The sub-awardee, State of Alaska, will implement the project through the Alaska Office of the Governor.

Pacific salmon treaty coded wire tag funds provided for this project will be used to maintain or increase coded wire tag sampling rates for chinook salmon caught in commercial fisheries in southeast alaska at an objective of 20% or more each statistical week, gear, and strata. Personnel funding through this project will continue to work to increase the efficiency of coded wire tag recovery through the use of handheld tag detection wands to identify chinook salmon with adipose FIN clips that do not contain coded wire tags. Matched scale and tissue samples will be collected from commercial harvested chinook salmon in the southeast alaska troll and select net fisheries.