One recommendation is to change management of large sockeye runs to minimize incidental king harvest during the commercial fishery. Another is to adjust the triggers to opening the commercial sockeye fishery.
it in 2020. Supported by the Bristol Bay Science and Research Institute, its members continued to meet and work on proposals to modify the plan.
The king salmon committee said proposal 11 is “one part of a larger, more comprehensive solution envisioned by the committee to address issues plaguing management of the Nushagak king salmon fisheries.” It said other components include technical analyses and non-regulatory actions, like implementing a test fishery in June to inform the district’s managers of the abundance of kings and sockeye and reduce king harvest.
There are two other proposals to change the king salmon management plan. Proposal 12 recommends requiring smaller mesh size to minimize king harvest and increasing escapement triggers to allow more kings to swim upriver. Proposal 13 recommends timing the commercial sockeye fishery openers based on high tides to allow pulses of kings to reach the river.
The Nushagak Fish and Game Advisory Committee met Nov. 9 but took no action on proposal 11 or 12. It unanimously opposed proposal 13. The advisory committee will continue its meeting to discuss the Board of Fisheries proposals at 4:30 p.m. on Monday. that the Board of Fish designate Nushagak king salmon as a stock of management concern. At a work session later that month, the Board of Fish agreed. The department will present an action plan at the Bristol Bay meeting.
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