Yukon River King Salmon Run 2019

In response to guidelines established in the ssfp the board classified yukon river king salmon.
Yukon river king salmon run 2019. The yukon river is home to the longest salmon migration in the world. The chinook salmon run on the yukon river this year is expected to be roughly the same size or slightly smaller than last year and that s frustrating some first nations along the river. The joint technical committee of the international yukon river panel released its annual report detailing the yukon river salmon run of the previous summer earlier this spring. 2019 yukon river summer salmon fishery news release 6 summer update 2 yukon area salmon fishery districts affected.
Fish wheels are dry docked along the bank of the yukon river in tanana friday afternoon june 13 2014. Imagine the salmon swimming up the capillaries of the spruce weymouth says. The yukon river salmon run is the longest in the world the lifeblood of the land and the people who live off it. Sonar estimation of salmon passage in the yukon river near.
Yukon area the chinook run size is forecasted to be similar in size to the 2018 run. Keta is also provided because the overlapping run timing with the king salmon run greatly affects management of both species when conservation of king salmon is necessary. Age sex and length for chinook and summer chum salmon within the yukon area 2016 pfd 1 923 kb. The chinook salmon run timing is predicted to be average this year.
2019 yukon river salmon fishery news release 14 district 6 subsistence and personal use fishing schedules districts affected. It estimates that last year 219 624 chinook salmon plus or minus 10 per cent passed by the pilot station sonar located in alaska upriver from the mouth. A review of yukon river summer chum salmon o. Sonar estimation of salmon passage in the yukon river near pilot station alaska 2017 pfd 2 885 kb.
Northeastern bering sea juvenile chinook salmon survey 2017 and yukon river adult run forecasts 2018 2020 pfd 2 060 kb. The yukon river drainage fisheries association yrdfa is a 501 c 3 non profit association of subsistence and commercial fishers with a mission of protecting and promoting all wild fisheries and traditional cultures within the yukon river drainage.