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Title slide w/ Port Moller photoNorth Alaska Peninsula
By Bob Murphy & Elisa Russ
Port Moller
North Aleutian Basin Energy-Fisheries
March 18-19, 2008
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Image: NASA
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False False Pass Pass Pop. 57Pop. 57
Cold Bay Cold Bay Pop. 78Pop. 78
Nelson Nelson Lagoon Lagoon Pop. 83Pop. 83
Sand Point Sand Point Pop. 918Pop. 918
Port Moller Port Moller Seasonal Seasonal Pop. 150Pop. 150
Port Heiden Port Heiden Pop. 100Pop. 100
King Cove King Cove Pop. 790Pop. 790
North Peninsula Historical Salmon Harvests, 1962-2007
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Salmon harvest:1988-2007 avg = 2.6 million
North Peninsula Historical Salmon Escapements, 1962-2007
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1988-2007 Average Escapement:Approx. 1.8 million salmon
North Peninsula Fishery (Ex-vessel) Value and Number of Participants by Year
1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007
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Total salmon fishery value:20-year average ~ $13.26 million
Permits fished averaged 241 and ranged from 365 to 138
North Peninsula Salmon Streams
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Port Heiden
Cape Seniavin
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Herendeen and Moller Bays
Port HeidenCape Seniavin
Alaska
North Alaska Peninsula Herring Fishing Areas
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North Alaska Peninsula Sac Roe Herring North Alaska Peninsula Sac Roe Herring Harvest and Biomass Estimates, 1984-2007Harvest and Biomass Estimates, 1984-2007
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In 1992, a total of 28,812 tons of herring were observed
20 Year average of 3,534 tons of herring
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Shellfish Fisheries of the Shellfish Fisheries of the Eastern Bering Sea and Eastern Bering Sea and
Bristol BayBristol Bay
Three major fisheries
Bristol Bay red king crab
1998-2007 average harvest: 13.8 million pounds
1998-2007 average fishery value: $62 million
Bering Sea Tanner crab
2005-2007 average harvest: 0.8 million pounds
2005-2007 average fishery value: $1.9 million
note: fishery closed 1997-2004.
Bering Sea snow crab
1998-2007 average harvest: 68.8 million pounds
1998-2007 average harvest: $66.5 million
2007 Red King Crab Survey Catch Density
2007 Tanner Crab Survey Catch Density
2007 Snow Crab Survey Catch Density
Cinder River SCHACinder River SCHA
Port Heiden SCHAPort Heiden SCHA
Port Moller SCHAPort Moller SCHA
Izembek SGRIzembek SGR
Proposed Final Program Area
North Aleutian Basin Planning Area
Cape Seniavin
Sockeye salmon behind the Bear River weir
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Sockeye salmon behind the Bear River weir
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