Methods, such as continued fyke net and metal trap fishing at index sites and operation of 

 nets in the lower river, to evaluate the index project are considered. 



Alaska 5-6-R Allen Davis $A7,000 



Cook Inlet sockeye salmon investigation - Research is continued on annual dovmstream migra- 

 tion of sockeye salmon smolt, time of migration, and condition of the fish in the Kenai and 

 Kasilof Rivers in an attempt to better understand the carrying capacity of the river systems. 

 Information is obtained, also, on spawning grounds, age and sex composition of the catch, 

 and escapement of sockeye salmon in Cook Inlet drainages. 



Alaska 5-7-R Martin F. Eaton Completed 1967 



Investigation of factors limiting the production of introduced sockeye in lakes - Sockeye 

 salmon are introduced into Frazer Lake by installing ladders at obstructions in outlet streams 

 and by planting adult fish and eyed eggs in potential spawning ai-eas of inlet streams. Sur- 

 vival and growth of juveniles are investigated to evaluate factors limiting production in the 

 lake system. 



Alaska i-8-R Kenneth Dewley $22,800 



Monitoring the effects of land use on salmon production - The U.S. Forest Service and the 

 Alaska Department of Fish and Game have developed a monitoring program designed to detect 

 environmental changes in streams before, during, and after logging. This project provides 

 for continued monitoring of selected pink saljnon streams in Southeastern Alaska. 



Alaska AFC-2 Lyle Simpson ;U9,000 



Sockeye salmon migration behavior and biological statistics collection. Southeastern Alaska - 

 Weirs are operated at Hugh Smith, Helta, Klawock, Chilkat, _'and Salmon Bays, and at Tahltan, 

 Klakas, and Redfish Lakes to obtain racial and age data on sockeye salmon stocks and to make 

 counts of the escapement. As a result "of small .catches, tagging studies to obtain information 

 on migratory routes of the marked fish were, abandoned after the.. 1967 season. 



Alaska AFC-3 Robert S. Roys , '' $102,800 



Restoration and rehabilitation of earthquake-daAiaged pink and'ohum' salmon streams in Prince 

 William Sound, Alaska - Restorative work has been- cfcmpleted on 28 of the 181 salmon streams 

 that were damaged by violent topographic changes -during the March 1964 . earttiquake in 

 southeastern Alaska. Survivals of eggs and alevins are correlated with hydriatilic data in the 

 damaged zones and compared with similar data from "normal"' zones. 



Alaska AFC-4 James L. Mauney $150,000 



Offshore salmon abundance index - Gill nets and longline gear are fished 15 to 30 miles off- 

 shore between Yakutat Bay and Dixon Entrance to make short-term forecasts of the timing and 

 size of the runs of chum, pink, and sockeye salmon as they near the inshore fisheries. The 

 information provides industry with lead time for adjusting plant operations and disposition 

 of the fishing fleet and gives the States data on which to base decisions for management of 

 the runs. 



Alaska AFC-6 Kenneth R. Middleton $47,4.00 



Bristol Bay intermediate high seas inshore test fishing program - Gill nets are fished between 

 Port Moller and Cape Newenham to sample the sockeye salmon stocks and determine size, time, 

 and age composition of the runs 6 to 8 days before the fish enter the inshore commerii; al 

 fisheries. The study provides information useful for regulating the runs. 



Alaska AFC-7 Michael F. Geiger , $94,600 



Arctic-Yukon-Kuskokwim anadromous fish investigations - Tag and recovery projects are con- 

 ducted in the Arctic-Yukon-Kuskokwim management areas to determine population sizes and 

 escapements, destination, movements, and timing of different stocks of king and chum salmon 

 and sheefish. 



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