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I 32.2 LOWER TAIARIK CREEK - MAIN STEM (lliamna Lake) 



RED SALMON RUNS 



PERCENT OF TOTAL KVICHAK ESCAPEMENT: 5-9?^ (i960) 



ESCAPEMENT RANGE: 250-306,000 



TIME OF OCCUPANCY: July 20- Oct. 10 



PEAK OF SPAWNING: Aug. 15-Sept. 10 



DISTRIBUTION OF SPAWNERS: Almost all spawning from forks to 200 yards 

 below forks. 



GENERAL INFORMATION 



SHELTER: Excellent shelter available in outlet slough for small boats. 

 Mouth exposed to all biit northerly winds. 



SURVEY ROUTES AND METHODS: Aerial visibility good. Ground survey best 

 made from skiff. 



PERSONAL-USE FISHERY: Natives at times set gill nets in outlet slough 

 prior to freezeup. 



FISH SPECIES: Grayling, rainbow, Dolly Varden, northern pike, whitefish, 

 coho. 



WIIDLIFE SPECIES: Brown bear, caribou, seagulls, ptarmigan, mallards, 

 mergansers . 



REMARKS: Main stem considered to be from forks to second lake, although 

 mottth is nearly a mile from forks. A fishing camp was under construc- 

 tion at mouth in I962. 



