herring overview
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Cape Grieg
Alaska Department of Fish and Game
Togiak Herring Fishing District
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Menshikof
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Constantine
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Ugashik
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Togiak
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Hagemeister
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For illustration purposes only
Right Hand Pt.Tongue Pt.
Asigyukpak
(Oosik) Spit
Cape Peirce
Revised 3/07
Figure 1. Togiak Herring District, Bristol Bay.
Pyrite Pt.
Anchor Pt.
Rocky Pt.
NunavachukKulukak Bay
19 fishermen participated Harvest of 269,000 pounds 10-14% roe Fishery lasted from May 14-27
Unstable markets
Difficulty forecasting run timing
Low processor participation
Japanese high seas herring fleets
Poor weather
Effort, harvest and price jump tremendously
Price is $160 per ton
Harvest increases to 5.6 million pounds
1980 -- 5,200 tons of waste
Management by emergency order (1981)
Allocation plan formalized (1982)
1981? camps established at Summit Island and Metervik Bay
1983 beach meetings at Summit Island
301 Peak purse seine participation 1992
1992 Purse seine fleet harvest 20,000 tons in 20 minutes.
30,315 tons harvested in 1994
1995 exvessel value exceeds $16.7 million
1996 -- 461 gillnet vessels participated
The Heyday
Dedicated helicopter
Many extra personnel and regional staff relocate to Summit Island
Area restrictions begin 1993
Fishery managed from field camp
Test fishing an integral part of management
Other field camps for sampling crews
Biomass stable
Purse seine participation now 23
Gillnet participation 30
Fishing is essentially continuous over the entire district.
Seine fleets have formed coops and are managed by their processor
Gillnet fleet is also limited by processors
Managers remained in Dillingham in 2011
Fishing opens when threshold biomass documented
Harvested herring average 380 grams
Quota is 24,000 ST
20% harvest rate
Aerial survey primary tool for biomass assessment
ASA model used
