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Kodiak/Aleutians Strategic Plan Strategic Plan for the Subsistence Fisheries Resource Monitoring Program, Kodiak-Aleutians Area, 2006 Developed by the Kodiak-Aleutians Area Planning Workgroup Office of Subsistence Management Fisheries Information Services Division 3601 C Street, Suite 1030 Anchorage, Alaska 99503 October 2006 TABLE OF CONTENTS Page LIST OF TABLES........................................................................................................................................................iii LIST OF FIGURES......................................................................................................................................................iii LIST OF APPENDICES ..............................................................................................................................................iv PREFACE......................................................................................................................................................................1 INTRODUCTION.........................................................................................................................................................1 Background....................................................................................................................................................................1 Rationale for Strategic Planning....................................................................................................................................2 Application of Strategic Planning..................................................................................................................................2 Study Evaluation Process..........................................................................................................................................3 Policy and Funding Guidelines.................................................................................................................................4 Kodiak-Aleutians Area..................................................................................................................................................5 Geographic Scope.....................................................................................................................................................5 Subsistence Fisheries Units ......................................................................................................................................6 THE STRATEGIC PLAN AND PROCESS OVERVIEW .........................................................................................10 PLAN FRAMEWORK AND PRIORITIZATION......................................................................................................11 Methods .......................................................................................................................................................................11 Participants .............................................................................................................................................................11 Planning Approach .................................................................................................................................................11 Structuring and Establishing Priorities ...................................................................................................................12 Structural Adjust.....................................................................................................................................................14 Results and Discussion ...............................................................................................................................................14 Goals ......................................................................................................................................................................14 Subsistence Fisheries Units ....................................................................................................................................14 Kodiak-Aleutians Salmon Fisheries Unit ...............................................................................................................18 Plan Framework..................................................................................................................................................18 Goals...................................................................................................................................................................19 Objectives ...........................................................................................................................................................19 Information Needs ..............................................................................................................................................21 Kodiak-Aleutians Non-salmon Fisheries Unit........................................................................................................25 Plan Framework..................................................................................................................................................25 Goals...................................................................................................................................................................25 Objectives ...........................................................................................................................................................25 Information Needs ..............................................................................................................................................28 INFORMATION INVENTORY AND KNOWLEDGE GAP ANALYSIS................................................................32 Methods ......................................................................................................................................................................32 Participants .............................................................................................................................................................32 Information Inventory and Knowledge Gap Analysis ............................................................................................32 Results and Discussion ...............................................................................................................................................34 Salmon Subsistence Fisheries Unit.........................................................................................................................34 Non-salmon Species Subsistence Fisheries Unit ....................................................................................................34 CONCLUSIONS .........................................................................................................................................................40 LITERATURE CITED................................................................................................................................................40 i TABLE OF CONTENTS (CONTINUED) Page APPENDIX A .............................................................................................................................................................42 APPENDIX B..............................................................................................................................................................44 APPENDIX C..............................................................................................................................................................45 APPENDIX D .............................................................................................................................................................47 APPENDIX E..............................................................................................................................................................50 APPENDIX F ..............................................................................................................................................................51 APPENDIX G .............................................................................................................................................................94 APPENDIX H ...........................................................................................................................................................107 APPENDIX I.............................................................................................................................................................122 ii LIST OF TABLES Table Page 1. Current guidelines for funding by region for the Fisheries Resource Monitoring Program. In this example, these guidelines are applied to the $6.25 million annual allocation for projects..............................5 2. Time frame for development of Kodiak-Aleutians strategic plan .................................................................10 3. Important salmon species in the Kodiak-Aleutians area ..............................................................................16 4. Comments offered by Kodiak-Aleutians workgroup on salmon systems of interest ....................................17 5. Standardized responses for assessments by information need, Kodiak-Aleutians knowledge gap analysis .........................................................................................................................................................33
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