Special Publication No. 04-02 Stock Status and Escapement Goals for Salmon Stocks in Southeast Alaska Harold J. Geiger and Scott McPherson, Editors June 2004 Alaska Department of Fish and Game Divisions of Sport Fish and Commercial Fisheries Symbols and Abbreviations The following symbols and abbreviations, and others approved for the Système International d'Unités (SI), are used without definition in the following reports by the Divisions of Sport Fish and of Commercial Fisheries: Fishery Manuscripts, Fishery Data Series Reports, Fishery Management Reports, and Special Publications. All others, including deviations from definitions listed below, are noted in the text at first mention, as well as in the titles or footnotes of tables, and in figure or figure captions. 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United States probability of a type II error (negative log of) Code (acceptance of the null parts per million ppm U.S. state use two-letter hypothesis when false) β parts per thousand ppt, abbreviations second (angular) " (e.g., AK, WA) ‰ standard deviation SD volts V standard error SE watts W variance population Var sample var SPECIAL PUBLICATION NO. 04-02 STOCK STATUS ESCAPEMENT GOALS FOR SALMON STOCKS IN SOUTHEAST ALASKA Harold J. Geiger, Division of Commercial Fisheries, Douglas and Scott McPherson, Division of Sport Fish, Douglas, Editors Alaska Department of Fish and Game Division of Sport Fish, Research and Technical Services 333 Raspberry Road, Anchorage, Alaska, 99518-1599 June 2004 Development of this manuscript was partially financed by the Federal Aid in Sport Fish Restoration Act (16 U.S.C. 777-777K); Chinook LOA Funding (NOAA grants 1998–2002), the Southeast Sustainable Salmon and Fisheries Fund, and ongoing grants from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration to fund the Southeast Alaska Anadromous Salmon Project. The Division of Sport Fish Special Publications series was established in 1991 for the publication of techniques and procedures manuals, informational pamphlets, special subject reports to decision-making bodies, symposia and workshop proceedings, application software documentation, in-house lectures, and other documents that do not fit in another publication series of the Division of Sport Fish. Since 2004, the Division of Commercial Fisheries has also used the same Special Publication series. Special Publications are intended for fishery and other technical professionals. Special Publications are available through the Alaska State Library and on the Internet: http://www.sf.adfg.state.ak.us/statewide/divreports/html/intersearch.cfm. This publication has undergone editorial and peer review. Harold J. Geiger Alaska Department of Fish and Game, Division of Commercial Fisheries P. O. Box 240020, Douglas, AK 99824-0020, USA and Scott McPherson Alaska Department of Fish and Game, Division of Sport Fish P. O. Box 240020, Douglas, AK 99824-0020, USA This document should be cited as follows: a) in its entirety: Geiger, H.J. and S. McPherson, editors. 2004. Stock status and escapement goals for salmon stocks in Southeast Alaska. Alaska Department of Fish and Game, Divisions of Sport Fish and Commercial Fisheries, Special Publication No. 04-02, Anchorage. b) for citation of a chapter, e.g., for coho salmon: Shaul, L, S. McPherson, S., E. Jones, and K. Crabtree. 2004. Coho salmon stock status and escapement goals in Southeast Alaska [in] Stock status and escapement goals for salmon stocks in Southeast Alaska. H.J. Geiger and S. McPherson [eds]. Alaska Department of Fish and Game, Divisions of Sport Fish and Commercial Fisheries, Special Publication No. 04-02, Anchorage. 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For information on alternative formats for this and other department publications, please contact the department ADA Coordinator at (voice) 907-465-4120, (TDD) 907-465-3646, or (FAX) 907-465-2440. FORWARD In early 2003, the Southeast Region of Alaska had its first Alaska Board of Fisheries meeting that incorporated the new salmon escapement goal and the sustainable salmon fisheries policies. Enclosed you will find detailed information on the status of Pacific salmon stocks in Southeast Alaska and the Yakutat area – current at the time of that Board meeting. All major stocks were reviewed for listing as stocks of concern, as defined by the new policies, and escapement goals were developed, reviewed, or revised for most major stocks or stock groups, following the guidelines of the new policies. Previously, escapement goals were documented one at a time in technical reports and memoranda, or not documented at all. This is our first attempt to assemble a complete collection of escapement goals in Southeast Alaska, together with complete documentation of the methods used to establish the goals and the data that underlie the goals. Of course, we look back wishing we could have done more. For example, there are several major sockeye systems left without escapement goals because of time constraints. Even so, we look forward to building on this initial effort for the 2006 Alaska Board of Fisheries meeting. We decided to publish one report covering all five species of Pacific salmon in the Commercial Fisheries and Sport Fish Divisions’ Special Publication series for completeness and to aid in citation. Three of the chapters were originally reported in the Commercial Fisheries Division’s Regional Information Report Series, and two of the chapters were originally reported in the Sport Fisheries Division’s Special Publication Series. The citations for the original five reports are included at the end of this forward. The original reports for each species had undergone peer review by biologists and scientists within ADF&G, and all chapters were extensively modified prior to their original publication, based on review comments. Since the publication of the individual chapters, all chapters have been reviewed again, and we discovered many small errors that escaped us in our rush to meet our original deadline. The current publication differs from the original reports to the Board of Fisheries, for the chinook, pink, and chum chapters, in that we made minor editorial changes and corrections, and in some cases small changes to figures and graphs. In addition, to small editorial revisions to the coho chapter, we made extensive numeric changes, including updates to some of the escapement estimates. For citation of the entire report, we suggest the following: H.J. Geiger and S. McPherson, editors. 2004. Stock status and escapement goals for salmon stocks in Southeast Alaska. Alaska Department of Fish and Game, Divisions of Sport Fish and Commercial Fisheries, Special Publication 04-02. For citation of a chapter, we suggest the following format: L. Shaul, S. McPherson, E. Jones, and K. Crabtree. 2004. Coho salmon stock status and escapement goals in Southeast Alaska [in] Stock Status and Escapement Goals for Salmon Stocks in Southeast Alaska. H.J. Geiger and S. McPherson [eds]. Alaska Department of Fish and Game, Divisions of Sport Fish and Commercial Fisheries, Special Publication 04-02. Finally, we thank Amy Carroll for her editorial advice and assistance, and we thank Robert Clark, Doug Eggers, and especially John H.