BRISTOL BAY DATA REPORT SO. 28

llristol llay Annual Staff Neeting, 1970

by Bristol llay Staff

(Research and "Managemcn t)

Alaska Department of Fi.sh and Came Dlvision o_f CoElmercial Fisheries

February 11,1971

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Anchorage !<j!lf; Salmon Dillingham DATE February G, 1~70

FR01k .::?./'/ Bob Paulus /k.1

SUBJECT: A('renda for Fe0!.~'.. 1 ary 24-27 Bristol Bay Neeting. Research Proj ~d! 'Leader

Commercial Fisheries Anchorage

Attached is the 1.wrld 's famous agenda for the Bristol Bay staff meeting the end of this month. The layout is the one sent in oy Hike Nelson, but I·Jith details fitted under the headings to point out specific matters

~ relative to 1970. ico

IXl Cl) C\1 Nanagement and Research got together in Anchorage and gobbled up all the ~ subjects >Ie could, and attempted to assign things to people that had g interest, knm-lledge, and ideas on them. The person named for a subject

should be able to discuss the material and be some1.rhat "boned-up" on it. tlS 1"­C')

C') If you think the agenda content needs changes, circulate a memo with the material. If you want to take on additional subjects, feel free

rto phone. If you >mnt to drop subjects listed with your name, let me knmv by boat mail via the Suez Canal. He want to ;;vol"k load to be fair.

Attachment

P.S. Attached also is the most recent addition of the Forecast.

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SUGGESTED AGi·:t·:DA I'Olt l\ltlS'fOL HAY STAFF 1-iEETlNG

(Fcbt·uat·.)' 2/r-27, 1970) Anchorc!l;C, Alasl:a

A. s;otc.!! (ell species) - Q.>aul.us)

a, Adequacy 1969 sample - (l·>cCurdy)

b, Ovcrnll success of 300/period "

c. Ovcr-stunpli.n[; problcr11S "

d, Statistical accuracy needed -(Seibel)

2. Weight samples

3, Spcci.al problcrns by cnJ..:u:gcd di.stricts -(Van Ray)

a, Hherc and hm; sarc:ple -(I',cs.)

b. Plans, pro-ratJ.on and catch- (Seibel)

4. Continue or drop other spcci.cs sampling -(Nelson)

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Spccit:l s~u~1pli.ng problems "

a, Beaches, Igushik -(Kelson)

b, Large Kvichak run -(Seibel, Penno):er)

·c. Nushae,ak sampling c.rcating errors in Nu:::>h, pro-ration -O~elson, Scibc

6. Status of racial an-1lysis and pro-:rntin3 problcws - (Seibel)

b. Naknek-Kvichnk

7. Catch and escapement samplin~ ir1structions -(}!cCurdy)

8, Continue or drop False Pass sampli.n[; proeram -(Nelson)

1. Sonar cour1tc1:s, fundinz, plnCCffiCilt and staff I>crsonnel -(Davis & Van Ray)

2. Sample size, ~eight, fcctindity -(Paultls)

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3. "x" hours pC'r c.l.::ty ar. clet:t:·r!'·d.nent of s~u,·,ple z:i.zc -(Nelson)

S. Er:.r1y cffoi.:t for 200 l:i.sh !:<n:;plc:, fore:L".::::.:l comp.:n~iDon ·· (1-:clt,oa, Pc:lulu:::

6. Success of 1~69; "

7. Value of Branch River pin~~ s~~ll.h:Jn escapement estimr-.le -(Seidclmon)

IJ. S!·:Ol;nl\G -(Paulus and J·:cCurdy)

A. Kv i c h:tl~ IU. vcr -~-·------·-·-

l. Plans fo>: 1970

2. Bendix sor1~r dcvclop~cnt

3. Status nnd results fro~~ smolt tr.:-1p (npplicabilfty to other systcinS) cost, etc.

l. Rcsulls of l9G9 mo~:tali.ty stuc\y -(Schroeder)

2. River ch9.n3cs at Ugashik - Feasibility and c.l:sirability of progr['.m cont rnuancc. - (Sc hroCcler)

3. Usc of smolt mcclv:tnlco.l t1:.o1.p to rcplncc: nets -(Schroeder, HcCurdy)

C. Other Sn:olt Proiccts ---------·-·----·-----1. Egq;i.k smolting -(Bhler)

a. 1969 revic;., - "

b, Funding needs for 1970 -(Seidehw.n)

2. Other agency san;pling (l!ood River) -(~:clson)

3. Agc,weight, leneth, sampling from othe~: systems (Igushik) -(Nelson)

III. TEST FISl!IKG

A. Offsl>orc -(Van Ray, Paulus)

1. Br.i.C'f cv.:.1lu.1.tion of pD.st data

2. Prozram design for 1970

a. 4 3/1•" and 5 3/8" ecnr sh;ultancour.ly -(Seibel)

b, Delivery problems

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3. Applicability of 1969 rcr.ults to til:ln.:i[.Ci.JCllt

4. Ecl1o intc31:ntor

B. 0L2_~.s i~~~-~~~<}_"~r: .. ~>_i_~~<?._l~_c:.0~f~:~!YL 112,_ -(Sci be i. .. l'au lus)

1. RevicH p.:~::;t: Illcliwcls and accuracy

2, Plnns f:or 1970

a. Paired inside sites

b, t, 3/L>" net fot· Kvichnk

c. 1970 formu.J:::.tion

d. Hark-chc!cl:.inG net-killed fjsh froitl beach and districts

3, Pre··printcd fish ticket boo!-:s for each program • (Seidelnrc<n)

IV. Bl<ISTOL BAY l'ROJECTS

A. Nesh cxyc1·iwet~ts -(Paulus)

1. Lone ranee problem

a, Retention or dropping in 1971, 1972 and 1973

b. Out· plans to resolve r.te:sh question for the Board

2. Lcnr;.th, eirth, measurements

3. Dead fi.sh, pcough r.tnrks

t,, Test fish boat 1-1orl'

5. Net marks at tot·1Cr (Kvichak only)

B. Acri_a 1 S~vcy_:: (Escapement and spat-mer distribution)

1. Hanagcmcnt surveys of Kvicl~~lk, Egegik, Naknek, Ugashik, Igushik - (Vn n Ra

2. Existin[\ programs (adequacy, fundin[\, personnel) -(Van Ray)

3. Modification of Hood River survey program -(Nelson)

t,, Usc of photo::;raphy -(Paulus)

.a. After season check of development problems ·(Pcnnoycr)

b. Training aid (Paulus)

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6. Histcn:icetl co;.ord.J.;.{ti.or. (cm.:rclntc fisbcry, air sut·vcys and tm-Jet· d.:!L:ct) -(Scd_c;t:lm<tn) ·

7. Nan.:lgCirlC'nt surveys in sc~son -(~'<.Jn R-1y)

C. Flc.c·t F~fort SurvC"S --____________________ ./__

1. App lic.at ion -· (1·lidd lcton)

2. Appo_rtiot!!::cnt: -(Seibel)

3. Frequency -(Middleton)

D. Subsist cnc_c s_l.2~_c.:_ys_

1. Rcvi_cw of past methods a11d results -(Nclsorl)

2. Need for improvc,,cnt (m2thods, funds, shift in emph:tsis) -(Dnn-Jin)

3. Problcn areas (pcn1its for lli.mnnn V:tkc)_ -(Seidelman)

E. !iJ!l~ .. __Q_~~_p.Jnr~ (continuation or drop) - (Nc~lson)

1. Brief rcvicu of 3 ycer history

2. Plans for 1970

1. Hir;h seas tcgging and test fishing sut;,n:ary BCF and FRI -(Pcnnoyer)

2. Timing fro;n False }'ass fishery -(Nelson)

3. };agnituclc co;i!pnrisons False Pass vlith Bristol Bay past and 1970 -(Pcnno)·

4. 1-!onitor ECF effort -(Pcnnoycr, Paulus)

5. Timing of run from ECF sample arcns -(Pcnnoyer, Paulus)

1. Snake River Rehnbilitotion -(Cclson)

2. Er;q;ik-Ur;ashik freslr.mtcr study -(Paulus)

3. Envirom,1cntnl mc~nitot·in:=!; (i.e., icc brc:d.::.up .:!nd freeze-up, precipitation, etc.) -(Seibel, Paulus)

4. Basclir1c l.nke suzvcys, prc··oil cortta~liD~!tion -(l1aulus)

5. l[;ushik pre>tl.:·.tor st:udy -(l'cnivJy(:r)

1, 1970 forecast

2. BCF - Fin paper on opti.uu"' csc<:!pCiiiCnt

3, Basis for 1970· 197l cscapc,,;cnt ;:;a~ l.s

a. Current St.!'!tus of abstention docmn211t ].13lt. cmd futu1·c plans

b. Rcviei-l Jr~pancsc con.;-;:ents on abslcnti.on tlocutnents

VI. D:'.Tl\ 1'1\0CESSH:G

l. Problcr;JS (no run is r.ni.n problem) (l:'IU AI-IL by sex) -(Paulus)

2, Cut··off date for fi.sh tickets ··(Seidelman)

3, Cocli.nz; of tickets (Co. codes, etc,) "

l,, Fish ticket editors tally smnll com~'""Y catches -(Nclsof1)

B. Others ----l. Gear canis (problcr,Is) -(Van Ray)

2. IBM License statistics -(Nelson)

3, ADFG <, T-numbers sc.rcH-ups -(Scidelmc.n)

VII. SPECIAL ASSIGt!SW:NTS Tfl~T NEEl! \·JO!U<

1. Nush.:1z;>.k Kins Snlr~-:on n.cport (Kelson)

2, Subsistence Report (Nelson)

3. History of Rcsulntions and License Statistics (Ciwcr)

l~. Red Sa] n-:on Cor.1pi la t ion Report (Pcnnoyc1·)

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8. Bmolt V.cport for 1969 -(HcCur<.1y, Bi\-.:cr)

Vlll. REPo:n:s

A. StGtus of ipropused IlC\l t·cpor.t .series (Pcnnoyer)

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C. Pl·oposccl Central I\cgioa Fish~ry Lcofl.c,t series (l'cnnoycr)

lX. HlSCELl.'\WlOUS

1. 1970 transfet· and I!l.JtK!.geiECnt gripes! -(Ncl[;on)

2. E.:::.rly and rctun-.ccs ~·(t-:cCurdy, Scidcltun.n)

1. Opcrntionnl plans fot· 1970 ~-(Bh-H·.r, Res.)

2. Staff Assiem~1cnts and Re.sponsiUilitics

a. Jnp~1ne:se lli.eh Sc.:ts catch monitor and intcrprct~t:l.on (rennoyc·i.·)

·b. Catch and escapement (McCurdy)

c. Scale rcadinr; and proofno~adice assignc::nJcnts by systc•t:l (EcCurcl:.)

d. S. Pcn5.nr.ul.n fiF.hcry monitor o8nd interpretation ctuPulative catch; comp.:1rc \·:/1965 (P,:~.ulus)

e. Forecast: a~e coi;lposition an~lysis (1-~aulus·, HcCurdy)

£. Test fishing -(Scidrlrn~n)

g. Catch ·effort an:d.y:;is (Seibel)

h. NCJ.11.1f>Ct:Jcnt and sp£n·.'nin;3 ~round surveys - (~;c.:lson, Ei\.;cr)

i. Smolti.ns -(Scidclr.;on)

k. Visu.nl nids con.:.truct:ion and £,1?-inten,:-J.ncc .:ts.signct~:ent-s -(Vttn HJ:

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3. Forr:1s nnd rcquirc·;::cnts (1.nny tv:~c.dc-d revisions) set up form com•~1ittcc -(Eelson)

L~. l!c<tthcr and fishin~ nci·JS combino.d nnr:.ou1u.:cr;~c.nts

(a) ADFF form for cnnncri~s, with columns for above -(Paulus)

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FROM:

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DEPARTNE:N1' OF FISH & GAJ·JE .!Jiee7

Bris tal Bay f.!anagernent & Research Staff Division of Com.meLcial Fisheries 0

/,.1.3_ Larry C. Van Ray_;;-,c-' ~ Area l'•Janagement Biologist Division of Commercial Fisheries Anchorage

DATE

SUBJECT:

March 6, 1970

1970 Staff 1-Jeeting

Attached is the staff meeting agenda t-lith notes, comments and v;ork assignr.~ents. I attempted to follo>~ the original agenda as closely as possible and have included the notes, comments and assignments in parentheses. Additionally, assigP~ents are underlined.

I fo,und a fet'l contradictions in assignments of personnel to various projects when I '"as going through the notes. I- think most of these were straightened out by talking with the staff in the Anchorage office, however, if you find some errors let me knm" and I' 11 try to correct them.

I haven't included the hand-out instructions, etc. (r-·i th a couple exceptions) because I. believe most of you l1ave your otm copies. I will include all the hand-outs when I work this material up for the Data Report Series.

Let me know immediately if you find anything that needs correcting or if you can think of anything that should be added.

cc: Middleton Pennoyer Davis Martin Paulus

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Bristol Bay Staff <!eeting February 24-27, 1970

(Notes - Comments - Assignments)

I. CATCH AND ESCAPEHF;NT

A. Catch

1. Sample size

a. Adequacy 1969 sample - (catch samples '"ere adequate)

b. Overall success of 300/period -

(1. Achieve sample of 600/><eek or 300/period and 120/day on extensions)

(2. Instruct samplers.on importance of a random sample) ; :

(3. rnstruct samplers to contact office for sampling instructions before each period)

(4. Hork committee on sampling: Seibel, Pennoyer, Paulus and McCurdy)

c. Over~sampling problems (no major problem)

d. Statistical accuracy needed

2. Height samples - (150 of each sex in each district during peak)

3. Special problems by enlarged districts

a. Hhere and how to sample

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(1. McCurdy will revise map illustrating areas of catch from scm-is)·

(2. Van Ray and Hiddleton Hill prepare map series for handout to canneries, fishermen, scoH operators and tally-men)

(3. Van Rav and Hiddleton Hill draft letter of information to canneries and schedule pre-season meetings with fishermen at each cannery)

b. Plans, proration and catch

4. Continue or drop other species sampling - (continue as tim•: per<11its, same as in 1969)

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Bristol Bay Staff Heeting -2- February 24-27, 1970

5. Special sampling problems

a. Beaches (sample ZOO/period at Igushik beach)

b. Large Kvichak run

c. Nushagak sampling creating errors in Nushagak proration

6. Status of racial analysis and prorating problems

a. Nushagak (sample at Queen for possible Nuyakuk stocks)

b. Naknek-Kvichak (Robbie Bams, Canadian researcher, is developing an x-ray technique for differentiating fish stocks. This method has been tested on smolt with encouraging results. Al Davis has contacted IBc! to determine cost of program analysis on his circuli count tmrk. Steve Pennoyer, Hike Nelson or Tom Schroeder will draft a letter to Barns re possible collection and storage of samples from Bristol Bay in 1970.)

7. Catch and escapement sampling instructions (only a few minor changes including General district supplement which ''ill be handled by the work committee on sampling)

8. Continue or drop False Pass sampling program

(a. Continue in 1970)

(b. Obtain random sample of total catch, but attempt to separate between seine and gill net catches)

(c. Approximately six seiners from southeastern plan to fish the False Pass-South Unimak area in 1970 - good fishermen)

(d. Van Rav - draft letter to Glenn Davenport inquiring if he would be interested in setting up his mm sampling program at False Pass, rather than running it from the Bav. Also ask Glenn to keep us posted on gear and vessel increases in this area in 1970 as license applications are received)

(e. Siedelman - draft letter to Stan Terrant re attitude tm;-ards and problems with False Pass sampler and sampling program)

B. Escapement

1. Sonar counters, funding, placement and staff personnel

(a. Al Davis will send results on film counts by Bristol Bay staff)

(b. Plans for 1970 include more counting movies plus possibly (?) one sonar counter

Bristol Bay Staff Heeting -3- February 24-27, 1970

(c. Bi11er - pick-up Bury as an extra man on the Kvichak and trv to spend time Hith all toHer creHs during the peak escapement periods)

(d. Van Rav - contact Al Davis re schedulin~ sonar workshop earlier to permit attendance by Bristol Bav staff

2. Sample size, weight, fecundity

(Schroeder - continue fecundity sampling in Egegik in 1970, 51 samples using volumetric method and 10 mm. groupings. Submit summary of all fecundity data at termination of project)

3. "X" hours per day as determinent of sample size (drop this practice -too many variables)

4. Special instructions - Kvichak escapement (Seibel's hand-out)

5. Early effort for 200 fish sample - forecast comparison (take early 200 fish samples in 1970)

6. Success of 1969; 19:70 plans for Nain Nushagak sampling (continue Nushagak sampling as before)

7. Value of Branch River pink salmon escapement <=G tima te (Bi1ver and Siedelman - 1o1ait to see what budget funds exist and cut tol<er crew to two men if you run the pink count.

II. SMOLTING

A. Kvichak River

1. Plans for 1970

(a. 6 men with neH photo tunnel on steel trap)

(b. Fyke net at index site only)

2. Bendix sonar development (sonar array Hill be used in front of down-river trap)

3. Status and results from smelt trap

(a. Weak wings which cross-braces >Till correct)

(b. Noticeable smelt avoidance - catches variable)

(c. Clogged easily in wire mesh)

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Bristol Bay Staff Meeting -4- February,24-27, 1970

B. Naknek and Ugashik Rivers

1. Results of 1969 mortality study - cod end vs. live box

(a. Cod end mortality 60% cor.1pared Hith live box m~rtality of 5% - fish held 12-13 hours)

{b. Schroeder - continue studv in 1970, possibly eliminating index net and sampling randomly. Compile report for Bristol Bay Data Series on HOrk done to date and plan to >wrk up final report for the Fishery Leaflet Series.

2. River changes at Ugashik - (see attached sheet) .. (a. Use same fishing sites in 1970 if possible)

3. Use of mechanical smolt trap to replace nets {hold-off Hith construction for another season)

C. Other smelt projects .·

1. Egegik smelting

(a. Schroeder -operate program in 1970 usins F.R.I. beach seine. Use assistance of one temporary)

(b. Paulus - contact F.R.I. about use of seine)

(c. CreH paid from King Salmon funds)

{d. Bi>•er - find missing 1969 smelt scales)

2. Other agency sampling - Hood River

(Length frequencies of one and two check smolt overlap probably due to early emergence of one checks. Check age composition on beach seine sampling)

3. A.l-'.L. sampling from other systems

III. TEST FISHING

A. Offshore

1. Brief evaluation of past data

2. Program design for 1970

(a. Fish 4-3/4" and 5-3/8" mesh simultaneously for sex selectivity data)

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Bristol Bay Staff Meeting -5- February 24~27, 1970

(b 0 Paulus and Van Rav - arrange for brine tanks or holding boxes to facilitate delivery)

(c. Collect salinity samples for BCF)'

(d 0 1970 program l<ill begin June 10 unless money is available to begin earlier)

3. Applicability of 1969 results to management (program has not operated long enough to produce reliable data at this time, however, this should improve l<i th each year)

4. Echo integrator (Paulus - check Hith F.R.I. to see if they l<ant to furnish man and equipment)

B. Outside and inside test fishing

1. Review of past methods and accuracy (Kvi~hak inside test catches showed good correlation to run in 1969)

2. Plans for 1970

(a. No outside test fishing and inside boats will fish paired sites but will continue to make 2 sets per hour)

(b. Inside Kvichak use 5-3/8" mesh and sample periodically with 4-3/4" mesh; consider trap in future to reduce selectrivity variables)

(c. Siedelman - formulate ne1< and 'detailed instructions for inside test boat fishing and assume responsibility of program

(d. Contact test boat operators to check floating dead fish spotted on aerial surveys for net marks, peough marks, etc.)

(e. No inside test boat at Ugashik. Siedelman - get Ugashik upriver set net catches by date from cannery and coordinate catch sampling trip)

(f. Siedelman has pre-printed fish tickets for test fishing program)

. IV. BRISTOL BAY PROJECTS

A. Mesh experiments

1. Long-range problem

(a. Continue certain phases of the mesh experiment although no formal project will be operating in 1970)

(b. Mesh question remains to be ans1<ered for the Board)

Bristol Bay Staff Heeting c -6- February 24-27, 1970

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2. Length-girth measurements are needed '

(a. Nelson, Schroeder and Bh1er: obtain length-girth measurements at Wood River and Naknek)

(b. Paulus - determine measurement method, sample size and other places you Hant to sample at)

3. Dead fish, peou:sh marks (record large numbers of dead fish seen on aerial surveys and attempt to have test boat check them out to deter­mine cause of death)

4. Test fish boat Hark (possibly obtain seine samples to check net-marked fish)

·5. Net marks at tDl·ler (record all net-marked fish at Kvichak toHer)

B. Aerial surveys

1. Management surveys : .·

a. Kvichak ~ (Van Ray, Siedelman, Middleton - formulate plans for setting up index areas)

b. Egegik - (Siedelman and Van Ray - compare inside test fishing results Hith lagoon surveys)

2. Existing programs (BiHer, Siedelman - compile and revieH past data from east-side s'Ja<ming ground surveys and do some long-range plan­ning to give your program some direction)

3. Modification of l·lood River survey program (pending)

4. ·use of photography (Al Davis Hill let us use his cameras to photo­graph index sites on the Kvichak - Committee should coordinate this activity)

5. Index areas - (Research - furnish drums for marking)

6. Historical compilation

7. Management su~veys

C. Fleet effort surveys

1. Application (Van Ray - contact for use of State Goose)

2. Apportionment (fleet surveys in 1970 Hill be especially useful in determining what is happening in the General district)

3. Frequency (considerable number of flights with opening of General district)

Bristol Bay Staff Meeting -7- February 24-27, 1970

D. Subsistence surveys (program is shaping up)

E. Egg digging

F. Herring

G.· Bristol Bay red salmon run timing

1. High seas tagging and test fishing summary BCF and FRI (Pennoyer -summarize collected data)

2. Timing from False Pass fishery (Pennoyer -.compile from tagging_j_ata)

3. Hagnitude comparisons False Pass ~<ith Bristol Bay past and 1970 (Pennoyer and Paulus)

"4. Honitor BCF effort in 1970 (Paulus)

5. Timing of run from BCF sample areas (an abundance of data is available, somebody [any volunteers] should work on this)

H. Proposed future projeccs

1. Snake River reha~.

2. Egegik - Ugashik freshwater study

3. Environmental rnoni.toring (B-iHPr ~nd Schroeder - gather all past data ancl collect future data on ice break-up and freeze-up of Bay lakes)

4. Baseline surveys (Paulus - vou might contact Federal \-later Pollution Control Administration re their plans for the Bristol Bay area)

5. Igushik predator study

6. Other proposals

.V. FORECAST AND ESCAPENENT GOALS (see attached forecast with escapement ranges)

1. 1970 forecast (no significant changes expected)

2. BCF-FRI paper on optimum escapement

3. Basis for 1970-1971 escapement goals (Pennover and Van Rav - should get a pamphlet out on forecast "'ith ran"es and short blurb on General district for oublic distribution)

4. INPFC

Bristol Bay Staff Heeting -8- February 24-27, 1970

a. Document 1134 (tables will be updated every two years)

b. Abstention (n'o big push expected from Japanese)

IV. DATA PROCESSING

A. IBM catch run

1. Problems (priority being .set up on fish tickets)

2. Cut-off date on fish tickets (1970-0ct. 15 for all species)

3. Code tickets by company

'4. Fish ticket. editors tally small company catches

B. Others

1. Gear cards .·

2. IBH license statistics

3. ADF&G - T-numbers

VII. SPECIAL ASSIGNMENTS Tfu\T NEED WORK

A. Reports in progress and status of '"ork

1. Nushagak King Salmon Report (Nelson - 1971 or 1972)

2. Subsistence report (1963-69 report available soon)

3. History of regulations and license statistics (Biwer - upgrade to include regulations)

4. Red salmon compilation report (waiting for proration)

5. 1968-69 Red salmon catch and escapement (ready for typing and waiting for proration)

6. Peninsula tagging (Schroeder)

7. Others

8. Smolt report for 1969 (Schroeder and Siedelman - reports due by Harch 15)

Bristol Bay Staff Heeting ,. -9- February 24-27, 1970

VIII. REPORTS (The report series, format, editing procedures, etc., are well covered in Pennoyer's hand-out)

IX. MISCELLAfiEOUS

A. Temporary hiring program for 1970

1. Hanagement gripes (<·muld like sn;olting temporaries to be hired at a higher level)

2. Early and returnees (one man from smolt creH out on June lOth to Togiak; everyone else out on June 15th - Bury to management)

B. Operational plans and staff assignments for 1970

1. Operation plan (Van Ray - draft 1970 operational pl~n)

2. Staff assignments and responsibilities

a. Pennoyer - moni-ter Japanese catch

b. McCurdy ..: moniter east-side catch and escape•nent samples

c. Staff - scale proofreading assignments in HcCurdy 1 s hand-out

d. Paulus or Pennoyer - monitor and interpret catches from South Peninsula

e. Forecast age composition analysis

f. Siedelman - monitor test fishing indices and Siedelman, Paulus or Biwer will be on boats

g. Seibel - analyize catch effort

h. Management and spmming ground surveys

i. Siedelman - Naknek smolt, may use live box Schroeder - Egegik smolt, beach seining Schroeder - Ugashik smolt

j. Biwer- monitor herring fishery

k. Van Rav - draft memo with ideas on charts and graphs for 11l:Var room"

. by March 20.

C. Others

1. Buoy and marker placement (Siedelman - will handle and coordinate with Bill Hartin and Coast Guard)

Bristol Bay Staff Hecting -10- February 24-27, 1970

2. Protection plans for 1970

(a. Hanagement st;;_ff - The Protection Division requested that He submit to the<J our major areas of concern associated Hith protectior prob~ems. I Hould like each of you to submit your ideas toVan Rav by Harch 20)

. b. Other comments from Protection Division

(1. Buoys should be placed on 1969 boundaries)

(2. Protection won't be able to patrol General district)

(3. Boats include Puffin and Dipsydoddle with possibly three bartenders and a bertram)

(4. 5 or 6 protection officers in the Bay duri~g season)

(5. Coast Guard help needed for patrolling General district) -r---...,.

(6. Protection. <7ill .issist in just about any problem we have, but they have to knO\v ><hat our problems are)

3. Forms and requirements (Nelson - draft memo on needed revisions)

4. Weather and fishing nel>'s combined announcements

(a. Marine forecasts v.1ill be available 3 times daily at the King Salmon A.C.S. site - "e can send a runner over to pick it up)

(b. Paulus, Van Ray - get Heather report forms for Kittiwake for daily input to weather forecast)

5. Tentative timetable for staff at King Salmon

(a. Paulus - Lv. Kvichak 10 June, return to Bay 20 June)

(b. Pennoyer - to Bay 20-25 June or when good catches begin)

(c. HcCurdy - lv. Kvichak 15 June, return to Bay 20 June)

(d. Hiddleton- to Bay 10-12 June, ~>'ill probably leave early for C.I.)

(e. Seibel - to Bay 20 June)

(f. Siedelman - to Naknek smolt 20 Hay)

(g. Van Ray - to Bay 20 May, l>'ill try to hit all programs)

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Bristol Bay Staff Heeting -11- February 24-27, 1970

6. General comments during staff meeting 1-1hich are not included under any particular headin.g

(a. Harch 20 - Bristol Bay Borough Assembly meeting re General district)

(b •. Seibel conm1ented, all agreed - '"e need to do more long-range planning. Basic priorities should be set up for concentrated effort in the future)

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PRELIHINA.H.Y DATA . 3;0t/7 0 1970 BRISTOL BAY SOCKEYE

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I Kvichak R. Branch R. Naknek R.

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fGIAK

(1Q.TAL BAY

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44,264,000 372,000

3,456,000

48,092,000

3_;312,000

1,372,000

19,000,000 ... 160 000

. ' 1,000,000

20,160,000

. 1,000,000

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'15,000,000- 23,000,000 130,000 - 190,000 800,000 - 1,200,000

15,930,000- 24,390,QOO

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•. 500,000 -. . 900,000

77.48 25, 26· 0.65 21: 7.54 2,451

85.67 27' 93:

7-.10 2, 31:

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