A new wave of fishery closures was issued on the Kenai Peninsula this week, with state officials saying that early king salmon runs in the region are near or at 'record lows.' Via PenClarion
The Kasilof River can be seen in June 2019. The Alaska Department of Fish and Game’s Division of Sport Fish announced a new wave of closures affecting fisheries in Ninilchik, Kasilof and Cook Inlet beginning this week.
“Early king salmon runs across the Kenai Peninsula are near or at record low levels,” Area Management Biologist Colton Lipka is quoted as saying in releases from the division. Just over 180 naturally produced king salmon have been counted at the lower Ninilchik River weir as of June 12. The 2022 escapement is expected to be less than 500 king salmon, which is significantly lower than the 1,100 needed at the weir to achieve the sustainable escapement goal and the 750 to 1,300 needed for the brood stock collection goal, the division said.
A division release says that the Kasilof River’s early-run king salmon sport fishery is managed by the Alaska Department of Fish and Game to achieve an escapement goal of between 700 and 1,400 naturally produced king salmon as monitored through a weir on Crooked Creek. The closure goes a step further than the closure announced by the division on June 8, which reduced the number of hours the fishery is open daily from 17 hours to 12 hours.Farther north, Fish and Game also announced that sport fishing for king salmon will be closed in all waters of the Little Susitna River from its confluences with Cook Inlet upstream to the Parks Highway bridge, starting Monday at 6 a.m.
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