This report is a summary of escapement goal reviews and recommendations for major salmon stocks of the Upper Copper River and Prince William Sound Management Areas. Escapement goals were reviewed based on the Policy for the Management of Sustainable Salmon Fisheries (5 AAC 39.222) and the Policy for Statewide Salmon Escapement Goals (5 AAC 39.223) adopted by the Alaska Board of Fisheries into regulation in 2001. The escapement goal committee reviewed 29 existing escapement goals, including 1 Chinook Oncorhynchus tshawytscha , 5 chum O. keta , 2 coho O. kisutch, 16 pink O. gorbuscha (8 goals for each even- and odd-year brood line), and 5 sockeye O. nerka salmon stocks. The escapement goal committee also reviewed escapement data for Gulkana River Chinook salmon, but decided not to consider establishing an escapement goal until a sufficient time series of data are available to better understand how well the current tower count project indexes escapement. All of the existing goals were adopted in 2002, 2005, 2008, or 2011 except for the 2 coho salmon goals that were adopted in 1991. The escapement goal committee recommends all Chinook, chum, and pink salmon escapement goals be updated. The escapement goal committee recommends no modifications be made to the existing coho and sockeye salmon escapement goals, and that no goals are eliminated or created at this time.

This report is a summary of escapement goal recommendations for major salmon stocks of the Upper Copper River and Prince William Sound Management Areas. Escapement goals were reviewed based on the Policy for the Management of Sustainable Salmon Fisheries (5 AAC 39.222) and the Policy for Statewide Salmon Escapement Goals (5 AAC 39.223) adopted by the Alaska Board of Fisheries into regulation in 2001. The escapement goal committee reviewed 29 existing escapement goals, including 1 Chinook Oncorhynchus tshawytscha, 5 chum O. keta, 2 coho O. kisutch, 16 pink O. gorbuscha (8 goals for each even- and odd-year brood line), and 5 sockeye O. nerka salmon stocks. The escapement goal committee recommends escapement goals be updated for 5 stocks: Copper River Chinook salmon, Copper River Delta and Bering River coho salmon, and Bering River and Coghill Lake sockeye salmon. The escapement goal committee recommends that no modifications be made to the other existing salmon escapement goals and that no goals be eliminated or created at this time.

This report is a summary of escapement goal reviews and recommendations for major salmon stocks of the Copper River, Bering River, and Prince William Sound Management Area.

This report is a summary of escapement goal reviews and recommendations for the major salmon stocks of the Copper River, Bering River, and Prince William Sound Management Area.

This report is a summary of escapement goal reviews and recommendations for major salmon stocks of the Copper River, Bering River, and Prince William Sound area.

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