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SOUTHERN SOUTHEAST REGIONAL AQUACULTURE ASSOCIATION, INC. REQUEST FOR PROPOSAL 2018 PORT ASUMCION REARING PROGRAM   Southern Southeast Regional Aquaculture Association, Inc., (SSRAA), is soliciting bids from interested parties to conduct rearing operations for the spring of 2018 season at its Port Asumcion rearing site located in southern Southeast Alaska. SSRAA is a regional non-profit aquaculture …

2017 Harvest of SSRAA Coho, Including Klawock Hatchery Production:  2 October 2017 As we have noted for the past month, the 2017 returns from SSRAA’s traditional (Chickamin River) fall coho releases – all of the releases – will be well below average this year.  The season is over but for a few end-of-season fisheries.  Generally …

27 September: Cost Recovery Update Fall Chum: There has been some cost recovery at both Neets Bay and Burnett Inlet (see table and graphics), but at this point we are taking all fall chum that return to the Barrier at Neets Bay or the steep pass at Burnett as brood.  We have seen some current …

Neets Bay Chum Troll Report, through 6 August: The SHA closed Saturday night, July 22, at midnight; the area from Bug Island to Chin Point opened again on 2 August. From 10 to 15 trollers have been fishing the outer part of Neets Bay since it reopened.  Surprisingly, fishing was pretty much the same as …

The following graphs detail run timing of SSRAA produced Chinook salmon for years 2012 through 2016. Beginning at statistical week 18 (the beginning of the Spring Troll fishery), and continuing to the beginning of the Winter fishery. On average, harvest numbers begin a slow increase in weeks 18 and 19 and begin to dramatically increase …

Spring/Winter Troll Harvest – Chinook Update June 1, 2017