The McDowell Group released a report on Alaska’s salmon hatcheries. Here are some facts from the report: -Alaska’s salmon hatcheries created one fourth of the economic value of the state’s total salmon harvest between 2012 and 2016. -during this period, the average annual harvest is 222 million pounds of hatchery-salmon worth $120 million ex-vessel value. -In Southeast about 2,000 jobs are related to hatcheries. -As a percentage of statewide sport-caught fish, hatchery-origin salmon account for 17 percent of sport caught coho, 13 percent of sport caught sockeye, and 8 percent of sport caught Chinook. -Here’s more Read more…
Category: Regional Associations
SSRAA RFP Port Asumcion
Southern Southeast Regional Aquaculture Association, (SSRAA), is soliciting bids from interested parties to conduct rearing operations for the spring of 2018 at its Port Asumcion rearing site. This is a new project that will become operational in late January or early February of 2018. The site will be comprised of five 40’X40’ net pens and a 24’X50’ barge for fish food and equipment storage. The barge will have a structure utilized for dry storage and temporary quarters for visiting SSRAA employees whom will be conducting periodic site visits. Approximately eight (8) million chum fry and 400,000 coho smolt will be reared and released in 2018. The project dates will run annually from approximately mid-January through mid-May or approximately 120 days. Based on environmental conditions Read more…
NSRAA RFP for Thomas Bay
NSRAA has an RFP out for Thomas Bay. They are looking for a contractor with a boat to help with rearing chum fry beginning this February through early June, an estimated 120 days. A general job description and requirements are listed below. 1. Labor: o A minimum of two people, from Mid-February to early June (est. 120 days), for the rearing of up to 25 million Hidden Falls hatchery chum fry with size goals and release objectives prescribed by Hatchery staff. o The contractor is expected to have a 24 hours/day, 7 days/week presence at the site. Daily tasks will be feeding to promote fry growth and health as well as maintain the nets/pens, and other infrastructure. Work day length will vary from 4-5 hrs per day at start and up to 10 plus hours per day at project end. Occasional trips Read more…
Underwater Vehicles in Chatham
NMFS, the US Geological Survey, and Rutgers University are partnering to deploy temporary ocean moorings at the Little Port Walter hatchery. This is the federally owned research station on the southern most tip of Baranof Island. The moorings will be part of a study on the use of Autonomous Underwater Vehicles (AUV) for fisheries research. This study will focus on the outmigration of juvenile Chinook salmon released from Little Port Walter. 24 moorings with yellow and orange buoys labeled “NOAA RESEARCH” will be deployed from March 16-March26 and removed no later than December 15.
2016 Enhancement Forecasts
Click here to view the Forecasted Enhancement Returns from SSRAA, NSRAA, and DIPAC.