Updates

2023 Releases

April

4/19/23 BY2021 Coho Salmon @ Island Lake = 30,300 10.8g smolt (2,2H)

4/19/23 BY2021 Coho Salmon@ Monashka Creek = 40,000 10.8g smolt (2,2H)

4/25/23 BY2021 Coho Salmon @ Pillar Creek = 81,900 9.9g smolt (2,2H)

May

5/4/23 BY2021 Coho Salmon @ Mission Beach = 21,100 10.1g smolt (2,2H)

5/5/23 BY2021 King Salmon @ Monashka Creek = 27,000 11.2g smolt (no mark)

5/17/23 BY2021 King Salmon @ Salonie Creek = 19,500 12.8g smolt (no mark)

5/22/23 BY2022 Chum Salmon @ Kitoi Bay = 15 million 1.08g fry (3,3,3H)

5/25/23 BY2022 Pink Salmon @ Kitoi Bay = 191.8 million 0.57g fry (2,3H)

5/30/23 BY2021 Saltery Sockeye @ Telrod Cove = 276,912 12g fry (5,2H)

5/31/23 BY2022 Chum @ Kitoi Bay = 14.7 million 1.94g fry (2,2,2H)

June

6/2-6/5/23 BY2021 Sockeye @ Little Kitoi = 403,880 16.53g smolt (6,3H)

6/8/23 BY2021 Coho @ Kitoi Bay = 535,004 20.18g smolt (3,4H)

6/13/23 BY2021 Sockeye @ Ouzinkie Boat Harbor = 50,000 15.4g smolt (6,3H)

6/19/23 BY2022 Afognak Lake Sockeye @ Hidden Lake = 229,307 .5 fry (no mark)

6/19/23 BY2022 Afognak Lake Sockeye @ Crescent Lake = 84,562 .57 fry (no mark)

July

7/8/23 BY2022 Saltery Sockeye @ Lower Jennifer Lake = 15,230 .5 fry (2,4,2H)

7/8/23 BY2022 Saltery Sockeye @ Upper Jennifer Lake = 60,230 .5 fry (2,4,2H)

7/10/23 BY2022 Saltery Sockeye @ Ruth Lake = 22,749 .6 fry (2,4,2H)

7/26/23 BY2022 Coho released at:

  • Ruth Lake = 40,128 @ 0.86g Fingerling (2,2,2H)
  • Upper Jennifer Lake = 85,029 @ 8.86g Fingerling (2,2,2H)
  • Lower Jennifer Lake = 60,116 @ 0.86g Fingerling (2,2,2H)
  • Cresent Lake = 95,140 @ 0.86g Fingerling (2,2,2H)

7/30/23 (completed) BY2022 Saltery Sockeye @ Spiridon Lake = 2,701,417 .6 fry (2,4,2H)

August

8/11/23 BY2022 Coho @ Cresent Lake = 94,934 1.06g Fingerling (2,2,2H)

8/15-16/23 Rainbow Trout in Kodiak Lakes = 43,438 at 1.2g

2023 Telrod Cove Cost Recovery

The 2023 Telrod Cove Sockeye Salmon Cost Recovery goal was 125,000 lbs.

2023 Kitoi Bay Cost Recovery

The 2023 Cost Recovery Goal at Kitoi Bay Hatchery (Pink Salmon) was: 3,000,000 lbs.

2023 Egg Takes

2023 chum salmon

Kitoi Bay Hatchery

July 17- August 6
goal = 36 million
actual = 29.1 million (81%)

2023 early-run sockeye salmon

Afognak Lake

August 10 & 19
goal = 740,000
actual = 703,000 (95%)

2023 king salmon

Collected from Olds River & Salonie Creek, all progeny of Monashka Creek Chinook Project

August 12, 17, 22, 25, 31 & September 5
goal = 250,000 eggs
actual = 110,000 (44%)

2023 late-run sockeye salmon (Saltery Lake)

September (goal = 3.6 million)

2023 pink salmon salmon (Kitoi Bay Hatchery)

August/September (goal = 215 million eggs)

2023 Kitoi sockeye salmon (Little Kitoi Lake)

September (goal = 850,000 eggs)

2023 Pillar Creek coho salmon (Pillar Creek Hatchery)

November (goal = TBD)

2023 Kitoi coho salmon (Kitoi Bay Hatchery)

November (goal = 2.3 million eggs).

2023 Spiridon Lake Smolt Counts