Contributions

  • Alaska. Division of Sport Fish. - Contributor

Publication

1999 - Alaska Dept. of Fish and Game, Division of Sport Fish, Research and Technical Services, Anchorage, Alaska

Language

English

Word Count

17,250 words, Guess

Page Count

69 pages

Identifiers

Classifications

  • LCCSH11 .A7542 no. 99-40

Alternate Titles

  • Federal aid in sport fish restoration (Alaska)

Description

A mark-recapture experiment was conducted along the lower 14 miles of the Delta Clearwater River over two weeks during the middle of July 1998 to estimate abundance and composition of Arctic grayling Thymallus arcticus. Hook and line methods using jigs, flies, and spinners as terminal gear captured 2,443 fish. Estimated abundance of Arctic grayling 240 mm FL was 5,570 fish (SE = 780). Quality sized and larger fish (270 mm FL) predominated. Age-5 fish are fully recruited to the sampling gear and prior years fisheries. Age-5 fish comprised 30% (SE 2%) of the population 240 mm FL while age-4 and 6 comprised 14% (SE = 2%) each. Jig marked fish had significantly lower capture probabilities than fly marked fish and therefore were excluded from the experiment. A positive bias of 8% resulted when jig marked fish were included in the experiment.

Subjects

Topics

MeasurementArctic graylingFish populationsArctic grayling -- Alaska -- Delta Clearwater River Dx StatisticsFish populations -- Alaska -- Delta Clearwater River -- Measurement

Places

AlaskaDelta Clearwater RiverDelta Clearwater River Dx Statistics

Series Statement

  • Fishery data series -- no. 99-40.

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