Fishery Management Report for the Recreational Fisheries of the Upper Copper/Upper Susitna River Management Area, 2009.

摘要

Sport fisheries season summaries for 2009 and preliminary information for 2010 in the Upper Copper/Upper Susitna Management Area (UCUSMA) are presented. The UCUSMA consists of all waters and drainages of the Copper River, upstream of Haley Creek and all waters and drainages of the Susitna River, upstream of the Oshetna River. The areas king, sockeye, and coho salmon are targeted in sport, personal use, and subsistence fisheries. Other resident and anadromous fishes such as burbot, lake trout, rainbow/steelhead trout, Arctic grayling, and Dolly Varden are targeted in year-round sport fisheries. Whitefish are mainly targeted in subsistence fisheries. Sport angler effort was 53,409 angler-days in 2009. Total sport catch in 2009 was 125,497 fish, continuing a four year trend in increasing area sport fish catch. Sport harvest totaled 25,855 fish in 2009 with sockeye salmon accounting for 52% of the harvest. In the Glennallen Subdistrict state subsistence fishery a total of 49,643 salmon were harvested in 2009 amounting to the second lowest harvest per permit ever recorded in this fishery. Sockeye salmon represented over 94% of the subsistence harvest. The Chitina Subdistrict personal use fishery state harvest totaled 92,228 salmon in 2009. Overall, the UCUSMA fish stocks are healthy and harvests appear sustainable, but significant challenges exist to maintain sustainable stocks in the face of decreasing returns or increased effort on specific lakes and flowing waters.