Naknek River subsistence salmon harvest assessment ...

• Main Author: Jones, Bronwyn
• Format: Dataset
• Language: English
• Published: Dryad 2020
• Subjects: Arctic; National Science Foundation Office of Polar Programs; Alaska
• Online Access: https://dx.doi.org/10.5061/dryad.bg79cnp8m; https://datadryad.org/stash/dataset/doi:10.5061/dryad.bg79cnp8m

This project provides updated information about the harvests of salmon by the communities of King Salmon, Naknek, and South Naknek, Alaska. This project details the results of a household survey administered for the study years of 2017 and 2018 for harvests and uses of wild salmon by households in these Bristol Bay Borough communities. In addition to the results from the household survey data set, the resulting report includes information from in-depth interviews conducted with key respondents and during participant observation fishing trips. The three study communities are located along the Naknek River in Bristol Bay in Southwest Alaska. As in the past, during the 2017 and 2018 study years, many residents of these study communities relied on fishing for nutrition and to support their way of life. The household surveys found that, in both study years, subsistence harvests of salmon were important in the communities: more than 70% of the number of salmon harvested for King Salmon, and more than 80% of the ... : The project was guided by the research principles outlined in the Alaska Federation of Natives Guidelines for Research and by the National Science Foundation, Office of Polar Programs in its Principles for the Conduct of Research in the Arctic, the Ethical Principles for the Conduct of Research in the North (Association of Canadian Universities for Northern Studies 2003), as well as the Alaska confidentiality statute (AS 16.05.815). These principles stress community approval of research designs, informed consent, anonymity or confidentiality of study participants, community review of draft study findings, and the provision of study findings to each study community upon completion of the research. Systematic Household Surveys Data Collection The primary method for collecting subsistence harvest and use information in this project was a systematic household survey. ADF&G finalized the survey instrument in December 2017. A key goal was to structure the survey instrument to collect demographic and salmon ...