Summary data of subsistence salmon catch from in-season fish camp surveys, Lower Kuskokwim River, Alaska, 2009-2016

• Main Author: Orutsararmiut Traditional Native Council
• Format: Dataset
• Language: English
• Published: KNB Data Repository 2018
• Subjects: harvest; subsistence and personal use fishing; survey; featured; sociocultural; well being; Kuskokwim; Alaska
• Online Access: https://dx.doi.org/10.5063/f17s7m2j; https://knb.ecoinformatics.org/view/doi:10.5063/F17S7M2J

The Kuskokwim inseason subsistence catch monitoring project, a partnership between the Orutsararmiut Traditional Native Council (OTNC) and the Alaska Department of Fish and Game (ADF&G), seeks to provide local input from subsistence fisherman on salmon management during the fishing season (Fishery Management Report No. 16-06). Salmon are a highly important resource to residents of the Kuskokwim river drainage, and account for the majority of all wild resources consumed for subsistence in this watershed. The subsistence harvest monitoring program began in 2001, and as of 2004 has specifically centered on the Bethel area subsistence fishery. The OTNC surveys fish camps in the Bethel area every year in June and July for information about fishing activity, whether the camps are reaching their subsistence goals, what kind of fishing gear they are using, and relative run timing and fishing success compared to previous years. Certain data from these forms was redacted to ensure the exact location of the fish camps and families fishing there are kept confidential. Forms were transcribed in to tabular format for each weekly visit to a fish camp. These forms were then reformatted into the summary table, Fish_Camp_Summary_Table.csv. Additional information on project objectives, methods, and results can be found in the archived files ending in "...InseasonHarvestMonitoring.pdf". The files ending in "...infopacket.pdf" are weekly reports from the OTNC and Kuskokwim River Salmon Management Working Group, which contain data summaries, analyses, and comments from meetings that were held about each of the weekly surveys. The date listed in the file name is the date of the meeting for that weekly survey.