Analyses of Emperor Goose Survey Data and Harvest Potential ...

• Main Authors: Dooley, Josh, Osnas, Erik, Zimmerman, Guthrie
• Format: Text
• Language: unknown
• Published: U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service 2016
• Subjects: emperor goose; Pacific; Yukon; Kuskokwim; Alaska
• Online Access: https://dx.doi.org/10.7944/p9x5zx6y; https://www.sciencebase.gov/catalog/item/64499a30d34ee8d4adeda152

This report provides information for the U. S. Fish and Wildlife Service Division of Migratory Bird Management (USFWS DMBM), Alaska Migratory Bird Co-management Council (AMBCC; comprised of the USFWS, Alaska Department of Fish and Game [ADFG], and Alaska Native representatives), Pacific Flyway Council (PFC), and other entities interested in the management, monitoring, and biology of emperor geese. Sport and subsistence hunting of emperor geese was closed in 1986 and 1987, respectively, due to a population decline and conservation concerns. Since the middle 1980s, abundance has increased. During 2012 to 2015, proposals requesting a legalized harvest have been submitted by Alaska subsistence users through the AMBCC. Past proposals have not been approved because the 3-year average population management index from the spring staging aerial survey had not reached 80,000, as required in the Yukon Kuskokwim (YK) Delta Goose Management Plan and the PFC Emperor Goose Management Plan. In 2015, the management index was ...