Oregon Ocean Salmon Fisheries: Annual Status Report, 2001

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Citation

Originator: Schindler, Eric, Gway Rogers-Kirchner, and Rodney J. Kaiser

Publish Date: December 2003

Online Link: None

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Contact Information

Agency: Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife

Name: Cedric Cooney

Job Position: Natural Resources Data and Systems Manager

Telephone: 503-947-6094

E-Mail Address: Cedric.X.Cooney@odfw.oregon.gov

Description

Abstract: The Ocean Salmon Management (OSM) unit of the Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife (ODFW) monitors the ocean commercial troll salmon and the ocean recreational boat fisheries. The data collected and estimates generated by OSM are used to assist in the development of management strategies to effectively manage Oregon's fisheries resources, and to evaluate proposed ocean salmon fishery regulations. This report summarizes the activities during the 2001 salmon fishery (April through December) of both sections of OSM: The Commercial Troll Salmon Project (CTSP) and the Ocean Recreational Boat Survey (ORBS). Primary activities within CTSP include: Recovery of coded wire tags (CWT), estimation of average weight of salmon by species and grade, monitoring of quota fishery landings, and estimating catch and effort by area and time. The key functions of ORBS include: Recovery of CWTs; estimating catch by species, port, area, boat type, and time; estimating numbers of fish released for key species; at sea observations of the recreational selective coho fishery; and collection of biological data from several species. OSM is permanently staffed by a project leader and an assistant project leader at Newport, and two sampling coordinators; one each at Tillamook and Charleston (currently a seasonal position). The sampling coordinators serve as liaison between seasonal field samplers, fishery participants, and program staff at Newport; deliver data and CWTs to Newport; and also provide additional sampling when needed. The Oregon Coast has twelve substantial ocean ports or access points to the ocean salmon fishery. In 2001, we sampled the commercial troll fishery at seven Oregon coastal ports, and we sampled the recreational ocean boat fishery at all twelve primary ports. To sample the 2001 fisheries, we hired 36 seasonal employees for varying lengths of time to fill thirty-one seasonal positions: five were commercial troll samplers, fourteen were recreational samplers, eight were "combination" commercial-recreational samplers, three were on board observers, and there was one biological sampling coordinator to assist with marine finfish age structure and associated data collection (Appendix Table 1). We also had one employee who processed the data collected. In addition, some samplers were shifted to temporary duties in other ports to cover special sampling needs.

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Time Period of Content: 1925-2001

Geographic Extent: Oregon Coast

Status: Final

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Format: PDF file

Data Quality Information

Lineage-Source: Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife, Fish Division, Marine Resources Program, Ocean Salmon Management: (Commercial Troll Salmon Project and the Ocean Recreational Boat Survey). This Project was funded in part by: Anadromous Fisheries Act (administered by the National Marine Fisheries Service) Contract Award: NA07FA0322. Bonneville Power Administration (administered by Pacific States Marine Fisheries Commission) Project No: 82-013-01. Pacific Salmon Treaty (administered by the National Marine Fisheries Service) Contract Award No: NA 17FP1335. Federal Aid in Sport Fish Restoration Act (administered by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, U.S. Dept. of Interior) Project No: F-115-R-20. State of Oregon General Fund and Licensing Revenues.

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Field Name	Value
Biblio ID	21401
Year	2001
Publisher
Request Type	Status Report
Location	Salem HQ
Date Created	2003 December
Date Cataloged	4/18/2007
Date Published	2003
Type	book
Pages	140 pp
Volume
Status	2
Descriptor	Oregon Ocean Salmon Fisheries: Annual Status Report, 2001
Date Entered	2007-04-18 08:46:00
Location In Clackamas Library	Ocean Salmon, E wall, S
Author	Eric Schindler; G Rogers-Kirchner; Rodney Kaiser
Duplicates	0
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