Prince of Wales Sports Fishing Harvest Report 2020

 

Alaska Department of Fish and Game Will Begin Mailing Annual Sport Fishing Survey

(Statewide) - Anglers who purchased an Alaska sport fishing license in 2021 may soon receive a copy of the 2021 Alaska Sport Fishing Survey—an annual mail survey conducted by the Alaska Department of Fish and Game (ADF&G) to assess where sport fishing occurs and estimate how many fish are caught and kept from sport fishing locations across Alaska.

This week, the ADF&G Division of Sport Fish will begin mailing the first wave of 2021 Alaska Sport Fishing Surveys. The survey is sent to approximately 47,000 randomly selected Alaska resident and nonresident households having at least one (1) person who purchased a sport fishing license or who holds a permanent form of license in 2021. Conducted every year since 1977, the Alaska Sport Fishing Survey is a scientific survey that asks anglers to recall basic information on the number of days fished by members of their household and to report the number of fish caught and harvested by species and location fished in 2021.

Selected angler households receive a detailed survey booklet and a full-color fish identification index. Postage-paid envelopes are provided for returning the survey to ADF&G.

The information collected by the Alaska Sport Fishing Survey is used to produce detailed estimates of the total sport fishing effort (days fished) and the total number of fish caught and kept by species and fishing location. This information, combined with other “on-the-ground” creel surveys and data gathering efforts is an essential part of the division’s mission to protect and improve Alaska’s sport fisheries.

Anglers who have questions about the survey or information requested may contact us at 907-267-2280 or by e-mail at: dfg.dsf.publications@alaska.gov. Results of the 2021 Alaska Sport Fishing Survey will be available by fall 2022. Results from previous survey years can be found on the Alaska Sport Fishing Survey website.

Area Fished	Responses Used	Anglers	Days Fished	KSU	KSO	SS	RS	PS	CS	DV	SH	RT	CT	SM	HA	LC	PC	BC	RF	Other
SALTWATER
Boat - Clarence Strait	17	271	430	0	68	576	0	396	21	0	0	0	0	0	327	32	97	14	504	0
Boat - Coffman Cove	13	291	1,573	0	16	65	16	368	26	0	0	0	0	0	347	10	117	31	274	0
Boat - Thorne Bay	13	260	2,509	0	103	374	0	1,009	11	0	0	0	0	0	63	20	138	6	141	0
Boat - Whale Passage	21	318	1,013	0	8	460	0	411	0	0	0	0	0	0	477	31	155	82	776	72
Boat - other Prince of Wales Island east side	125	2,512	9,720	0	633	3,980	109	5,017	252	0	3	0	0	0	2,922	259	855	431	1,753	200
Boat - Craig area	124	1,965	7,642	0	1,826	8,363	64	1,136	154	0	0	0	0	0	2,786	1,017	78	173	4,224	0
Boat - Dall Island	21	500	1,048	0	350	1,069	0	527	0	0	0	0	0	0	495	98	17	28	669	0
Boat - Noyes Island	135	2,205	5,998	0	2,545	5,659	49	574	11	0	0	0	0	0	3,856	965	59	132	5,759	7
Boat - Sea Otter Sound	54	860	2,804	0	391	3,414	0	828	37	0	0	0	0	0	926	312	67	72	2,442	244
Boat - other Prince of Wales Island west side	118	1,911	9,490	0	1,786	4,584	16	1,604	76	127	0	0	0	0	2,843	623	483	212	4,869	117
Boat - other	9	177	769	0	0	130	0	124	0	0	0	0	0	0	197	44	47	139	74	0
Shoreline	17	301	1,092	0	0	438	115	225	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Saltwater Total	667	9,473	44,088	0	7,726	29,112	369	12,219	597	127	3	0	0	0	15,239	3,411	2,113	1,320	21,485	640
FRESHWATER
Eagle Creek	13	206	515	0	0	29	0	74	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Harris River	12	182	732	0	0	298	0	96	21	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Thorne River and Lake	25	644	2,552	0	0	276	72	438	11	703	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Other East Prince of Wales streams and lakes	41	573	1,587	0	0	57	8	84	106	24	0	34	13	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Klawock River	45	692	3,431	0	0	4,344	0	354	121	12	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Staney Creek	28	452	1,113	0	0	121	0	288	667	12	0	16	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Other West Prince of Wales streams and lakes	8	135	231	0	0	6	41	244	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Other streams	4	66	198	0	0	414	0	22	11	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Freshwater Total	176	1,926	10,359	0	0	5,545	121	1,600	937	751	0	50	19	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Grand Total	843	10,349	54,447	0	7,726	34,657	490	13,819	1,534	878	3	50	19	0	15,239	3,411	2,113	1,320	21,485	640