Project Information

Title: Improved Salmon Escapement Enumeration Using Remote Video and Time-Lapse Recording Technology 99366

Project Year and Number: 1999: 99366

Other Fiscal Years and Numbers for this Project: 2001: 01366-CLO, 2000: 00366

Principal Investigator (PI): Ted Otis (Alaska Department of Fish & Game)

Managing Agency: ADFG

Assisting Personnel: Mark Dickson

Research Location: Lower Cook Inlet

Restoration Category: Monitoring

Injured Resources Addressed: Pink Salmon, Sockeye Salmon

Abstract: Salmon resources and services within the spill area, and particularly within Prince William Sound, were injured by the oil spill and have not fully recovered. To monitor the recovery of salmon stocks in the spill area and improve escapement information used to set spawning escapement goals, this project will develop remote video and time-lapse recording technology for enumerating salmon escapement. Remote video has the potential to provide accurate, archivable documentation of salmon escapements well beyond the capacity of aerial survey indices, and well below the cost of weir and sonar projects. Videotapes can be retrieved and reviewed weekly to facilitate in-season management of commercial fisheries.


Proposal: Not Available

Reports:
Annual Report FY99: View (3,856 KB)
Final Report: See Project 00366

Publications from this Project: None Available