Project Information

Title: Monitoring Dynamics of the Alaska Coastal Current and Development of Applications for Management of Cook Inlet Salmon 030670

Project Year and Number: 2003: 030670

Other Fiscal Years and Numbers for this Project: 2004: 040670

Principal Investigator (PI): Mark Willette (Alaska Department of Fish & Game)

Managing Agency: ADFG

Assisting Personnel: Scott Pegau

Research Location: Cook Inlet

Restoration Category: Monitoring

Injured Resources Addressed: Not Specified

Abstract: This project will collect physical oceanographic and fisheries data along a transect across lower Cook Inlet from Anchor Point to the Red River delta each day during July. The data will be made available to other researchers studying how the physical dynamics of the Alaska Coastal Current affect the productivity of biological resources in the region. Logistical support for the field sampling will be provided in part by an existing test-fishing vessel chartered annually by the Alaska Department of Fish and Game to provide inseason projections of the size of salmon runs returning to the inlet. The project will also use the physical oceanographic data to improve management of Cook Inlet salmon through improved inseason salmon run projections. Several hypotheses regarding effects of changing oceanographic conditions on salmon migratory behavior will be tested.


Proposal: View (240 KB)

Reports:
Annual Report FY03: View (111 KB)
Final Report: See Project 040670

Publications from this Project: None Available