Project Information

Title: Reconstructing Sockeye Populations in the GOA Over the Last Several Thousand Years 030649

Project Year and Number: 2003: 030649

Other Fiscal Years and Numbers for this Project: 2004: 040649, 2002: 02649

Principal Investigator (PI): Bruce Finney (University of Alaska Fairbanks)

Managing Agency: ADFG

Assisting Personnel: None

Research Location: Prince William Sound, Kodiak, Kenai Peninsula

Restoration Category: Research

Injured Resources Addressed: Commercial Fishing, Sockeye Salmon, Subsistence

Abstract: This project is reconstructing changes in sockeye salmon abundance over the last 5,000 years using the 15N record left by salmon carcasses in the sediments of spawning lakes in Prince William Sound, the Kenai Fjords, the Kenai River watershed, and on Kodiak Island. The research question is: What is the normal variability in sockeye salmon populations in the Gulf of Alaska and how does it relate to climatic changes in the Gulf of Alaska region? The results will provide a valuable background for future monitoring studies within GEM and for fisheries managers working to preserve and restore natural salmon runs.


Proposal: View (140 KB)

Reports:
Annual Report FY03: View (572 KB)
Final Report: See Project 040649

Publications from this Project: None Available