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1 High Seas CWT Recoveries in 2012 and 2013 Adrian Celewycz Auke Bay Laboratories, Alaska Fisheries Science Center Juneau, AK Annual Meeting of the Regional Committee on Marking and Tagging, Santa Cruz, CA, April 29-30, 2014

2 High seas CWT sampling, 2012 and 2013 Gulf of Alaska (GOA) groundfish fishery North Pacific Groundfish and Halibut Observer Program (visual, 2012 and 2013) Bering Sea-Aleutian Islands (BSAI) groundfish fishery Bering Sea-Aleutian Islands (BSAI) groundfish fishery North Pacific Groundfish and Halibut Observer Program (visual, 2012 and 2013)

3 High seas CWT sampling, 2012 and 2013 Gulf of Alaska (GOA) groundfish fishery North Pacific Groundfish and Halibut Observer Program (visual, 2012 and 2013) CWT Tunnel Detector Test (electronic, 2012) Salmon Excluder Device trawling (electronic, 2013) Rockfish Trawl Fishery (electronic, 2013) Bering Sea-Aleutian Islands (BSAI) groundfish fishery Bering Sea-Aleutian Islands (BSAI) groundfish fishery North Pacific Groundfish and Halibut Observer Program (visual, 2012 and 2013)

4 High seas CWT sampling, 2012 and 2013 Gulf of Alaska (GOA) groundfish fishery North Pacific Groundfish and Halibut Observer Program (visual, 2012 and 2013) CWT Tunnel Detector Test (electronic, 2012) Salmon Excluder Device trawling (electronic, 2013) Rockfish Trawl Fishery (electronic, 2013) Bering Sea-Aleutian Islands (BSAI) groundfish fishery North Pacific Groundfish and Halibut Observer Program (visual, 2012 and 2013) Research trawling for juvenile salmon (GOA) Research trawling for juvenile salmon (GOA) NOAA Fisheries (electronic, 2012)

5 High seas CWT sampling, 2012 and 2013 Gulf of Alaska (GOA) groundfish fishery North Pacific Groundfish and Halibut Observer Program (visual, 2012 and 2013) CWT Tunnel Detector Test (electronic, 2012) Salmon Excluder Device trawling (electronic, 2013) Rockfish Trawl Fishery (electronic, 2013) Bering Sea-Aleutian Islands (BSAI) groundfish fishery North Pacific Groundfish and Halibut Observer Program (visual, 2012 and 2013) Research trawling for juvenile salmon (GOA) NOAA Fisheries (electronic, 2012) WA-OR-CA hake, non-hake, rockfish, sablefish trawl fisheries WA-OR-CA hake, non-hake, rockfish, sablefish trawl fisheries No new CWT recoveries reported by NMFS, NWFSC since 2011

6 CWT sampling programs on salmon bycatch in the GOA in 2012 Observer Program (visual) Tunnel Detector (electronic) No-c lip, no CWT % Ad-c lip CWTs 0.9 % Ad-c lip, no CWT 2.1 % No-c lip, no CWT % Ad-c lip CWTs 5.1 % Ad-c lip, no CWT % No-c lip CWTs 0.8 % Total Chinook sampled = 1004 Total CWTs = 9 Total Chinook sampled = 1203 Total CWTs = 71 Total Chinook salmon bycatch = 22,581

7 CWT sampling programs on salmon bycatch in the GOA in 2013 Observer Program (visual) No-clip, no CWT 90.7% No-clip, no CWT 84.5% Ad-clip CWTs 3.6% Ad-clip, no CWT 5.7% No-clip, no CWT 84.0% Salmon Excluder Device (electronic) Ad-clip CWTs 4.1% Ad-clip, no CWT 10.1% No-clip CWTs 1.3% Ad-clip CWTs 5.4% Ad-clip, no CWT 9.5% No-clip CWTs 1.1% Total Chinook sampled = 740 Total Chinook sampled = 611 Total CWTs = 27 Total CWTs = 40 Rockfish Trawl (electronic) Total Chinook salmon bycatch = 23,896 Total Chinook sampled = 2111 Total CWTs = 113

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9 CWT sampling (visual) of salmon bycatch by the Observer Program in the BSAI, 2012 and No -c l i p, n o CW T % A d -c l i p CW T s 0.4 % A d -c l i p, n o CW No -c T l i p, n o CW T 0.1 % % A d -c l i p CW T s 0.3 % A d -c l i p, n o C 0.7 % Total Chinook sampled = 1160 Total CWTs = 5 Total Chinook sampled = 1323 Total CWTs = 4 Total Chinook Bycatch = 12,932 Total Chinook Bycatch = 16,003 Total Estimated Contribution = 56 CWTs Total Estimated Contribution = 48 CWTs

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11 Electronic CWT sampling of juvenile salmon by US trawl research in the GOA in 2012 Chinook salmon A d -c l i p CW T s 8.7 % Coho salmon A d -c l i p, n o CW T % No -c l i p CW T s 3.6 % No -c l i p, n o CW T % A d -c l i p CW T s 1.1 % A d -c l i p, n o CW 8.5 % No -c l i p CW T s 1.1 % No -c l i p, n o CW T % Total Chinook sampled = 554 Total CWTs = 68 Total Coho sampled = 645 Total CWTs = 15

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20 Ocean distribution of Yukon River Chinook salmon from CWT recoveries,

21 Ocean distribution of Cook Inlet, Alaska Chinook salmon from CWT recoveries,

22 Ocean distribution of Southeast Alaska Chinook salmon from CWT recoveries,

23 Ocean distribution of British Columbia Chinook salmon from CWT recoveries,

24 Ocean distribution of Washington Chinook salmon from CWT recoveries,

25 Ocean distribution of Oregon Chinook salmon from CWT recoveries,

26 Ocean distribution of Idaho Chinook salmon from CWT recoveries,

27 Ocean distribution of California Chinook salmon from CWT recoveries,

28 The End Alaska Fisheries Science Center (So long, farewell, auf wiedersehen, goodbye!)

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