A cooperative full stock assessment study among the Alaska Department of Fish and Game Divisions of Sport Fish and Commercial Fisheries, the Department of Fisheries and Oceans Canada, the National Marine Fisheries Service, and the Taku River Tlingit First Nation is currently taking place on Taku River. This annual study is designed to estimate the harvest and escapement of chinook salmon bound for the Taku River. Numbers of juvenile chinook salmon captured, tagged, and released in the lower Taku River near Canyon Island, Alaska in 2001. In 2001, sampling conditions in the Taku River have been ideal for both adults and juvenile chinook salmon. For adults, catches should continue to build up through the end of May and then taper off through the month of June.
Juvenile sampling is now complete.
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