Assessment of harvest and participation characteristics in the northern pike fisheries of the Tanana River drainage, Alaska
By: by Allen E. Bingham and James F. Parker.
Contributors: Parker, James F.; Alaska. Division of Sport Fish. Statewide Research and Technical Services Unit.
Series: Fishery data series -- no. 95-16.
Publisher: Alaska Dept. of Fish and Game, Division of Sport Fish, Research and Technical Services
Published: 1995
Place of publication: Anchorage
Language: eng
Number of pages: 42
Subjects: Pike -- Alaska -- Tanana River -- Statistics.; Fishes -- Alaska -- Tanana River -- Statistics.; Fish populations -- Alaska -- Tanana River -- Statistics.
Genres: Statistics.
Description: Questionnaires were sent by mail to northern pike Esox lucius angling households in the Tanana River drainage, to assess the characteristics of the fishery and estimate the seasonal distribution of northern pike fishing participation and harvest. Of the 872 surveys mailed, 652 (75%) were successfully delivered and 549 were completed and returned. Of the returned surveys, 546 (84% of the deliverable surveys) were used for estimates. Evaluation of nonresponse bias was conducted on three mailings of the survey. Eighty-four percent (SE = 0.1%) of all reported days fished were expended during the open-water season. Open-water fishing occurred more on rivers (51%, SE = 1.0%) than on lakes (49% SE = 1.0%). Only 14% (SE = 0.7%) of the days of annual participation reported occurred during the ice-covered season, of which 86% (SE = 1.6%) occurred on lakes. Two hundred fifty-nine households reported fishing during the survey period. The responding households harvested a total of 2,074 northern pike. Approximately 82% (SE = 0.8%) of northern pike harvested by the responding households were taken during the open-water season.
Notes: "August 1995".

"Literature cited": p. 13-14.

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