Annual management report for shellfish fisheries in the Kodiak, Chignik and Alaska Peninsula areas, 2008
By: by Mark A. Stichert, Paul Converse, and Kim Phillips
Contributors: Converse, Paul; Phillips, Kim; Alaska. Division of Sport Fish; Alaska. Division of Commercial Fisheries
Series: Fishery management report -- no.10-30; Fishery management report (Anchorage, Alaska) -- no. 10-30.
Publisher: Alaska Dept. of Fish and Game, Division of Sport Fish, Research and Technical Services
Published: 2010
Place of publication: Anchorage
Language: eng
Number of pages: 61
Subjects: Statistics; Crab fisheries; Shellfish fisheries; Fishery management
Description: This annual management report summarizes 2008 shellfish fisheries, excluding weathervane scallops Patinopecten caurinus, in the Kodiak, Chignik, and South Peninsula Districts of the Westward Region. Commercial fisheries occurred for Tanner crab Chionoecetes bairdi, Dungeness crab Cancer magister, giant Pacific octopus Octopus dofleini, and red sea cucumber Parastichopus californicus. Historically, these management districts also supported various Pandalid shrimp fisheries and red king crab Paralithodes camtschaticus fisheries.
Notes: "Alaska Department of Fish and Game, Divisions of Sport Fish and Commercial Fisheries"--Cover.

"July 2010."

Includes bibliographical references (p. 24).

Also available in electronic format via Internet.

This item was harvested from the Dept. of Fish and Game web site: http://www.sf.adfg.state.ak.us/FedAidPDFs/FMR10-30.pdf  in September 2010 for the Alaska State Publications Program; remote access available via StaticURL.
Table of contents: title: Introduction; title: Tanner crab; title: Dungeness crab; title: King crab; title: Shrimp; title: Red sea cucumber; title: Green sea urchins; title: Octopus; title: Razor clams; title: Other miscellaneous shellfish fisheries.