Today we get updates from area managers and hear about the age of fish at the Port Moller Test Fishery.
A new Port Moller Test Fishery interpretation came out today after the show was aired - here's a look at what they said, more on their website:
Station indices for June 26 indicated a dramatic increase in run strength past the PMTF. Increases at Stations 4 and 6 suggest Egegik is building considerably. Historically, Egegik’s representation in the stock composition has been distributed across the entire test fishing transect, but was generally greatest at these stations. As well, the Kvichak and Nushagak stocks have a broad transect distribution, but are greatest at Stations 8 and 10. Thus, the increased index at Station 10 yesterday was likely due to these stocks gaining momentum. We expect catches to pick up considerably in all of these districts starting around June 30-July 1. With the catches on June 24 and 26, it now seems apparent the 2015 run through Port Moller will have an average or later run timing as opposed to recent years when the timing was earlier. Our best guesses at this point are that (1) the run is of normal timing past Port Moller and is large or the run is of late timing past Port Moller and is even larger. We will need several more days’ worth of test fishery catches and C+E before we can begin to project run strength to each district. The crew was again unable to fish today due to weather.
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