Stock composition of subsistence harvests and total return of sockeye salmon from the Kvichak River

This project will reconstruct the total return of sockeye salmon to the Kvichak River to identify: 1) which of four stocks are most utilized by subsistence fisheries; 2) when these stocks migrate through the commercial fishery and escapement monitoring tower; and 3) if there are temporal trends in migration that may allow commercial fisheries managers to protect stocks important to subsistence fisheries. In addition, by building upon existing smolt stock composition data, this project will evaluate survival and productivity of brood years 2012–2015 at smolt and returning adult life stages.