CFOS Seminar: Bering Cisco research program in Alaska

April 16, 2021

Alice Bailey

The College of Fisheries and Ocean Sciences will hold its last weekly seminar for the semester on Wednesday, April 21, from 3:30-4:30 p.m. via Zoom. The talk will be offered by Randy Brown, who is a fisheries biologist for the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. 

"An Overview of the Bering Cisco Research Program in Alaska" 

Bering cisco (Coregonus laurettae) is an anadromous North American coregonid species. They are harvested by people in Alaska coastal communities and are considered a good food fish.

An experimental commercial fishery for coregonid fishes began at the mouth of the Yukon River in 2005 with buyers in New York City, marking the first time Alaska coregonid populations were marketed outside of the state. By 2007, buyers were only interested in Bering cisco and there was considerable pressure to increase the harvest limit. Experimental fisheries are traditionally limited by the Alaska Department of Fish and Game to relatively low levels of harvest until enough information is collected to guide harvest levels and support effective management. This presentation focuses on a series of research efforts and associated findings that were pursued by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, ADF&G and other cooperating organizations and individuals to expand knowledge of Bering cisco biology.

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Meeting ID: 880 8296 4152, Passcode: 064031

Please email Andrés López at jalopez2@alaska.edu for more information.