1. Cook Inlet Aquaculture Association “Providing and Protecting Your Salmon Resource”

2. 3. Judd Lake 4. Shell Lake 5. Chelatna Lake 6. Larson Lake 8. Byers Lake 7. Swan Lake 1. Yentna (2 fish wheels) 2. Sunshine Station ADF&G Tagging Stations 8 5 7 3 6 4 1 2 9 9. Stephan Lake (2 fish wheels) 10. Trapper Lake 11. Red Shirt Lake 12. Fish Lake 10 12 11 13 14 15 13. Whiskey Lake 15. Sucker Lake 14. Caswell Lake

3. Susitna River Yentna River Susitna River Chelatna – 280,615 sockeye Shell – 2,733 sockeye Judd – 64,330 sockeye Byers – 16,917 sockeye Larson – 290,025 sockeye Stephan – 36,493 sockeye NOTE: PRELIMINARY DATA DO NOT PUBLISH Swan – 15,253 sockeye

4. NOTE: PRELIMINARY DATA DO NOT PUBLISH Susitna River Yentna River Susitna River Chelatna – 37,784 sockeye Shell – 2,222 sockeye Judd – 18,361 sockeye Caswell – 0 sockeye Larson – 20,324 sockeye Whiskey – 58 sockeye Sucker – 0 sockeye

5. 2005 – 5 students 2006 – 26 students 2007 – 32 students 2008 – 35 students 2009 – 29 students 2010 Cont. Partnership with Student Conservation Association (SCA) 31 Interns Hosted including 2 International Students 24 Universities Interns Awarded $1000 AmeriCorps Scholarship 2009 interns hired on as Seasonal Fish Technicians. Internship Program

6. 2010 Sustina Review Helicopter/snowmachine success New collection gear success/failure –Judd & Stephan utilized incline-plane traps –Judd & Chelatna ice/extreme flooding hardships New lakes –Caswell & Sucker - 0 fish counted –Whiskey - 58 sockeye foot survey Red Shirt &Trapper water quality sampling Northern Pike gillnetting – impact on smolt inconclusive

7. Pike Netting Netting period: May 24- June 21 Chelatna Lake 53 Pike caught Stomach contents: Sockeye-2 Coho-4 Rainbow-2 Whitefish -5 Leeches, birds, partial fish Shell Lake 53 Pike caught Stomach contents: Sockeye-5 Coho-0 Rainbow-1 Partial fish (stickleback)

8. Internship Program 30 Interns Anticipated More International Students CIAA biologist travel for recruitment Field Season Changes Continue helicopter/snowmachine launch Seasonal Assistants operating Chelatna Weir 3 new lakes (8-mile, Fish Creek, Neil) Further ADF&G pike work during smolt field season Video counting weirs on Trapper and Red Shirt 2011 Field Season Outlook

9. Pre-ice Out Launch

10. Smolt Trap Styles Smolt box trap Shallow, slow current Incline plane trap Fast, deep current with option for flotation.

11. Smolt Capture Limitations

13. Caswell Lake 1 3 2

15. Migration Barriers

16. Thank You Nathan Weber, Biologist 40610 Kalifornsky Beach Road Kenai, AK 99611 907-283-5761 nweber@ciaanet.org www.ciaanet.org