Brian Marston
Published: 2016
Total Pages: 27
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As a continuation of a monitoring project begun in 1994, a bipod and picket weir was used to count and sample steelhead Oncorhynchus mykiss kelts emigrating from the Situk River in Southeast Alaska from 2009 to 2011. Counts were 7,302, 5,335, and 7,458, emigrating kelts for 2009-2011 respectively. The 2009-2011 counts were below the long term (18 years: 1994-2011) average of 8,487 (-21%), and represent a 60% drop off the recent peak counts (10-15,000) seen within the last decade, but they were similar or above the previous low counts recorded historically (
