Tyonek Tribal Conservation District

The Primary Goal of This Project Is to Strategically and Aggressively Mitigate Factors Known to Limit the Productivity of Tyoneks Subsistence Pacific Salmon Populations While Building a Robust Database of Harvest Demographics, Salmon Population Data, and Temperature Trends, Providing Fishery and Land Managers With the Best Information to Enable the Protection and Continuation of This Vital Resource. the Current Decline of Chinook Salmon Has Led the Adf G to Declare Cook Inlet Chinook as Stocks of Concern and to Implement Sport, Commercial, and Subsistence Fishing Restrictions Annually. This Request Would Provide the Financial Support and Infrastructure Needed to Address Factors Responsible for Declines in the Tyonek Subsistence Fishery Populations by Implementing Invasive Species Prevention and Eradication Projects and Adding Permanent Habitat Protections in Critical Habitats, While Filling Critical Data Gaps on Salmon Populations in Western Cook Inlet With the Following Long-term Goals: 1) Prevent and Eradicate Invasive Species From Salmon Rearing Habitats Critical to the Tyonek Subsistence Fishery Populations. 2) Protect Critical Riparian Habitats Across the Tyonek Tribal Conservation District. 3) Restore Tyonek Subsistence Salmon Populations.