Alaska Fish and Game manages the area.Hoonah, Alaska (KINY) - Alaska Fish and Game decided to extend the closure of subsistence and sport shrimp fishing in Hoonah Sound until December 31, 2021.
The fishery first closed to subsistence and sport fishing in March 2020 after annual surveys showed declines in population health of both small and large shrimp.
"We had a couple bad years where commercial harvest data indicated something was going on with the shrimp population in Hoonah Sound," said Area Management Biologist for Commercial Fisheries for the Sitka Management Area, Aaron Dupuis. "It indicated that the overall health of the spot shrimp stock was poor."
Dupuis said the most concerning result of the surveys was several generations of young shrimp were experiencing poor survival. Shrimp turn from male to female as they grow older. If not enough young shrimp survive to adulthood, there will be a shortage of females. A shortage of females can lead to a population crash.
"We're doing our best to get out in front of it," said Dupuis. "We didn't want to completely run this thing into the ground and have to close the fishery for years." He added he hopes the Hoonah Sound shrimp fishery will recover quickly.
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