Chinook Salmon Research Initiative
Annual Costs Identified in the Research Plan

Dollar amounts listed in thousands of dollars.

  Calendar Year Budget
Research Plan Elements 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 Total
 
Adult Spawning Abundance
Unuk River 21,000 102,000 52,000 3,000       178,000
Stikine River 22,000 89,000 62,000 54,000       227,000
Taku River 39,000 188,000 9,000         236,000
Chilkat River 4,000 86,000 103,000 8,000       201,000
Copper River 154,000 191,000     19,000     364,000
Westward — Karluk and Chignik Rivers 27,000 16,000           43,000
Nushagak River 706,000 449,000 334,000 215,000       1,704,000
Kuskokwim River 526,000 766,000 699,000 373,000       2,364,000
Subtotal 1,499,000 1,887,000 1,259,000 653,000 19,000     5,317,000
 
Juvenile Abundance
Unuk River 13,000 128,000 19,000         160,000
Stikine River 32,000 75,000 51,000 1,000       159,000
Taku River 50,000 105,000           155,000
Chilkat River 7,000 63,000 33,000 64,000       167,000
Copper River 95,000 321,000 416,000 301,000 235,000 257,000 185,000 1,810,000
Susitna River 44,000 38,000           82,000
Karluk River 66,000 3,000           69,000
Nushagak River 35,000             35,000
Yukon River 103,000 515,000 432,000 45,000       1,095,000
Subtotal 445,000 1,248,000 951,000 411,000 235,000 257,000 185,000 3,732,000
 
Adult Harvest, Genetics, and Coded Wire Tags
Southeast Alaska Marine Sampling   31,000 38,000         69,000
Copper River Area Marine Sampling 51,000 99,000 61,000 10,000       221,000
Cook Inlet Area Marine Sampling 110,000 143,000 128,000 134,000       515,000
Westward Area Marine Sampling 130,000 217,000 252,000 165,000       764,000
Subtotal 291,000 490,000 479,000 309,000       1,569,000
 
Stock-Specific Local, Traditional Knowledge and Subsistence Harvest Assessments
Stikine River 78,000 22,000           100,000
Chilkat River 21,000 21,000 5,000     23,000   70,000
Copper River 42,000 39,000 5,000 3,000 23,000 2,000   114,000
Kenai River 47,000 28,000           75,000
Chignik River 21,000 46,000 18,000 15,000 40,000     140,000
Nushagak River 130,000 74,000 2,000 38,000 3,000 9,000   256,000
Kuskokwim River 37,000 168,000 126,000 52,000 176,000 88,000   647,000
Yukon River 107,000 147,000 3,000 17,000 144,000 78,000   496,000
Subtotal 483,000 545,000 159,000 125,000 386,000 200,000   1,898,000
 
University of Alaska Projects Funded Via RSA
Subtotal 630,000 112,000 497,000 56,000   35,000 77,000 1,407,000
 
Programmatic Support
Subtotal 138,000 271,000 106,000 17,000   1,000 157,000 690,000
 
Genetic Baseline and Marker Development
Subtotal   239,000 53,000 95,000       387,000
 
Statewide
Grand total 3,486,000 4,792,000 3,504,000 1,666,000 640,000 493,000 419,000 15,000,000