LUTHERAN QUILTERS – Members of the Quilts for Comfort Group stand between pews draped with some of the 205 quilts they made, in the Sitka Lutheran Church Tuesday. The group made the quilts for five local non-profits and one in Anchorage. The remaining quilts are sent to Lutheran World Relief which distributes them to places around the world in need, such as Ukraine, as part of Personal Care Kits. Pictured are, from left, Helen Cunningham, Kathleen Brandt,Vicki Swanson, Paulla Hardy, Kim Hunter, Linda Swanson and Sue Fleming. (Sentinel Photo by James Poulson)
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Alaska Department of Fish and Game wrapped up the daily aerial surveys of herring spawn around Sitka today, and it looks like activity is reaching an end, Fish and Game Area Management Biologist Eric Coonradt said.
A total of eight-tenths of a nautical mile of active spawn was measured Thursday, and a half-nautical mile was added today in Salisbury Sound, bringing the total of active spawn observed to 60.44 nautical miles for the season.
Since the end of the fishery on March 27, biologists have continued measuring spawn and updating the public on where spawning is occurring. But now that it appears to be on the downswing. Coonradt said small plane pilots will keep an eye out for spawning on the sound during their regular flights, and Fish and Game will go back up if further spawning is seen.
In general, it’s been a long spawning season, Coonradt said.
“This has been going on pretty steady since the end of March,” he said. The first spot spawn was March 20, stopped, started again on March 29 and has been continuous since then. “We’ve been flying nonstop since the 15th (of March). We’re going to call it good for now.”
Biologists measure spawn mileage from the air, and the width, depth and density of spawn in the water with spawn deposition surveys. The first spawn deposition survey has been completed, and another likely will be made next week.
Coonradt said from his casual observation the spawn last year went deeper than this year, and the spawn mileage appears to be about the same.
“My recollection is it went deeper – to the 50s or 60s last year,” he said referring to the depth of the eggs by feet. “This year it didn’t seem like we went past the 30s. We’re probably looking at something fairly similar as far as (spawn) mileage goes.”
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Photo caption: National Republican Chairman George Bush takes a drink of water offered by Jan Craddick, Sitka delegate, during the Republican convention held here. Mrs. Craddick explained to Bush that the water was from Indian River, which means, according to local legend, that he will return.