Armin F. Koernig Hatchery ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [Image] The Armin F. Koernig Hatchery is the first PWSAC owned hatchery located at Port San Juan on Evans Island in Prince William Sound, approximately 90 air miles west of Cordova. The original hatchery was converted from an existing salmon cannery located on the site in 1974 and designed as a pink and chum salmon hatchery. The late summer chum program was not as sucessful as the pink program and was discontinued in 1986. AFK was the only PWSAC hatchery in the direct flow of oil spilled from the Exxon Valdez in March 1989. Sawmill Bay was protected with floating oil spill boom as the young fry from the hatchery were outmigrating. The effects of the EVOS around AFK and in Prince William Sound are still being investigated. In 1991, the hatchery building was rebuilt with design changes to make water usage more efficient. The lake above AFK is extremely small (upper right corner of picture) which forces the hatchery at times to use water twice and, in extremes, recycle 95% of the water through a complex recycle system. AFK currently produces 160 million pink salmon. Chuck Pratt is the AFK Hatchery Manager, he leads a permanent staff of six on-site year-round, with a seasonal staff of 14 during the summer. Chuck has worked with PWSAC (WNH, CCH, MBH, AFK) since 1988 (10 years) and background includes; B.S. in Fishery Biology from Colorado State University 1987. All the Hatchery Managers enjoy giving tours, showing off their hatcheries and the fish, so stop by it you are in the area. All the hatcheries can be contacted on VHF 16 and SSB 2430. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ AFK Pink Salmon Prodution Summary Brood Marine Year Green Eggs Fry Released Total Return Survivial 1975 6,254,460 1,000,000 44,000 4.40 % 1976 15,006,418 11,010,577 154,620 1.40 % 1977 23,424,000 16,950,784 552,955 3.26 % 1978 28,645,620 22,774,739 1,493,489 6.56 % 1979 28,401,415 21,641,757 2,264,845 10.47 % 1980 94,689,000 69,787,000 5,134,363 7.36 % 1981 143,500,000 70,118,000 3,722,502 5.31 % 1982 127,131,032 87,384,533 2,800,000 3.20 % 1983 89,473,968 76,746,000 5,030,616 6.55 % 1984 114,145,786 103,531,000 4,964,000 4.79 % 1985 121,027,795 112,527,515 7,613,160 6.77 % 1986 127,179,143 116,117,645 6,076,493 5.23 % 1987 126,753,923 110,962,557 2,726,455 2.46 % 1988 190,104,930 160,471,718 6,923,836 4.31 % 1989 126,900,222 113,842,866 5,658,433 4.97 % 1990 127,857,935 115,748,552 2,470,634 2.13 % 1991 127,263,120 112,828,924 1,596,130 1.41 % 1992 127,468,664 113,529,568 1,786,966 1.57 % 1993 125,875,325 92,723,581 981,756 1.06 % 1994 125,483,203 108,583,112 1,767,000 1.63 % 1995 126,254,629 108,636,977 6,974,318 6.42 % 1996 60,399,582 51,562,609 1997 119,084,280 Total 2,302,324,450 1,798,480,014 70,736,571 4.35 % ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Back to PWSAC Hatcheries Back to PWSAC Home Page