Fish Map App

The Indigenous Sentinel Network Anadromous Waters Catalog

The Indigenous Sentinel Network (ISN) Anadromous Waters Catalog (AWC)

app is designed for community observers to record observations of

anadromous fish and stream passage information in a reliable and

consistent manner. The ISN AWS app is part of a collaboration between

the Alaska Conservation Foundation, the Alaska Department of Fish and

Game (ADFG), the US Fish and Wildlife Service and the Aleut Community of

St. Paul Island Tribal Government.

The ADFG Catalog of Waters Important for the Spawning, Rearing or

Migration of Anadromous Fishes and its associated Atlas currently lists

almost 20,000 streams, rivers or lakes around the state of Alaska which

have been specified as being important for the spawning, rearing or

migration of anadromous fish. However, it is believed that this number

represents a fraction of the streams, rivers, and lakes actually used by

anadromous species. Until these habitats are inventoried, they will not

be protected under Alaska State law. To be protected water bodies must

be documented as supporting some life function of an anadromous fish

species (salmon, trout, char, whitefish, sturgeon, etc.) Anadromous fish

must have been seen or collected and identified by a qualified observer.

Most nominations come from Department of Fish and Game fisheries

biologists. Others are received from private individuals, companies and

biologists from other state and federal agencies. Data documenting

anadromous fish species can be logged in the field regardless of

internet access through the ISN AWC smartphone app and then can be

uploaded to the ISN database when a Wi-Fi connection is available. Data

will then be forwarded to the ADFG for validation and use in the AWC

nomination process.

For information on participating in the ISN/AWC collaborative effort

please contact Aaron Poe at [email protected] or Lauren Divine

at [email protected].