The North Pacific Fishery Management Council will next discuss chum salmon bycatch at a special meeting in February 2025. Here is what you need to know to engage.
After the next 36 hour fishing opportunity, YDNWR and KRITFC will rescind all previous fishing restrictions announced for 2024, returning management of the River to the State of Alaska and ADF&G.
The Yukon Delta National Wildlife Refuge (YDNWR) In-Season Manager, hereby announces two gillnet and one rod and reel fishing opportunity for federally qualified subsistence users.
The Yukon Delta National Wildlife Refuge (YDNWR) Manager, as In-Season Manager, announces a gillnet fishing opportunity for Federally qualified subsistence users.
The Department of the Interior (DOI) and National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) are hosting in-region and virtual Tribal Consultations in Bethel (October 5), Nome (October 6), and Fairbanks (October 7) to consult with Tribes and subsistence users on fisheries protections, restoration, and subsistence policy.
From KYUK: On Dec. 8 and 9, U.S. Sens. Lisa Murkowski and Dan Sullivan and Rep. Don Young held a Zoom meeting between salmon researchers, tribes, and managers. Their goal was to unite these groups’ efforts to determine the cause of the ongoing Chinook declines and the sudden chum crash in Western Alaska. After two days of meetings, the groups are still at odds over what’s causing the declines, and what the best way to move forward is.
The National Marine Fisheries Service with NOAA Alaska Region is hosting two engagement sessions with Alaska Native Tribal governments, organizations, and corporations regarding halibut (November 29) and salmon bycatch (January 11) in Alaska marine fisheries. These engagement sessions are NMFS’s response to dozens of public testimonies about bycatch during the North Pacific Fishery Management Council meeting in October 2021. Any Alaska Native entity is invited to call in.
