The North Pacific Fishery Management Council held a special chum salmon bycatch, primarily to review the preliminary draft Environmental Impact Statement (PDEIS or EIS) for new approaches to chum salmon bycatch management in the Bering Sea pollock trawl fishery, with a prioritization on reducing bycatch of Western Alaska chum salmon.
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.
This May 5-6, 2020 meeting was teleconferenced, and quorum was established. The next KRSMWG meeting is currently scheduled for Monday June 8, 2020- 6:00- 8:00 PM.
“An audio recording and all other meeting materials will be made available within the next 2 weeks on the ADF&G Working Group webpage at: http://www.adfg.alaska.gov/index.cfm?adfg=commercialbyareakuskokwim.kswg”
Repost: “The Federal Subsistence Board (FSB) met by teleconference on May 1, 2020, and approved Temporary Special Action Requests FSA20-01, FSA20-02, and FSA20-03.
Information about the Federal Subsistence Management Program may be found on the web at www.doi.gov/subsistence or by visiting www.facebook.com/subsistencealaska.”
ADFG released an announcement about recent changes to regulations during the January 2019 Board of Fisheries meeting.
Mary Peltola, Executive Director of the Kuskokwim Inter-Tribal Fish Commission, spoke with KYUK’s Christine Trudeau last week about the importance of maintaining a link to Yup’ik cultural values in her life. The former House District 38 Representative feels that keeping a positive outlook is especially important when facing potential challenges in the times ahead.
Every year AFN honors those who have made outstanding contributions to their families and the Native community. Congratulations to recipient of the Roger Lang Youth Award – local youth leader and organizer Ben Anderson-Agimuk of Chevak, Tununak, and Bethel. Please read on for a list of this year’s AFN President’s Awards honorees.
Roger Lang Youth Leadership
Ben Anderson-Agimuk
Happy fall-time!
The summer of 2018 has been a summer of bounty for most people on the Kuskokwim. Many friends and neighbors have enjoyed the plentiful salmon season all along the river and the bumper crop of berries in the middle and lower river. A lot of people are thankful for more time to fish this summer, decent catches and a few stretches of good weather.
Roundtable discussion focuses on salmon sustainability, culture
With participants from a broad swathe of the salmon spectrum, the Kenai River Sportfishing Association’s Classic Roundtable discussion Wednesday focused on new research and management tools to preserve troubled salmon returns in the state.
Click to view the video of the 2018 Classic Roundtable, the agenda, and the biographies of the keynote speaker and panelists.
The 2018 customary fishing season in the lower portion of the Kuskokwim is winding down for most fish camps.
While many families are waiting for the Silver Salmon (Coho) to arrive, the batches of Kings (Chinook), Chums and Reds (Sockeye) that were caught, cut, dried and smoked are either being put away for the winter, or are almost done and on the last few days in the smokehouse.
