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 Yukon Delta National Wildlife Refuge (YDNWR) Manager, as In-Season Manager, hereby announces five gillnet fishing opportunities for Federally qualified subsistence users.
Our Federal-Tribal management team decided on another Federal subsistence fishing opportunity on Wednesday, June 22, 2022, from 6:00am to 6:00pm, using the same gear restrictions as previous harvest opportunities. In addition, the line at the Kalskag bluffs will open on June 22, 2022, at 12:01am, for fishing at any time with the same Federal gear restrictions.
The Council declined to impose any new bycatch rules that would affect the current season. Instead, they approved what members characterized as a rigorous research program to include the formation of a working group with tribal representatives and others from affected communities.
“We can all agree that the only truly acceptable amount of bycatch is zero, and we must be continually striving toward this goal. We call on the North Pacific Fishery Management Council, Gov. Dunleavy, and ADF&G Commissioner Doug Vincent-Lang to take every possible action to reduce bycatch significantly when they meet in Sitka in June by lowering the chinook salmon caps and establishing a hard cap for chum salmon.”
