On September 22, 2022, the Alaska Department of Fish & Game (ADF&G) submitted its annual 3 Rivers Index letter to NOAA Fisheries with preliminary 2022 total Chinook salmon run estimates, harvest levels, and spawner escapements to the Unalakleet, Yukon, and Kuskokwim Rivers.
State Management Action: Kuskokwim River Open to Gillnets
ADF&G Salmon Fishery Announcement #3: Opening Sections 4-5
Public Listening Session for Federal Fisheries Disaster Funding
2021 Salmon Estimates & 2022 Preseason Salmon Forecasts
Kuskokwim River Listening Session 2022
Alaska Congressional Delegation Salmon Roundtable
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.
Preliminary 2021 Salmon Harvests, Escapements, & Run Reconstructions
As tribal leaders, we urge collective action for Western Alaska salmon now
Our fish racks, smokehouses and fish camps remain empty. The trawl fleet continues catching and wasting salmon. The North Pacific Fishery Management Council may not have acted, but our work to restore abundant salmon populations and continue practicing our ways of life is far from over. The well-being of our descendants rests on our collective action now.