To ensure Chinook stock escapement, ADF&G’s early season management strategy is to put in place the regulatory front-end closure in Subsistence Sections 4 and 5.
2023 End-of-Season Summary
"Every Fish Counts": Salmon Bycatch Committee Recap
Kuskokwim River 2022 Post-Season Summary
Federal Management Action: Aniak Box Rod & Reel
On Tuesday, June 28, 2022, the Federal in-season manager at Yukon Delta National Wildlife Refuge, in consultation with KRITFC, released emergency special action 3-KS-04-22. This special action opens fishing with rod and reel in the Aniak Box Closure Area starting June 29, 2022, at 6:00 am until further notice, with a bag limit for Chinook salmon and mandatory release for chum salmon. This fishing opportunity is only for Federally qualified subsistence users.
Federal Management Action: Next Subsistence Fishing Opportunity
OPINION: Western Alaska salmon numbers continue to fall — and that’s a serious threat to food security and indigenous cultures
“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.”
