Join KRITFC, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, and Alaska Department of Fish & Game on Thursday, April 21, 2022, from 1-5pm for a virtual Kuskokwim River Listening Session!
2022 Annual Meeting & Election Results
2022 Annual Meetings and Elections
Inuit Comments on Equitable and Ethical Engagement Protocols
Job Opening: Seasonal Fish Technician
DOI/USDA Announce Consultation on Subsistence in January 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.
2021 Kuskokwim River Subsistence Harvest and Effort Estimates
In 2021, KRITFC and Orutsararmiut Native Council Fisheries, in collaboration with the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and independent contractors, collected and processed data to produce in-season subsistence salmon harvest and effort estimates from a lower river portion of the mainstem Kuskokwim River.
NMFS Alaska Native Tribal Engagement Sessions on Bycatch
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.
