(Anchorage) — Under terms of the Pacific Salmon Treaty (treaty), the Alaska Department of Fish and Game (ADF&G) announced that the preseason all-gear catch limit for Southeast Alaska (SEAK) is 133,500 treaty Chinook salmon for 2025. The ADF&G target will be 130,850 Chinook salmon. This year’s target includes a 2% reduction from the treaty catch […]
(Anchorage) – The Alaska Board of Fisheries (BOF) adopted several proposals on miscellaneous shellfish including Prince William Sound shrimp, Cook Inlet Tanner crab, and east and west Cook Inlet razor clams at its March 2025 meeting in Anchorage. Regulatory changes are summarized below as a service but not as a complete digest of all regulations. The […]
(Anchorage) – The Alaska Department of Fish and Game (ADF&G) is closing the Valdez Terminal Harvest Area to sport fishing for coho salmon, effective 12:01 a.m. Friday, September 13 through 11:59 p.m. Thursday, October 31, 2024. This applies to all salt waters north of a line between Point Freemantle and Rocky Point including all saltwater shore-access […]
(Palmer) – Alaska Department of Fish and Game (ADF&G) is reducing the bag limit for coho salmon to one fish in all waters of the Susitna River drainage effective 12:01 a.m. Tuesday, August 6 through 11:59 p.m. Monday, September 30, 2024. The waters of Alexander Creek, Unit 2 (Parks Highway streams), Unit 3 (upper Susitna north […]