Federal Subsistence Board News

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Mountain goat harvest closed in Mount Katlian Zone on Baranof Island

12/15/2020

SITKA, Alaska – Sitka District Ranger Perry Edwards, under authority delegated by the Federal Subsistence Board, is closing the Mount Katlian Zone to the harvest of mountain goats. The closure will be effective December 17, 2020 at 11:59 p.m. and will remain in effect through the rest of the 2020 season which ends December 31. 

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Regulations for the Subsistence Take of Wildlife Published in Federal Register

11/23/2020

On November 23, 2020, the Federal Subsistence Board (Board) published the final rule for the Federal Subsistence Management Regulations for the Taking of Wildlife on Federal public lands and waters in Alaska in the Federal Register (85 FR 74796). This final rule revises regulations for seasons, harvest limits, and methods and means related to the taking of wildlife for subsistence uses in Alaska for the 2020–21 and 2021–22 regulatory years. This rule also revises customary and traditional use determinations for wildlife.  [[{"fid":"63025","view_mode":"default","fields":{"format":"default","alignment":""},"link_text":"nr-wl-finalrule-2020.pdf","type":"media","field_deltas":{"1":{"format":"default","alignment":""}},"attributes":{"class":"media-element file-default","data-delta":"1"}}]]

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Federal subsistence moose hunting season to close in a portion of Unit 5A

10/28/2020

YAKUTAT, Alaska - Yakutat District Ranger Lee Benson, under authority delegated by the Federal Subsistence Board, is closing the 2020 Federal subsistence moose season for that portion of Unit 5A east of the Dangerous River, except the Nunatak Bench, effective Oct. 28, 2020 at 11:59 p.m. The Alaska Department of Fish and Game (ADF&G) will implement a closure for the State season.

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Federal deer season extended in Unit 3

10/28/2020

PETERSBURG, Alaska – Petersburg District Ranger Ted Sandhofer, under authority delegated by the Federal Subsistence Board, is extending the Federal deer season in Unit 3 on Mitkof, Woewodski, Butterworth Islands and that portion of Kupreanof Island on the Lindenberg Peninsula east of Portage Bay - Duncan Canal Portage through 11:59 p.m., Nov. 7, 2020 with a harvest limit of 1 buck. The harvest limit is also revised from antlered deer to buck in the remainder of Unit 3.

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