Federal Subsistence Board News

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Federal public waters of the Kuskokwim River will be opened for three 24 hour periods to the Harvest of Chinook Salmon with 6-inch set gillnets by Federally Qualified Subsistence Users

05/29/2020

In coordination with the Kuskokwim River Inter-Tribal Fish Commission the Alaska Department of Fish and Game, Western Interior RAC, Office of Subsistence Management, and Yukon Kuskokwim Delta RAC, the Federal In-season Manager announces three 24-hour set gillnet opportunities for Federally qualified subsistence users identified in the Section 804 subsistence user prioritization analysis, which includes residents of the Kuskokwim River drainage and the villages of Chefornak, Kipnuk, Kwigillingok, and Kongiganak, to harvest Chinook Salmon on Federal public waters of the Kuskokwim River main stem, except for the waters of the Kuskokwim River mainstem referred to as the Aniak Box (see 3-KS-01-20). 

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Situk River closed to harvest of Chinook Salmon through July

05/27/2020

YAKUTAT, Alaska – Yakutat District Ranger Lee Benson, under authority delegated by the Federal Subsistence Board, has announced that the Situk River will be closed to the harvest of Chinook Salmon from 12:01 a.m. Monday, June 1, 2020 through 11:59 p.m. Thursday, July 30, 2020 due to forecasted low returns.

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Kuskokwim River Mainstem and Salmon Tributaries in Federal Public Waters Closed to Chinook Salmon harvest with Gillnets by Federally Qualified Users Beginning June 1, 2020

05/18/2020

The Federal Subsistence Board (Board) closed the Federal public waters of the Kuskokwim River to the harvest of Chinook Salmon by non-Federally qualified subsistence users, and limited the pool of Federally qualified subsistence users eligible to harvest Chinook Salmon, with approval of FSA 20- 01,02,03 during the Board meeting on May 1st, 2020.

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2020 Yukon River Salmon Fisheries Outlook

05/05/2020

The 2020 drainage-wide Chinook salmon outlook is for a run size of 144,000 to 220,000 fish. This would be a slightly smaller run size than 2019. A cautionary approach will be taken early in the season, and management strategies will be adjusted based on run assessment information as fish enter the river.

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