Federal Subsistence Board News

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Federal Subsistence Board to address Memorandum of Agreement between the Department of the Interior and the Ahtna Inter-Tribal Resource Commission

12/12/2016

This MOA is entered into for the purpose of formalizing the subsistence wildlife management partnership between the Department and AITRC.  The Board will accept public testimony and address Alaska National Interest Lands Conservation Act (ANILCA) Section 805 requirements associated with implementation of the MOA.  The MOA may be viewed at https://www.doi.gov/pressreleases/interior-and-ahtna-intertribal-resource-commission-agree-cooperative-wildlife. 

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Interior and Ahtna Intertribal Resource Commision Agree to Cooperative Wildlife Management Demonstration Project

11/29/2016

ANCHORAGE – U.S. Department of the Interior Deputy Secretary Michael L. Connor today signed an agreement with officials from the Ahtna Intertribal Resources Commission (AITRC) – which coordinates natural resource management issues for the eight federally recognized tribes in the Ahtna region – to create a cooperative wildlife management demonstration project on federal and Ahtna Corporation lands in Southcentral Alaska.  

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Notice of Funding Opportunity

11/23/2016

2018 Fisheries Resource Monitoring Program February 20, 2017 is the Deadline to Submit Project Proposals  The Office of Subsistence Management’s Fisheries Resource Monitoring Program is seeking technically sound proposals that gather information to manage and conserve subsistence fishery resources on Federal public lands and waters in Alaska. 

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Federal Subsistence Board Action Summary from 2016 Summer Work Session

10/26/2016

The Federal Subsistence Board (Board) held a work session on July 26-27, 2016 in Anchorage.  On the agenda for Board consideration were the following: review, feedback, and next steps for the draft policy on nonrural determinations; deliberations on the Request for Reconsideration (RFR) processes for RFR15-02 Kasilof River Community Gillnet and RFR15-03 Makhnati Island Area Herring and Herring Spawn; review and approval of annual report replies to the 10 Regional Advisory Councils; and in Executive Session, action on Council nominations.   

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Supplemental News Release:

07/29/2016

Based on numerous inquiries from the public, the Federal Subsistence Board (Board) is providing more detailed information concerning the recently authorized 2016 Kenai River Community Gillnet Fishery.  This announcement supplements the information in the News Release issued by the Board on July 28, 2016.

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Special Action

06/23/2016

3-KS-06a-16 EXPLANATION: This emergency special action opens a 72-hour opportunity for Federally  qualified  subsistence users to harvest  Chinook  and Chum salmon on Federal  public waters of the Kuskokwim  River  and tributaries, except those tributaries previously closed including the Eek, Kwethluk, Kasigluk, Kisaralik,  Tuluksak, and Aniak  Rivers  (3-KS-03-16).   During this opportunity,  Federally qualified  subsistence users may fish from  12:0lp.m. (noon) June 21, 2016, until  11:59 a.m.   (noon) June 24, 2016 using set and drift gillnets with 6-inch or less stretched mesh and not exceeding 45 meshes in depth.  From the Yukon  Delta National  Wildlife Refuge (Refuge)  boundary at Kuskokwim River mouth upstream to Johnson River mouth, nets must be no longer  than 300 feet (50 fathoms) in length.  From Johnson River mouth  upstream  to a line downstream  of Kalskag  at the south edge of Uknavik  slough and then due east to the edge of the bluff line,    nets must be no longer than  150 feet (25 fathoms)  in  length.

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