2018 Yukon River Summer Salmon Fishery News Release # 12 - Districts 1 and 2 Commercial Fishing Schedule

Districts Affected: Lower Yukon Area

At this time, a precautious management approach to subsistence harvest of Chinook salmon will remain in effect as the run abundance of king salmon is being assessed. However, commercial summer chum salmon fishing periods with selective gear (dip nets and beach seines) are being announced between subsistence fishing periods to allow for harvest of summer chum, which are increasing in the lower river. All Chinook salmon caught in dip net and beach seine gear must be released alive immediately and recorded on a fish ticket.

06/18/2018

Last edited 01/25/2022

Contact Information

Holly Carroll, Area Management Biologist

Deena Jallen, Assistant Area Management Biologist

Lower Yukon Area Office

Phone: (907) 949-1320

Toll free fishing schedule hotline: (866) 479-7387

District 1 (including Black River) Commercial:

Commercial fishing will be open for 72-hours with dip nets and beach seine gear:

from noon Saturday June 16, until noon Tuesday, June 19.

All Chinook salmon must be released alive immediately and recorded on a fish ticket.

District 2 Commercial:

Effective 12 p.m. Saturday, June 16, commercial fishing will be open for four 12-hour periods with dip nets and beach seines:

Noon to Midnight, Saturday, June 16,
Noon to Midnight, Sunday, June 17,
Noon to Midnight, Tuesday, June 19
Noon to Midnight, Wednesday, June 20

All Chinook salmon must be released alive immediately and recorded on a fish ticket. Fishermen must confirm they have a buyer prior to fishing.

District 1 Subsistence fishing with 7.5-inch or smaller mesh gillnets is on a reduced regulatory schedule consisting of two 18-hour periods per week from:

2 p.m. Tuesdays to 8 a.m. Wednesdays
2 p.m. Fridays to 8 a.m. Saturdays

Subsistence fishing is closed between the 18-hour fishing periods.

District 2 Subsistence fishing with 7.5-inch or smaller mesh gillnets is on a reduced regulatory schedule consisting of two 18-hour periods per week from:

2 p.m. Thursdays to 8 a.m. Fridays
2 p.m. Mondays to 8 a.m. Tuesdays

Subsistence fishing is closed between the 18-hour fishing periods.

Fishing schedules, test fish catches and sonar counts are available 24 hours a day at (866) 479-7387 (toll free).

This is an announcement by the Alaska Department of Fish and Game in cooperation with the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. To reach the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service in Emmonak call 949-1798.

News releases and fishery information will be shared on Facebook at:

www.facebook.com/YukonRiverFishingADFG

View Full News Release

-end-