Fisheries Special Actions

A Special Action Request is an out-of-cycle change in a season, harvest limit, or method of harvest. Special Actions are taken when unusual situations arise, such as a significant change in resource abundance that could not reasonably have been anticipated. The Federal Subsistence Board may take a Special Action to restrict, close, open, or reopen the taking of fish and wildlife on Federal public lands and waters. Such actions are taken to ensure the continued viability of a particular fish or wildlife population, to ensure continued subsistence use, or for reasons of public safety. These guidelines and requirements can be found in 36 CFR 242.19 and 50 CFR 100.19.

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The table below contains information on fisheries special actions currently in effect.

Effective Date

Area

Documents

Description

Effective:  8:00 p.m., June 1, 2025 for Coastal District and District 1

8:00 p.m., June 3, 2025, for District 2

 

Expires:  8:00 a.m. Dec. 31, 2025, unless superseded by special action

Yukon RiverThe Federal public waters will be closed between the latitude of Point Romanof and the latitude of the westernmost point of the Naskonat Peninsula including those waters draining into the Bering Sea (the Coastal District), and Federal waters of Yukon districts Y-1 and Y-2 to the subsistence harvest and retention of Chinook and summer chum salmon.

Effective:  12:01 a.m. June 1, 2025

 

Expires:  11:59 p.m. July 30, 2025, unless superseded by special action

Situk RiverThe Situk River will be closed to the harvest of Chinook Salmon due to conservation concerns. The use of bait and gillnets is prohibited in the Situk River when fishing for other species during this closure to minimize the incidental mortality of Chinook Salmon. Incidentally caught Chinook Salmon may not be removed from the water and must be released immediately.

Effective:  12:01 a.m. June 1, 2025

 

Expires: 11:59 p.m. Aug. 31, 2025, unless superseded by special action

federal public waters of the Kuskokwim RiverThe closure of federal public waters to the use of gill nets and the harvest of Chinook, Chum, and Coho salmon.  Gill net opportunities within the main stem Kuskokwim River may be announced. 

Effective: 12:01 a.m., Thursday, May 15, 2025

 

Expires: 11:59 p.m. Friday, June 20, 2025, unless superseded by subsequent emergency special action

Stikine RiverThis Emergency Special Action closes the May 15–June 20, 2025 Federal subsistence Chinook Salmon fishery in the Stikine River.

Effective:  12:01 a.m. Saturday, March 01, 2025

 

Expires: 11:59 a.m. Monday, April 15, 2025, unless superseded by subsequent emergency special action

Ketchikan - District 1Federal public waters that flow into District 1 will be closed to the taking of Eulachon except to Federally-qualified subsistence users in the Unuk River drainage.

 

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