Comments Invited on Proposed Changes to Federal Subsistence Fish and Shellfish Regulations

Copies of the proposal book can be found at www.doi.gov/subsistence/proposal/current or by contacting the Office of Subsistence Management at (800) 478-1456 or (907) 786-3888.  Copies of the proposal book are also being mailed out state-wide.

Comments must reference the proposal number and should be sent to Theo Matuskowitz by email at subsistence@fws.gov.  Those without e-mail access can mail them to:

Federal Subsistence Board
Attn: Theo Matuskowitz
Office of Subsistence Management
1011 E. Tudor Rd. M/S 121
Anchorage, AK  99503-6199

To ensure written comments are included in OSM regulatory analyses, comments must be received or postmarked by July 27, 2022.  Hand delivery of comments to the USFWS Regional Office in Anchorage will not be accepted.  In addition to written comments, the public is welcome to provide oral or written comments at the Regional Advisory Council meetings being held September through November 2022, or at the Federal Subsistence Board meeting in January 2023; however, these comments will not be included in the proposal analyses.  

After December 31, 2022, anyone wishing to provide written comments may do so only by delivering them directly to the Board at its regulatory meeting scheduled to occur in January 2023.  The commenter must include 30 copies of their written comments for distribution at the meeting.  No written comments will otherwise be accepted after that deadline.

Additional information on the Federal Subsistence Management Program may be found on the web at www.doi.gov/subsistence or by visiting www.facebook.com/subsistencealaska.

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