Subsistence News

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2023 Fall Federal Nushagak Peninsula Caribou Season Opening

07/31/2023

For Immediate Release: 

July 28, 2023

This special action is valid for federal public lands occurring in portions of Units 17A and 17C consisting of the Nushagak Peninsula south of the Igushik River, Tuklung River and Tuklung Hills, west to Tvativak Bay – residents of Unit 9B, 9C, 9E, 17 and Lime Village and Stony River

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Federal Subsistence Board to Hold Work Session in Anchorage, August 2-3, 2023  

07/19/2023

For Immediate Release:
July 19, 2023

Correction:  This announcement has been corrected to clarify that the purpose of the Federal Subsistence Board executive session is to develop recommendations to the Secretaries of Interior and Agriculture for appointments to the Regional Advisory Councils.  

The Federal Subsistence Board (Board) will hold a work session August 2-3, 2023, beginning at 9:00 a.m. daily until the Board has completed its work.  The work session will be held in the Gordon Watson Conference Room of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Regional Office in Anchorage, at 1011 E. Tudor Road.  

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Unit 7 Dall Sheep Federal Drawing Hunt Closed

07/18/2023

For Immediate Release:

July 18, 2023

MOOSE PASS, Alaska – Seward District Ranger Ruth D’Amico, under authority delegated by the Federal Subsistence Board, is closing the Unit 7 Federal subsistence sheep drawing hunt to the harvest of Dall sheep. The closure will be effective for the entire season of August 10 - September 20, 2023.

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FISHERIES UPDATE FOR THE WEEK OF JULY 10-16, 2023. Report #8

07/17/2023

Compiled by George Pappas - (907) 317-2165, George_Pappas@fws.gov Office of Subsistence Management, USFWS. 

The purpose of the weekly fisheries update is to provide the reader with an overall summary of the status of subsistence related fisheries throughout the state of Alaska. 

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Chignik River Federal Subsistence Fishery for Chinook Salmon

07/03/2023

For Immediate Release:

July 3, 2023

The Federal In-season Manager, pursuant to delegated authority from the Federal Subsistence Board under ANILCA Title VIII section 816, will issue an emergency special action (8-KS-01-23) to close fishing for Chinook Salmon to all users, non-federal and Federally qualified users, in Federal public waters of the Chignik River drainage, effective 12:01 a.m. Wednesday July 5. 

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