Federal Subsistence Board News

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Southcentral Alaska Subsistence Regional Advisory Council to hold teleconference on Fisheries Special Action Request FSA18-02

04/03/2018

The Southcentral Alaska Subsistence Regional Advisory Council will hold a teleconference onApril 17, 2018, to develop a recommendation to the Federal Subsistence Board (Board) on Fisheries temporary special action request FSA18-02. Submitted jointly by the Ninilchik Traditional Council and the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, FSA18-02 requests several modifications to Federal subsistence regulations to allow for implementation of the Kenai River community gillnet fishery for residents of Ninilchik during 2018, including establishing seasons, harvest limits and guidelines about fish retention and release.

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Call for proposals to change Federal subsistence fish and shellfish regulations

03/23/2018

The Federal Subsistence Board is accepting proposals through April 23, 2018 to change Federal regulations for the subsistence harvest of fish and shellfish on Federal public lands for the 2019-2021 regulatory years (April 1, 2019 - March 31, 2021). During this timeframe, the Board will also accept proposals on customary and traditional use and nonrural determinations.

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Public Hearing announced for Fisheries Special Action Request FSA18-02 regarding changes to the Kenai River community gillnet fishery regulations

03/02/2018

A public hearing is scheduled for 6:00 p.m. – 8:00 p.m., March 16, 2018, at the Kenai National Wildlife Refuge Visitor Center in Soldotna to receive public testimony about a Fisheries Temporary Special Action request received by the Federal Subsistence Board.  Fisheries Special Action FSA18-02, submitted jointly by the Ninilchik Traditional Council and the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, requests several modifications to Federal subsistence regulations to allow for implementation of the Kenai River community gillnet fishery for residents of Ninilchik during 2018, including establishing seasons, harvest limits and guidelines about fish retention and release.

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Federal Subsistence Board holds work session, approves 2018 Fisheries Resource Monitoring Program plan and Delegation of Authority letters

02/27/2018

The Federal Subsistence Board (Board) held a work session February 22 – 23, 2018, in Anchorage, and took action on three items: The 2018 Fisheries Resource Monitoring Program (FRMP) plan, Delegation of Authority letters for the Kuskokwim and Cook Inlet areas, and revisions to the Federal Subsistence Board Policy on Closures to Hunting, Trapping, and Fishing on Federal Public Lands in Alaska.

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Correction: Dates of Federal subsistence eulachon fishery closure in Federal waters of District 1

02/26/2018

KETCHIKAN, Alaska – Ketchikan-Misty Fjords District Ranger Susan A. Howle, under authority delegated by the Federal Subsistence Board, is closing the Federal public waters that flow into District 1 to the taking of eulachon from 12:01 a.m. on February 24, 2018, until 11:59 p.m. on April 24, 2018, due to anticipated low eulachon returns. Any eulachon caught in this area must be immediately returned to the water unharmed. The Alaska Department of Fish and Game (ADF&G) also closed the State eulachon fisheries in District 1 on February 24.

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