Federal Subsistence Board News

Department of the Interior bison seal set against green mountainous background.

2017 Yukon River Fall Salmon Fishery News Release # 58 Porcupine River Subsistence Fishing

09/25/2017

Districts Affected: Upper Yukon AreaBased on the current fall chum salmon passage and favorable projections at the Fishing Branch River weir and Porcupine River border sonar projects, the subsistence fishing time restriction is being relaxed to the regulatory fishing schedule on the Porcupine River. The estimated fall chum salmon passage at the Porcupine River border sonar through September 18 is 42,160 fish, which is above the 6-year median of 17,600 fish for that date. 

Read more
Department of the Interior bison seal set against green mountainous background.

2017 Yukon River Fall Salmon Fishery News Release # 55 District 1 Commercial Fishing

09/25/2017

Districts Affected: Lower Yukon AreaThe department does not anticipate any more commercial openings in District 1 for the coho salmon directed fishery due to low catches of coho salmon in the Lower Yukon Test Fishery and small harvest in recent commercial periods. In accordance with the Yukon River Coho Salmon Management Plan, the coho salmon directed commercial fishing season opened in District 1 on September 1 and will end by regulation after September 10. The Yukon Delta Fisheries Development Association will continue to operate the Lower Yukon River Test Fishery through September 10 and the Mountain Village Test Fishery will continue to operate through September 10. 

Read more
Department of the Interior bison seal set against green mountainous background.

2017 GMU 2 Wolf Harvest Quota Announced

09/22/2017

CRAIG, Alaska – Biologists with the Alaska Department of Fish and Game (ADF&G), in cooperation with the U.S. Forest Service, announce that the GMU 2 wolf harvest quota for regulatory year (RY) 2017 will be set at 46 wolves. 

Read more
Department of the Interior bison seal set against green mountainous background.

Bull Moose Harvest Quota Established for Unit 5A, except Nunatak Bench

09/21/2017

The Yakutat District Ranger, under authority delegated by the Federal Subsistence Board, has established the moose harvest quota for Unit 5A, except the Nunatak Bench, at 60 bulls. No more than 30 of those bulls are to be taken from the area west of the Dangerous River. This quota is effective for the 2017 Federal Subsistence moose season, which is October 8 to November 15, 2017, or until the quota is met.  The Alaska Department of Fish and Game (ADF&G) has established the same quota in Unit 5A for the State season, effective October 15, extending through the end of the State season on November 15. The State and Federal quotas are not cumulative.

Read more
Department of the Interior bison seal set against green mountainous background.

2017 Yukon River Fall Salmon Fishery News Release # 53 Porcupine River Subsistence Fishing

09/06/2017

Districts Affected: Upper Yukon AreaThe abundance of fall chum salmon in the upper Porcupine River has been low in recent years when compared to other stocks in the Yukon River drainage. Fall chum salmon escapements into the Canadian Fishing Branch River, a tributary of the Porcupine River, have fallen short of meeting the escapement objective agreed upon by U.S. and Canadian representatives in 5 of the last 10 years despite other Yukon River stocks meeting or exceeding their escapement goals or objectives. Similar to the action taken last year, in an attempt to improve fall chum escapement to the spawning grounds in Canada, subsistence salmon fishing restrictions in the Alaska portion of the mainstem Porcupine River is being implemented. Managers will closely monitor fall chum escapement into the Fishing Branch River throughout the season. If inseason information from the mainstem Porcupine River sonar and from the Fishing Branch River escapement monitoring projects indicates the fall chum salmon goal will be met, the department may relax subsistence fishing restrictions.

Read more