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:  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Expires: 11:59 p.m. Aug. 31, 2025, unless superseded by special action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Expires: 11:59 p.m. Friday, June 20, 2025, unless superseded by subsequent emergency special action.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Expires: 11:59 a.m. Monday, April 15, 2025, unless superseded by subsequent emergency special action.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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