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 43 CFR 51.

View informational flyer on submitting a Special Action Request.

The sections below contain information on both pending fisheries special actions and those currently in effect, by fishery management area. Any pending actions are shown at the top of the table for the relevant area.

Yukon Area

Effective Date

Area

Documents

Description

Current Emergency and Temporary Special Actions will be rescinded on the following date: 

 

Tuesday, September 22, 2026, 8:00 a.m. for Subdistrict 6-A and the Upper Tanana River drainage

Yukon AreaYukon Area End of Fall Season Schedule in District 6

Current Emergency and Temporary Special Actions will be rescinded on the following date: 

 

Saturday, September 26, 2026, 8:00 a.m. for Subdistrict 5-D Lower

 

Wednesday, September 30, 2026, 8:00 a.m. for Subdistrict 5-D Middle

 

Tuesday, September 22, 2026, 8:00 a.m. for tributaries of the Porcupine River drainage

 

Thursday, December 31, 2026, 8:00 a.m. for the Porcupine River mainstem

 

Tuesday, October 6, 2026, 8:00 a.m. for Subdistrict 5-D Upper

Yukon AreaYukon Area End of Fall Season Schedule in Subdistrict 5-D

Current Emergency and Temporary Special Actions will be rescinded on the following dates: 

 

Wednesday, September 16, 2026, 8:00 a.m. for Subdistricts 5-A and 5-B

 

Sunday, September 20, 2026, 8:00 a.m. for Subdistrict 5-C

Yukon AreaYukon Area End of Fall Season Schedule (Subdistrict 5-ABC)

Thursday, September 10, 2026, 8:00 a.m. for Coastal District, District 1–3, Subdistrict 4-A, and the Innoko and Koyukuk River drainages

 

Saturday, September 12, 2026, 8:00 a.m. for Subdistrict 4-BC

Yukon AreaYukon Area End of Fall Season Schedule in the Coastal District through District 4

Effective Date:  Friday, September 4, 2026, 6:00 p.m. for Tanana River drainage (District 6) 

Expiration Date: Thursday, December 31, 2026, 8:00 a.m. unless superseded by subsequent special action

Yukon AreaYukon Area Subsistence Fishing Open in the Tanana River (District 6)

Effective Date:  Wednesday, August 26, 2026, 1:00 p.m. for Tanana River drainage (District 6) 

Expiration Date:  Thursday, December 31, 2026, 8:00 a.m. unless superseded by subsequent special action

Yukon AreaYukon Area Selective Gear Chum Salmon Subsistence Fishing in the Tanana River (District 6)

Effective Date:   Wednesday, August 26, 2026, 1:00 p.m. for Subdistrict 5-D excluding the Porcupine River drainage

Expiration Date: Thursday, December 31, 2026, 8:00 a.m. unless superseded by subsequent special action

Yukon AreaYukon Area Subsistence Salmon Fishing Open in Tributaries of Subdistrict 5-D

Effective Date:  Wednesday, August 26, 2026, 1:00 p.m. for District 3, District 4, and Subdistrict 5-ABC (excluding the Koyukuk and Innoko River drainages) 

Expiration Date: Thursday, December 31, 2026, 8:00 a.m. unless superseded by subsequent special action

Yukon AreaYukon Area Selective Gear Chum Salmon Subsistence Fishing in Tributaries of District 3, District 4, and Subdistrict 5-ABC

Effective Date:  Wednesday, August 26, 2026, 1:00 p.m. for Coastal District, District 1, and District 2

Expiration Date:  Thursday, December 31, 2026, 8:00 a.m. unless superseded by subsequent special action

Yukon AreaYukon Area Selective Gear Chum Salmon Subsistence Fishing in Tributaries of Coastal District and Districts 1–2

Effective Date:  Monday, August 17, 2026, 8:00 a.m. for Koyukuk and
Innoko River drainages

Expiration Date:  Thursday, December 31, 2026, 8:00 a.m. unless superseded by subsequent special action

Yukon AreaYukon Area Subsistence Fishing Open (Koyukuk and Innoko River Drainages)
Kuskokwim Area

Effective Date

Area

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Description

    
    
Chignik Area

No current or pending special actions at this time.

 

Yakutat Area

No current or pending special actions at this time.

Southeastern Area

Effective Date

Area

Documents

Description

Effective: Friday, June 12, 2026, 12:01 a.m.

Expires: Saturday, October 31, 2026, 11:59 p.m., unless superseded by subsequent special action

Taku RiverTaku River Subsistence Salmon regulations

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