2020 Yukon River Salmon Fall Fishery Announcement #17 Districts 1-3, Coastal District, and Innoko River Subsistence Fishing

Districts Affected: Lower Yukon Area

Subsistence fishing for fall chum salmon remains closed within the entire Yukon Area because the 2020 fall chum salmon run is projected to be less than the 300,000 fish needed to allow subsistence fishing according to the Yukon River Fall Chum Salmon Management Plan. To provide more subsistence fishing opportunity, subsistence fishermen may use selective gear (hook and line, live-release (manned) fish wheels and dip nets) to target other salmon and non-salmon fish species. All fall chum salmon caught using the selective gear must be released alive immediately and bypass any livebox on a fish wheel.

08/31/2020
Last edited 01/25/2022
Contact Information

Jeff Estensen, Area Management Biologist

(907) 459-7274

Toll free fishing schedule and counts: (866) 479-7387

In Fairbanks fishing schedule hotline: 459-7387

Dip net mesh size is restricted to 4.5-inch or smaller, with a frame 5 feet or smaller between the two farthest points. Fish wheels are encouraged to be “fish-friendly” to include basket sides and bottoms made of a soft material like seine web; and a padded chute to return fall chum salmon to the water immediately.

Subsistence Management Actions

Coastal District and Districts 1-3 (Hooper Bay, Scammon Bay, Emmonak, Nunam Iqua, Alakanuk, Kotlik, Mountain Village, Pitkas Point, St. Mary’s, Pilot Station, Marshall, Russian Mission and Holy Cross):

Subsistence salmon fishing is closed until further notice. Fishermen may use 4 inch or less gillnet gear to target non-salmon species. Subsistence fishermen may use hook and line gear for non-salmon species and salmon other than fall chum salmon in Districts 1-3.

Effective 12:01 a.m. Saturday, August 29, subsistence fishermen may also use live-release (manned) fish wheels and dip nets to target other salmon and non-salmon fish species. All fall chum salmon caught using the selective gear must be released alive immediately and bypass any livebox on a fish wheel.

Innoko River:

Subsistence salmon fishing is open seven days per week, 24 hours per day with 7.5 inch or smaller mesh gillnets.

This is an announcement by the ADF&G in cooperation with the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. To reach the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service in Fairbanks call 456-0406.

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