Federal Subsistence Board to Hold Teleconference on Fisheries Temporary Special Action Requests FSA22-01, FSA22-02, FSA22-03, and FSA22-04 Regarding the Yukon River Chinook and Chum salmon Fisheries

All four requests ask for the Board to act on the following issues:

• Assume management of Yukon River Chinook and summer and fall Chum Salmon throughout the 2022 fishing season
• Close Federal public waters of the Yukon River drainage to the harvest of Chinook and summer and fall Chum Salmon except by Federally qualified subsistence users from June 1 through September 30, 2022
• Further reduce the pool of eligible harvesters based on an Alaska National Interest Lands Conservation Act Section 804 Subsistence User Prioritization

Teleconference information is as follows:

May 4, 2022, 9:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m. (or until the Board completes its business)

Teleconference: Toll Free: 1-888-942-9690

Passcode: 6071806

Public hearings on FSA22-01, FSA22-02, FSA22-03, and FSA22-04 were conducted on March 29 and March 31, 2022, via teleconference.

For more information on fisheries special actions, the analysis, and a link to the fact sheet on FSA22-01/02/03/04, go to: https://www.doi.gov/subsistence/fisheries-special-actions

Additional information on the Federal Subsistence Management Program may be found on the web at www.doi.gov/subsistence or by visiting www.facebook.com/subsistencealaska.

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