Federal Subsistence Board News

For Immediate Release:

February 7, 2023

 

The Federal Subsistence Board (Board) met January 31 to February 3, 2023, at the Egan Center in Anchorage, to consider proposed changes to Federal subsistence fish and shellfish regulations and fishery closure reviews.  In addition, the Board acted on deferred Wildlife Proposals WP22-40, WP22-07, WP22-08, and WP22-10, a threshold analysis for RFR22-01, a Nonrural Determination Proposal threshold assessment, and other items. 

 

For Immediate Release:

January 27, 2023

Secretary of the Interior Deb Haaland, with the concurrence of Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack, has made appointments to the 10 Federal Subsistence Regional Advisory Councils. The Councils advise the Federal Subsistence Board on subsistence management regulations and policies and serve as a forum for public involvement in Federal subsistence management in Alaska. With these appointments (shown in bold), the current membership of the Councils are:

On January 11, 2023, the Federal Subsistence Board (Board) published a notice in the Federal Register of the 2023 public meetings for the Federal Subsistence Regional Advisory Councils (Councils). The ten Councils will meet in person throughout Alaska between February 22, 2023, and April 6, 2023, to discuss and propose changes on the take of wildlife regulations on Federal public lands.

For Immediate Release:
January 9, 2023    

The Federal Subsistence Board (Board) will meet January 31−February 3, 2023, at the Egan Center in Anchorage, Alaska, to consider proposed changes to Federal subsistence fish and shellfish regulations for the 2023-2025 regulatory years. The Board will also discuss the Hunter Ethics Education and Outreach Initiative, Secretarial regulations proposing the inclusion of identified submerged lands in the Tongass National Forest, deferred wildlife proposals WP22-07, WP22-08, WP22-10 and WP22-40, the threshold analysis for RFR22-01 requesting reconsideration of fisheries proposal FP21-10, the threshold assessment for non-rural determination proposal NDP25-01, and other subsistence issues. 

For Immediate Release:

December 27, 2022

Under the authority of:
36 CFR §242.10 and .19
50 CFR §100.10 and .19

SITKA, Alaska – Sitka District Ranger Eric Garner, under authority delegated by the Federal Subsistence Board, is closing the Hogan Lake zone to the harvest of mountain goats. The closure will be effective Wednesday, December 28, 2022, at 11:59 p.m. and will remain in effect through the rest of the 2022 season, which ends December 31.

For Immediate Release:

December 19, 2022

The Office of Subsistence Management is accepting proposals for funding via the 2024 Fisheries Resource Monitoring Program. Proposals must be technically sound and scientifically accurate with a focus on gathering biological, harvesting, and cultural data to be used in the management and conservation of subsistence fishery resources on Federal public lands and waters in Alaska (National Wildlife Refuges, National Forests, National Parks and Preserves, National Conservation Areas, National Wild and Scenic River Systems, National Petroleum Reserves, and National Recreation Areas).

For Immediate Release:

November 29, 2022

Under the authority of:
36 CFR §242.10 and .19
50 CFR §100.10 and .19


SITKA, Alaska – Sitka District Ranger Eric Garner, under authority delegated by the Federal Subsistence Board, is closing the Whale Bay and Necker Bay zones to the harvest of mountain goats. The closure will be effective Wednesday, November 30, 2022 at 11:59 p.m. and will remain in effect through the rest of the 2022 season, which ends December 31. 

The Office of Subsistence Management is currently seeking proposals for the upcoming 2024 Partners for Fisheries Monitoring Program (Partners Program) that strengthens Alaska Native and rural involvement in Federal subsistence management. The Partners Program is a competitive grant that is directed at providing funding for biologists, social scientists, and outreach/educator positions in Alaska Native and rural nonprofit organizations with the intent of increasing the organizations’ ability to participate in Federal subsistence management. In addition, the program supports a variety of opportunities for local, rural students to connect with subsistence resource monitoring and management through science camps and paid internships.

Harvest limit of one caribou announced for winter hunt 

FAIRBANKS, Alaska – After consultation with the Alaska Department of Fish and Game (ADFG), the National Park Service, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, and the Eastern Interior Subsistence Regional Advisory Committee, and under authority delegated by the Federal Subsistence Board, the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) Eastern Interior Field Office will open the Fortymile caribou federal subsistence hunt on federal public lands in Units 20E, 25C and a portion of 20F at midnight on October 27, 2022. The federal subsistence hunt includes a harvest limit of one caribou and will close at 11:59 p.m. March 31, 2023. The federal subsistence hunt applies to federally qualified rural residents hunting on federal public lands only. 

For Immediate Release:

October 20, 2022

 

The Bristol Bay Subsistence Regional Advisory Council will meet November 2-3, 2022, at the Curyung Tribal Council Office in Dillingham. The meeting will begin at 8:30 a.m. daily.