The 2014 pink salmon prediction is for 22 million pinks. This is below the 10 year average of 41 million pinks but consistent with the average for even years only. This put the return in the average range for management actions. This will be discussed at the Seine task force meeting December 3rd in Ketchikan […]

ADFG in their weekly announcement closed District 1 for the gillnet salmon fishery. District 6, 8, 11 and 15 are still open.

October 2013 C-1 Observer Program Motion The Council supports the overall provisions for observer coverage described in the 2014 Draft Annual Deployment Plan and the specific observer advisory committee (OAC) recommendations on page 3-5 of the September OAC report. The Council also recommends continuing the policies that allow vessels to make an annual selection for […]

SOUTHEAST ALASKA REGIONAL PLANNING TEAM, PURSE SEINE TASK FORCE, AND DRIFT GILLNET TASK FORCE MEETINGS SCHEDULE Sitka. . . The Alaska Department of Fish and Game announced today the following information about the Southeast Alaska Purse Seine and Drift Gillnet Task Force meetings and the Southeast Regional Planning Team meeting. The department holds annual meetings […]

2013 NORTHERN SOUTHEAST INSIDE (NSEI) SUBDISTRICT SABLEFISH FISHERY ANNUAL HARVEST OBJECTIVE ANNOUNCEMENT The 2013 NSEI Subdistrict commercial sablefish fishery annual harvest objective (AHO) is 1,002,162 round pounds. There are 78 valid Commercial Fisheries Entry Commission (CFEC) permits for 2013, one less than in 2012; therefore the individual equal quota share (EQS) is 12,848 round pounds […]

ADFG announced today that the 2013/14 commercial Dungeness crab season will be reduced by 7 days. The summer season will close on August 8, 2013 at 11:59 pm. Season length for the 2013/14 commercial Dungeness crab season will be announced after a thorough review of all available fishery performance data.  

The Alaska Department of Fish and Game (department) intends to use three chartered commercial fishing vessels to conduct a longline survey assessing relative abundance of sablefish in the Northern Southeast Inside (NSEI) Subdistrict. Chartered longline vessels will be contracted for up to 14 days beginning July 28, 2013. Survey vessels may accommodate up to three […]

ADF&G Announces 2013 Southeast Alaska Chinook Salmon Harvest Quota (Juneau) – Under provisions of the Pacific Salmon Treaty, the Alaska Department of Fish and Game (ADF&G) announces that the preseason Chinook salmon all-gear harvest quota for Southeast Alaska in 2013 is 176,000 fish. This year’s quota is 90,000 fish lower than the 2012 allowable preseason […]

March 15, 2013, Juneau, Alaska – Governor Sean Parnell today nominated Duncan Fields and David Long for consideration by the U.S. Secretary of Commerce for service on the North Pacific Fishery Management Council (NPFMC). The governor also named Stefanie Moreland and John Moller as alternate nominees. “The fisheries resources in the North Pacific are of […]

Sitka . . . The Alaska Department of Fish and Game announced the following schedule for the commercial troll public meetings to be held in towns around Southeast Alaska and Yakutat:  Ketchikan Monday, April 1; Fish and Game Conference Room 6:00 p.m. Craig Tuesday, April 2; Craig City Hall 11:00 a.m. Petersburg Wednesday, April 3; […]