Alaska halibut fishermen gear up for March 24 season opener NOAA Fisheries announces catch limits and charter management measures for 2018  (NMFS Press Release) March 19, 2018 From Southeast Alaska to the Bering Sea, Alaska halibut fishermen are gearing up to head out to sea as the 2018 halibut season opens at noon March 24. […]

Goal: To ensure continuation of a self-sustaining coho salmon population in Mitchell Creek that provides additional coho annually for sport, commercial, and subsistence fisheries in the Petersburg area. It is essential that the existing fish passage structure be replaced due to structural integrity issues associated with the concrete. This project was initially considered for implementation during the […]

The House Fisheries Legislative committee is meeting on Thursday Feb. 1st at 10:00 and receiving a presentation on the Board of Fish process by chairman John Jensen. Below is the presentation that will be discussed.  To view AK LIVE LEGISLATIVE TV Overview of AK Board of Fisheries Process 1.31.18

Lieutenant Governor Byron Mallott STATE OF ALASKA Dear Alaskan, I am pleased to share with you some Transboundary Waters updates. The first attachment is the first Transboundary Waters newsletter by the Province of British Columbia. British Columbia agreed to provide newsletters to Alaska in the Communication Plan that is part of the Statement of Cooperation. […]

2017 Preliminary Tanner Crab Survey Results 12.7.17 SEAK Commercial RKC presentation_December 2017 KTTF December 2017 KTTF meeting BOF Golden King Crab surplus production_final_2017 11.16.17 Southeast & Yakutat Shellfish (Jan. 11-14) & Finfish (Jan. 15-23): January 11-23, 2018 BOARD OF FISH MEETING Comment due date: December 28, 2017  Location: Sitka – Sitka Harrigan Centennial Hall Shellfish issues […]

2017 D11 GNTF 2017 D68 GN TF Post Season_Distribution 2017 GNTF Ktn Mgmt JBv1 2017 Haines Task Force Presentation ADF&G GNTF Escapement 2017 Lynn Canal GSI Reynolds GNTF Nov 2017 2017 DIPAC Gillnet Taskforce SSRAA Task Force Nov 2017 NSRAA NSRAA Chum – the next 5 years chip

The IPHC announced their recommendation today at the interim meeting.  All the documents and presentations can be accessed through their web page The presentation with the IPHC recommendation document is here: IPHC Interim meeting recommendation Presentation IPHC-2017-IM093-08-09-P 11.28.17 The IPHC survey showed a 24{011364765f66369e3b18bfb4bff139a9c8654494d05ca41b290c33562211a86b} drop in the number of halibut and a 10{011364765f66369e3b18bfb4bff139a9c8654494d05ca41b290c33562211a86b} drop in the […]

Below are the presentations shown at the Seine Task Force meeting November 28, 2017.  In no particular order. 2017 Juneau Seine TF presentation 2017 PSTF Ktn Mgmt v2 2017 Seine Task Force-Psg-Wrgl_Distribution 2017 Sitka Seine Presentation ADF&G Pink Forecast ADF&G PSTF Escapement 2017 NOAA Murphy PSTF 2017 NSRAA NSRAA Chum – the next 5 years […]

The 2017 Salmon task force meetings will be held in Ketchikan this year. SEINE TASK FORCE MEETING Nov 28, 2017 9:00 AM at the Ted Ferry Civic Center 2017 PSTF Agenda NR 2018 Pink salmon harvest forecast  GILLNET TASK FORCE MEETING Nov 29, 2017 9:00 AM at the Ted Ferry Civic Center 2017 GNTF Agenda 2017 […]

There will be a KTTF meeting December 7, 2017 1:00 – 4:30 pm.  The meeting will be hosted at the ADF&G regional office in Douglas, in Petersburg at the Tides Inn Conference Room and connected via web conferencing.  For web conferencing click on the news release link for directions. Agenda items include: 2017 Tanner Crab […]