Three Afognak sections close as Kodiak gets a 102-hour opening

Commercial salmon fishing closed at 6 pm Wednesday in the Duck Bay, Izhut Bay and Outer Kitoi Bay sections of the Afognak District, while the state opened periods of up to 102 hours elsewhere around Kodiak.

The longest runs noon Thursday to 6 pm Monday in the Outer Ayakulik and Humpy-Deadman sections, the Seven Rivers, Two-Headed and Sitkalidak sections of the Eastside Kodiak District, and the Northeast Kodiak District.

A 72-hour period runs to 6 pm Saturday in Outer Karluk, Central, North Cape and Inner Uganik Bay, in Southwest Afognak, and in the Cape Alitak, Alitak Bay, Moser Bay and Olga Bay sections.

Most of the rest of the Afognak District gets 54 hours, noon Thursday to 6 pm Saturday. Inner Kitoi Bay stays closed.

Chinook 28 inches or longer still may not be retained by purse seine gear anywhere in the Kodiak Area, including the Mainland District, and must be released unharmed.

The department said in May that record low Chinook escapements were shaping its management. The Karluk River drew 93 Chinook in 2025 against a biological escapement goal of 3,000 to 6,000 fish. The Ayakulik drew 444 against a goal of 4,800 to 8,400.

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