Manages Alaska's sport and commercial fisheries, hunting regulations, subsistence harvests, and wildlife conservation. Sets annual seasons, bag limits, and permit rules.
1255 W 8th St, Juneau, AK 99802, USA
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“What is the goal? I mean, what. What is the justification for changing what's in place? What's driving this desire to change the existing plan?”Alaska DNR Forestry: Haines State Forest RMA Project Update Meeting – October 10, 2024 · Jun 3, 2026
Geneva Preston
“Timber harvest would are very likely to be designed in coordination with the Department of Fish and Game and they would be designed with the purpose of enhancing habitat.”Alaska DNR Forestry: Haines State Forest RMA Project Update Meeting – October 10, 2024 · Jun 3, 2026
Geneva Preston
“I think 10 to 20 acres is the range of size limits that you'll see in the wildlife habitat designated subunits. And the management intent statements consistently identify habitat values as the priority for management on these lands”Alaska DNR Forestry: Haines State Forest RMA Project Update Meeting – October 10, 2024 · Jun 3, 2026
Geneva Preston
“the draft is available for review that is available digitally on our project website and hard copies will be available in the Forestry office in Haines if folks are interested to come look at a physical copy and we'll ask that you submit your comments by 5pm on June 5th.”Alaska DNR Forestry: Haines State Forest RMA Project Update Meeting – October 10, 2024 · Jun 3, 2026
Geneva Preston
“any harvest, any timber harvest or resource development activities must be designed to exist compatibly with public recreation uses. And so typically that would look like timbers harvests that are designed to support recreation facilities or support access to areas that are important for recreation.”Alaska DNR Forestry: Haines State Forest RMA Project Update Meeting – October 10, 2024 · Jun 3, 2026
Geneva Preston
“I think 5 acres in unit 3H is the smallest size limit that we see and other units have a cap at 20. 20 Acres is the largest even age timber harvest that I think is permitted in these public recreation designated lands.”Alaska DNR Forestry: Haines State Forest RMA Project Update Meeting – October 10, 2024 · Jun 3, 2026
Kenai anglers won't get the extra coho they were expecting this fall
ADF&G is holding the Kenai River drainage coho bag limit at two fish from Sept. 1 through Nov. 30, overriding the regulatory step-up to three, citing below-average Cook Inlet coho abundance and limited escapement monitoring on the Kenai Peninsula.
by Bill AlaskaNews1mo ago1 min read
Hunters near Nome have one last day for a bull moose before the season closes early
ADF&G's Emergency Order R5-05-26 ends the resident bull moose season in Unit 22D Remainder at 11:59 p.m. Friday, more than two weeks early, with the area's 17-bull quota expected to be filled. Other RM840 areas still open Sept. 1-14.
by Bill AlaskaNews1mo ago1 min read
Resident king salmon limit near Petersburg is three a day in state waters
Alaska residents fishing the Petersburg area can keep three king salmon a day with no annual limit under a regional emergency order effective July 31; nonresidents get two a day and four a year. All kings must be 28 inches or longer, and a king salmon stamp is required to keep one.
by Bill AlaskaNews1mo ago1 min read
Fairbanks's chum salmon fishery reopens on the Tanana on Friday
Personal use chum fishing in Subdistrict 6-C opens at 6 p.m. Friday for Fairbanks, North Pole and Salcha households, with dip nets and manned fish wheels on two 42-hour windows a week. All coho must be released alive.
by Bill AlaskaNews1mo ago2 min read
Three Afognak sections close as Kodiak gets a 102-hour opening
ADF&G's Aug. 26 Kodiak advisory closed Duck Bay, Izhut Bay and Outer Kitoi Bay at 6 p.m. Wednesday while opening staggered periods elsewhere, including 102 hours through 6 p.m. Monday, Aug. 31, in Outer Ayakulik, Humpy-Deadman and the Northeast Kodiak District.
by Bill AlaskaNews1mo ago1 min read
As the Chena's king salmon collapse, Fairbanks debates how wide a riverfront buffer to require
The draft Chena Riverfront Plan reviewed by a Fairbanks North Star Borough subcommittee Wednesday calls for habitat restoration and riparian buffers to reverse a Chinook decline that left the Chena with an estimated 397 spawners in 2024, far below the 3,300 to 5,700 goal.
by Maggie AlaskaNews1mo ago2 min read
Ninth Circuit upholds federal Cook Inlet salmon management against drift fleet challenge
A Ninth Circuit panel upheld federal management of Cook Inlet's offshore salmon fishery, rejecting every claim brought by two Cook Inlet fishing groups.
by Bill AlaskaNewsadded 1mo ago2 min read
Montana man charged with 37 counts in Bethel hunting residency case
Alaska Wildlife Troopers say a 65-year-old Montana man claimed Alaska residency for years to hunt, resulting in 37 criminal counts including taking moose over the limit. Arraignment is set for September 9 in Bethel Court. The charges are accusations.
by Alaska News1mo ago2 min read
Nonresidents can't keep yelloweye around Prince of Wales anymore
ADF&G's Prince of Wales report for Wednesday, Aug. 26, 2026, closes demersal shelf rockfish retention, including yelloweye, for nonresident anglers. Alaska residents may still keep one a day, two in possession. Nonresident lingcod harvest reopens Sept. 1.
by Bill AlaskaNews1mo ago2 min read
Petersburg-area gillnetters get one more day before the fishery closes
An emergency order extends the Southeast drift gillnet fishery in Districts 6 and 8 by 24 hours, to noon Thursday, August 27, while closing Section 6-D outright and tightening subarea lines near Kupreanof and Mitkof islands.
by Bill AlaskaNews1mo ago1 min read
With monitoring down, the state is using a commercial opening to gauge coho
Fish and Game opened a 24-hour commercial coho period in Norton Sound Subdistricts 2 through 6, from 6 pm Friday to 6 pm Saturday, amid inoperable monitoring.
by Bill AlaskaNews1mo ago1 min read
The Fortymile road hunt lasted 48 hours, exactly as predicted
Fish and Game closed the road-accessible Fortymile caribou hunt in Zones 1 and 4 after 48 hours, on permits issued for a season running through Sept. 30.
by Maggie AlaskaNewsadded 1mo ago2 min read
A Situk River king salmon closure is extended as returns fall short
The 100-yard closure at the Situk River's Nine Mile Bridge runs through Aug. 31 instead of reopening Aug. 16. It is the latest of several 2026 king salmon restrictions layered across the drainage and the river mouth.
by Bill AlaskaNews1mo ago1 min read
Yakutat scallop fishery closes as harvest reaches 145,000-pound cap
ADF&G is closing the Area D (Yakutat) commercial weathervane scallop fishery at 12:00 noon Wednesday, Aug. 26, under emergency order EO 1M2626, after the fleet takes the season's guideline harvest level of 145,000 pounds of shucked meat.
by Walter AlaskaNews1mo ago1 min read
East Cook Inlet clam beaches stay closed; the west side is the option
East Cook Inlet razor clam beaches remain closed, leaving Polly Creek and Crescent River Bar on the west side as the season's best option for diggers.
by Bill AlaskaNews1mo ago2 min read
Fish and Game teams up with Arctic Entries for a night of wildlife storytelling
Alaska Fish and Game is partnering with Arctic Entries for "Shaped by Wildlife," a live storytelling event in Palmer on Nov. 13. Alaskans have until Sept. 7 to submit a story or nominate a storyteller.
by Maggie AlaskaNews1mo ago1 min read
Kodiak's one-king limit runs three more weeks
Kodiak anglers have about three weeks left under the one-king-per-day saltwater cap set by Emergency Order 2-KS-4-17-26, which runs through 11:59 p.m. Tuesday, Sept. 15. Fish and Game's Aug. 25 report says king fishing has been steady, with several 20-pound-plus fish near the Fingers and Ugak Island.
by Bill AlaskaNews1mo ago1 min read
Cook Inlet pot boats get back into state-waters cod on Sept. 1
Two ADF&G emergency orders take effect in Cook Inlet on Sept. 1: the jig-only state-waters Pacific cod season closes at 12:01 a.m. and reopens immediately to all legal gear with 339,000 pounds left, and the parallel season opens at noon to longline hook vessels under 50 feet.
by Bill AlaskaNews1mo ago1 min read
Sand Point salmon fishery opens Wednesday for 109 hours, the longest window of the string
ADF&G listed Sand Point Commercial Salmon Fishery Advisory Announcement #24 on Monday, tied to Emergency Order #4-FS-M-SP-22-26, one day after the last authorized opening ended. A tip puts the new window at 109 hours, which the posted listing does not confirm.
by Bill AlaskaNews1mo ago1 min read
A Kenai hunter education class opens for sign-ups this fall
ADF&G will open registration Sept. 10 at 9 a.m. for a $29 hunter education class in Kenai on Saturday, Oct. 24, at Snowshoe Gun Club. Twenty seats are available. The course covers firearms safety, conservation and respect for landowners.
by Bill AlaskaNews1mo ago1 min read
Juneau's king crab fishery closes Monday after a three-crab season
The Section 11-A personal use red and blue king crab fishery around Juneau closes at 4 p.m. Monday, Aug. 24, ending a season that opened Aug. 14. Harvest reports are due to ADF&G by Oct. 15 or households lose next year's privileges.
by Bill AlaskaNews1mo ago1 min read
Kodiak salmon fishing extended again, running through Wednesday evening
ADF&G's Emergency Order #4-FS-K-40-26 gave Kodiak-area commercial salmon fishers 48 extra hours, from 6 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 22 to 6 p.m. Monday, Aug. 24, across most districts. Chinook nonretention for purse seine gear stays in effect.
by Bill AlaskaNewsadded 1mo ago2 min read
Teller waits until 2027 for results of tank site testing on Grantley Harbor
Phase II environmental testing took place in August at Teller's shoreline tank site, where the community suspects leaked petroleum has reached Grantley Harbor.
by Maggie AlaskaNewsadded 1mo ago2 min read
Fairbanks would keep its 11.2 million gallon Tanana discharge cap
Alaska DEC's preliminary draft APDES permit for the City of Fairbanks and Golden Heart Utilities plant again proposes a maximum discharge of 11.2 million gallons a day into the Tanana River, up from 8.0 million in the 2015 draft. Applicant review closes Sept. 2, with public comment to follow.
by Maggie AlaskaNews1mo ago1 min read
Prince William Sound's seine fishery stays closed, its next opening tied to hatchery returns
ADF&G's Announcement #39, issued Sunday, Aug. 23, keeps all Prince William Sound purse seine fisheries closed and ties the next commercial opening to PWSAC hatchery broodstock recruitment rather than a calendar date. The next seine announcement is due by 2 p.m. Tuesday.
by Bill AlaskaNews1mo ago1 min read
A miner wants to run a cable across the Koyukuk and camp on its bank for five years
Alaska DNR is taking written comment through Sept. 2 on Ash Berringer's application to hang a 530-foot supply cable across the Middle Fork Koyukuk River near Chapman Island and run a six-person mining camp there for five years.
by Maggie AlaskaNews1mo ago2 min read
A Fortymile caribou hunt closed after just 48 hours as the quota filled fast
A Fortymile caribou hunt in zones near the Steese Highway closed just two days after opening as the quota filled, drawing a complaint from Tanana Chiefs Conference over the short window and reporting period.
by Maggie AlaskaNewsadded 1mo ago1 min read
One goat closes the Point Windham goat hunt for the year
Fish and Game closed the Point Windham mountain goat hunt for the year after one goat filled the zone's quota, part of a pattern of one-animal goat closures in Southeast Alaska.
by Bill AlaskaNewsadded 1mo ago1 min read
Copper River gillnetters get a 12-hour opener Monday, half the last period
ADF&G's Announcement #38 opens the Copper River and Bering River districts at 7 a.m. Monday, Aug. 24, for a 12-hour drift gillnet period, half the length of the Aug. 20 opener, which biologists call a compromise between fishing time and early coho escapement.
by Bill AlaskaNews1mo ago2 min read
NOAA pays $1.57 million for samples from subsistence-harvested seals
NOAA has awarded the Alaska Department of Fish and Game a $1.57 million cooperative agreement running Sept. 1, 2026, through Aug. 31, 2029, to sample ice seals harvested for subsistence in the Bering, Chukchi and Beaufort seas and to survey Steller sea lion haulouts in Alaska.
by Maggie AlaskaNews1mo ago2 min read
Yakutat opened a short sockeye gillnet fishery, with kings still off-limits
ADF&G's Yakutat commercial set gillnet announcement keeps Chinook retention closed in the Situk River fishery, and requires kings found dead in the net to be fin-clipped, logged as "86-Donated" and delivered for distribution to people in need in Yakutat.
by Bill AlaskaNews1mo ago1 min read
A second Southeast area hits its lingcod limit in two weeks
ADF&G is closing retention of lingcod bycatch in Icy Bay Subdistrict commercial longline fisheries at 11:59 p.m. Monday, Aug. 24, after estimating the subdistrict's 12,670-pound guideline harvest level will be taken. Retention stays open in four other Southeast areas.
by Bill AlaskaNews1mo ago1 min read
If you pulled an Upper Cook Inlet dipnet permit, you have until Aug. 31 to file, even if you never fished
Upper Cook Inlet personal-use fishing is closed for 2026, and ADF&G's Aug. 21 Northern Kenai report says every permit holder must file online by Aug. 31, even households that never dipped a net. Miss it and you lose next year's personal-use privileges.
by Bill AlaskaNews1mo ago1 min read
Catch a pike in an Anchorage lake and you have to kill it
Fish and Game says anglers who catch a northern pike in any Anchorage-area lake must kill it and report the catch through the state's invasive species reporter.
by Walter AlaskaNews1mo ago1 min read
Silvers are slow in Resurrection Bay, but the best coho fishing is just outside it
Coho fishing is slow in Resurrection Bay near Seward in late August, with few silvers past the Bear Creek weir, but better fishing lies outside the bay toward Montague Island.
by Bill AlaskaNews1mo ago2 min read
Subsistence coho fishing closes on the middle and upper Kuskokwim
ADF&G closed subsistence coho fishing in Kuskokwim Section 4 from 5 p.m. Friday and in Section 5 starting Aug. 28, after sonar counted about 156,000 coho against an average near 233,000. The department says harvest is unlikely to meet the subsistence amount set by the Board of Fisheries.
by Bill AlaskaNews1mo ago2 min read
Alaska managers open some salmon fisheries and close others as runs diverge
Alaska fishery managers closed Upper Cook Inlet set gillnetting for coho while opening a Norton Sound period the same week, as salmon runs diverge across the state.
by Bill AlaskaNews1mo ago2 min read
Sand Point salmon fishing extended 48 hours through Sunday night
Fish and Game extended commercial salmon fishing near Sand Point by 48 hours, through 9 pm Sunday, for purse seine, set gillnet and some drift gillnet gear.
by Bill AlaskaNews1mo ago1 min read
Kotzebue chum fishermen got a second buyer for the season's last week
Kotzebue chum fishermen had two registered buyers during the season's final six openings, after mid-summer advisories listed only one buyer in the district.
by Bill AlaskaNewsadded 1mo ago1 min read
King salmon fishing is over for the year in the Upper Copper River drainages
King salmon fishing is closed in all Upper Copper River drainages for 2026, with the Chitina dip net and Glennallen subsistence fisheries still open through September.
by Bill AlaskaNews1mo ago1 min read