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The villages of Kipnuk, Kongiganak, Kwigillingok and Quinhagak will be eligible to harvest moose in the Kuskokwim River hunt area in Unit 18.
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Panel members heard presentations and public comments on a range of salmon issues, including a recent Alaska Canada agreement to close chinook salmon fishing for 7 years.
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According to a release from the Alaska Department of Fish and Game, the in-river closure for one full king salmon life cycle is outlined in an agreement signed April 1 by the state agency and its Canadian counterpart.
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Alaska’s governor has announced four appointments to the Alaska Board of Fisheries and the Alaska Board of Game, which oversee management of populations on the state’s lands and in its waters.
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The state can’t allow salmon fishing on a long stretch of the Kuskokwim River if their orders conflict with federal management decisions, the judge ruled.
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The Yukon River Intertribal Fish Commission is requesting special action relative to this summer’s management of depressed salmon stocks.
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For Alaska Native communities along the Yukon River, fishing for salmon has always been a central part of life. But climate change is driving a massive collapse in salmon populations.
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The plan could close fishing for seven more years and open the door for hatcheries. In villages along the river, Tribal leaders say the state has cut them out of the process and want federal oversight.
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There are signs that climate change is depressing caribou numbers, and ongoing and proposed development could make recovery more difficult, experts say.
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A proposed rule to add tribe-nominated members makes good on Interior Secretary Deb Haaland’s promise, but it may not address festering conflicts with the state.
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Alaska Wildlife Troopers say that they found the three men after discovering a video of the take during an unrelated investigation.
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A new analysis of nearly 25,000 fish scales offers more evidence that the millions of pink salmon churned out by Alaska fish hatcheries could be harming wild sockeye salmon populations when they meet in the ocean, according to the scientists who authored the study.