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Katie Basile/KYUKThe lawsuit says the state must limit subsistence fishing on the Kuskokwim River to rural residents in times of scarcity. -
A tundra swan in northern Alaska/USGSA shortage of shotgun shells nationwide is complicating things for migratory bird hunters in Southwest Alaska, who are eager to get out after a long winter.
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Only federal subsistence users who live along the river will be allowed to fish for salmon in the federal waters of the Yukon River. -
Find out when to soak your nets.
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On May 4, the board met to decide whether to federalize control of the Yukon River subsistence salmon fishery.
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The Arctic-Yukon-Kuskokwim Sustainable Salmon Initiative has $1.2 million of funding available for salmon research projects in the Arctic-Yukon-Kuskokwim region. The deadline for proposals is May 3 at 5:00 p.m.
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Escapement refers to the fish that escape harvest nets to swim to the headwaters to spawn.
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"What we’re experiencing now is not working. We need something different," Bruce Ervin of Fairbanks said, while testifying at the the Federal Subsistence Board meeting.
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The governor’s task force to review the effect of bycatch in Alaska fisheries is working to organize against its tight timeline for submitting recommendations to state and federal policymakers. It also has to balance commercial and subsistence interests.
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In a letter denying the tribal groups’ petition request, the National Marine Fisheries Service wrote that the requested limits on bycatch would likely not make a big difference for Western Alaska salmon runs.
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“The recent crashes of Chinook. And now the chum on the Kuskokwim River is pretty evident that we need to take emergency action on this issue,” said Mike Williams Sr., chair of the Kuskokwim River Inter-Tribal Fish Commission. “I think we need to begin to take drastic measures.”
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The disaster declarations include the 2020 Kuskokwim River salmon fishery and the 2020 and 2021 Yukon River salmon fisheries.
