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Photo courtesy of Alaska Department of Fish and Game/Sixty registration permits will be issued on a first come, first served basis by contacting the Yukon Delta National Wildlife Refuge information line at 907-543-1008 and leaving one's name, phone number, and village of residence on the voicemail between Dec. 14, 2022 at 8:00 a.m. and Dec.16 at 4:30 p.m. -
A tundra swan in northern Alaska/USGSThe agency hopes the new policy will help improve relationships between federal employees and Tribes in Alaska.
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Bethel Search and Rescue issued a travel advisory warning boats to stay off the river until the storm has passed. -
On the Yukon River, both the fall chum and the coho salmon are nearing the ends of their runs. State biologists do not expect either to reach their goals for fish reaching their spawning grounds.
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The Kuskowkim River Salmon Management Working Group unanimously passed a motion asking the state to open the upper river above Aniak to gillnets for 24 hours once a week until the closure ends on Sept. 15.
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Both species' body lengths are also returning smaller on average than past runs.
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With the run the lowest it’s been in decades and unlikely to meet state escapement goals, managers have refused local residents' requests to loosen restrictions.
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The Kuskokwim season begins Sept. 1.
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Upper river residents say that their harvest would not have a large impact on what is on track to be the lowest Kuskokwim silver run on record.
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Anticipated federal action could still allow for some subsistence openings in the lower river.
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The feds will take over management of the Kuskokwim as soon as next week if the silver run stays lowIn an unprecedented move, the federal government has announced plans to take over management of silver salmon in the federal waters of the lower Kuskokwim River for the first time ever. That’s if the silver run stays low.
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People along the Yukon River are facing food insecurity in the wake of chinook and salmon crashes for the second year in a row. But this year, sky-high costs of groceries due to inflation has made the situation worse.
