Opener

Following the 36-hour opener, all previous restrictions within the refuge boundaries will be rescinded and management will be handed over to the state.

Yukon Delta National Wildlife Refuge fisheries managers have announced two 12-hour salmon gillnet openers for Aug. 5 and Aug. 10. And beginning Aug.1, rod and reel fishing will open throughout the federal waters of the Kuskokwim.

With the chinook run nearly wrapped up and berry season around the corner, the set and drift gillnet openers are another opportunity to harvest abundant sockeye.

Managers scheduled openings for subsistence fishing in the Kuskokwim, the first scheduled targeted king salmon opener this year. Please note that…