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ADFG Announces Year's First Yukon Fall Chum Commercial Opening, District 2

By • Jul 19, 2016
USFWS

Alaska Department of Fish and Game has announced this year’s first fall chum commercial fishing opening on the Yukon River, District Two. The six-hour opening will run from 2 p.m. until 8 p.m. on Wednesday, July 20. Gillnets are restricted to six-inch or smaller mesh size. Set gillnets cannot exceed 150 fathoms, or 900 feet. Drift gillnets cannot exceed 50 fathoms, or 300 feet.

With Fall Chum Opening, Marshall And Russian Mission Urging Maserculiq To Fix Ice Machine

By • Jul 19, 2016
Nick P. Andrew Jr.

The first commercial fishing opening for fall chum starts Wednesday for Marshall and Russian Mission, but still no solution has been found for the villages’ broken ice machine.


ADFG Announces Year's First Lower Yukon Fall Chum Commercial Opening

By • Jul 18, 2016
Alaska Department of Fish and Game

Alaska Department of Fish and Game has announced this year’s first fall chum commercial fishing opening on the Lower Yukon River, District One. The nine-hour opening takes place Monday, July 18 from 3 p.m. until 12 p.m., midnight. 

Broken Ice Machine Stalls Commercial Fishing In Marshall and Russian Mission

By • Jul 14, 2016
Nick P. Andrew Jr.

A broken ice machine has stalled commercial fishing for two villages on the Lower Yukon River. The village corporation won’t fix the machine. Fishermen have to travel 90 miles and back to get ice. And they’re calling for help. Meanwhile, the fish and the opportunity for income are swimming by.


ADFG Announces Fishing Opening; Takes Over Kuskokwim Fishery Management

By • Jul 7, 2016
King salmon
Craig Springer, UFWS / Flickr Creative Commons

The Alaska Department of Fish and Game has announced a subsistence fishing opening for the Kuskokwim River. The opening begins at 6 p.m. Thursday, July 7 and lasts until further notice. Gillnets must be six-inch mesh or less and no longer than 50 fathoms in length.

UFWS Announces 72-Hr Salmon Opening On Kuskokwim And Tributaries

By • Jun 28, 2016
King salmon
Craig Springer, UFWS / Flickr Creative Commons

U.S. Fish and Wildlife has announced a 72-hour opening for chinook and chum salmon harvests for federally qualified subsistence users beginning at 12:01 p.m., noon, Wednesday.

Building Bridges: USFWS Reaches Out To Kuskokwim Youth

By Adrian Wagner • Jun 23, 2016
Department of the Interier

With the start of the fishing season comes the end of a series of youth workshops in the Yukon Delta National Wildlife Refuge by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. 

The goal of the workshops is to teach rural Alaskan children to better understand wildlife management. Crystal Leonetti, Native Liaison for the Service, says the workshops seek to overcome a longstanding divide between managers and residents. KYUK’s Adrian Wagner spoke with Leonetti after one such workshop in Kwethluk.

Salmon Run: Where We Are

By Adrian Wagner • Jun 23, 2016
Photo courtesy of the Division of Natural Resources

With the opening of fishing on the Kuskokwim River, many are wondering how this years salmon run is shaping up and what to expect throughout the fishing season. KYUK’s Adrian Wagner spoke with US Wildlife Refuge Manager, Ray Born to find out.

USFWS Announces Two Openings On Kuskokwim And Tributaries

By • Jun 20, 2016
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service

U.S. Fish and Wildlife has announced an opening for chinook and chum salmon for federally qualified subsistence users beginning at noon Tuesday June 21.

USFWS Announces 24-Hour Opening On Kuskokwim River, AKFG Also Announces Opening

By • Jun 15, 2016
USFWS

Update: This story has been updated with information about ADFG's opening.

U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service has announced a 24-hour opening on the main channel of the Kuskokwim River for chinook and chum salmon by federally qualified subsistence users.

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