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Stories related to subsistence/commercial/sport hunting, fishing, gathering activities.

Fish And Game Predicts More Chinook Fishing Openings This Summer

By • Apr 11, 2017
King salmon
Craig Springer, UFWS / Flickr Creative Commons

Kuskokwim river subsistence fishermen should receive more fishing openings for chinook salmon this summer than they had last year.


Kuskokwim Salmon Management Working Group Passes Fishing Recommendations To State And Feds

By • Apr 7, 2017
Salmon drying on a Kuskokwim fish rack.
Shane Iverson / KYUK

Last week the Kuskokwim River Salmon Management Working Group unanimously passed recommendations to state and federal managers for the 2017 summer fishing season.


Emperor Goose Hunt Will Bring Temporary Jobs To Six YK Delta Villages

By • Mar 22, 2017
Emperor Goose in Gibson Cove
Lisa Hupp / U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service

The subsistence emperor goose hunt expected to open April 2 will bring more than meat and a resumed tradition to the Yukon Kuskokwim Delta. In some communities, it will also bring jobs.


Wildlife Managers Urge Conservative Hunting Of Emperor Geese

By • Mar 22, 2017
Eric Taylor with the USFWS Division of Migratory Bird Management addresses the AVCP Waterfowl Conservation Committee on March 20, 2017 on the coming Emperor Goose hunt.
Anna Rose MacArthur / KYUK

After 30 years of waiting and conserving, residents of the Yukon Kuskokwim Delta will be able to hunt emperor geese again next month. Wildlife managers and hunters are standing by for the federal government to release the official notice. Then residents will continue a tradition that’s skipped a generation.


New Generation May Taste Emperor Goose

By Johanna.Eurich • Mar 17, 2017
USGS

The Association of Village Council Presidents begins a co-management meeting today, March 20, in Bethel to discuss the upcoming harvest season for ducks and geese. Along with more than a dozen community representatives, biologists and managers from the Yukon Delta National Wildlife Refuge will be here to put together recommendations for the Alaska Migratory Bird Co-management Council.

Akiak Calls For Stricter Limits On Kuskokwim Kings

By Johanna.Eurich • Mar 17, 2017

The State Department of Fish and Game has announced its estimate for the Kuskokwim River Chinook Salmon run, and the Akiak Native Community has petitioned for a federal takeover of the river's fishery of not only kings, but also reds, chums and silvers. A press release from the state projects a Kuskokwim king run of between 132.000 and 220,000 fish and says that there "may be enough Chinook salmon to provide for escapement" because the average subsistence take is  84,000 and the escapement goal is from 65,000 to 120,000 fish. 

Scientist Puzzled Over Declining King Salmon Runs

By Johanna.Eurich • Mar 14, 2017
Shane Iverson / KYUK

The statewide study of king salmon decline has not yielded any definitive conclusions. The results of the three-year study of the incidental catch of Chinooks showing up in the state's commercial salmon fisheries ended with no real information about kings headed into the Bering Sea.

Bethel Man Headed To Court For Illegally Shooting A Bull Musk Ox

By Johanna Eurich • Mar 8, 2017
U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service

Instead of eating musk ox, a Bethel resident is headed to court. Peter A. Webber shot a bull musk ox when he had a permit only to shoot a cow. Alaska Wildlife Troopers cited the 35-year-old for taking a bull musk ox in the Game Management Unit 18 Nelson Island Registration Hunt. Webber, who came forward and reported the mistake, is summoned to the Bethel District Court on March 20. The carcass was donated to charity.

Kuskokwim Salmon Management Group Wants Earlier Meeting With State Managers On Summer King Run

By Johanna Eurich • Mar 2, 2017
King salmon
Craig Springer, UFWS / Flickr Creative Commons

There may be fewer King Salmon on the Kuskokwim River this summer than hoped, and some residents want to meet with state biologists now to figure out how best to manage both expectations and the fishery.

AVCP Urges Compliance With Wood Bison Hunting Ban

By • Feb 6, 2017
Wood Bison No. 124, seen here from the air, was illegally shot and killed January 27, 2017 near Quinhagak. The Alaska Department of Fish and Game is calling the animal's death a setback for the Alaska Wood Bison Restoration Project.
Alaska Department of Fish and Game

The Association of Village Council Presidents is urging compliance with the hunting ban on wood bison in the Yukon-Kuskokwim Delta.

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