The Tenakee Inlet spot shrimp stock has been annually surveyed by the department since 2000. Based on a substantial decrease in survey CPUE observed in 2011, the commercial shrimp pot fishery was closed and remained closed for seven seasons (2011/12 –...
The new proposal represents a significant next step in response to President Biden’s Executive Order directing federal agencies to protect mature and old-growth forests for the benefit of the climate and biodiversity. Old-growth forests are very rare across the National Forest System; in...
The Alaska Board of Fisheries (board) is accepting proposed changes to the subsistence, personal use, sport, guided sport, and commercial fishing regulations for Southeast and Yakutat finfish and shellfish, Prince William Sound finfish and shellfish (including the Upper Copper River and...
“The risks of this proposal far outweigh the benefits. Hunters and anglers understand the Brooks Range is most valuable exactly how it is: vast, wild, and remote. This is the kind of place you take your dad for his last big...
The purpose of the committee meeting is to discuss and select public members to serve on the working group for future management of Unit 19C sheep. Other issues concerning the working group, including future meetings may also be discussed. ...
“Warming at rates four times faster than the rest of the ocean, Alaska’s Arctic ecosystems are a bellwether for climate change. Now more than ever having ecosystem and climate-related data and information is essential to support adaptive resource management and resilient...
“This decision reflects the substantial public input we received from the community, considerations from tribal consultations, and the exhaustive work of analyzing the diverse ecosystems of the Mendenhall Recreation Area,” said Tongass National Forest Supervisor Frank Sherman. “We received hundreds of...
"Holy smokes this is an amazing bull, it is not often that a person has the opportunity to spy on a bull moose in this caliber. This day finds us back out looking over a huge bull moose with his small...