The moose population in arctic Alaska expanded in the early 1950s into the limited riparian habitats along river drainages and reached a peak at an estimated 1,400 in the 1980s. The population continued to fluctuate into the 1990s when the population...
Due to difficult travel conditions to and from the hunt area, current harvest rates are below recent years. Moose harvest over the last 5 years has averaged 124 moose annually across both the fall and winter seasons. The last 5 years...
The Farewell moose hunting area in Unit 19C is a very popular destination due to good access and an extensive ATV trail network. Beginning in RY20 the Board of Game implemented a registration permit (RM653) for all hunters to better document...
Increases in harvest on black and yelloweye rockfish by the sport fishery is due, in part, to restrictions on charter (guided) halibut anglers and king salmon restrictions for all anglers (see figure 1). In Cook Inlet and the North Gulf Coast,...
The following press release is courtesy of the U.S. Coast Guard Arctic District: Coast Guard conducts marine casualty investigation following fishing vessel fatality Coast Guard Arctic District Public Affairs JUNEAU, Alaska — The Coast Guard is conducting a marine casualty investigation following...
"The comment period extension is in line with the extensions BOEM granted during comments on similar RFIs for mineral leasing off of American Samoa, the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands and Guam. These extensions were granted after the agency received...
“It’s time for the State of Alaska to join the Senators’ call for binding transboundary river protections and real accountability from BC and Canada–before it’s too late,” said Salmon Beyond Borders Director Breanna Walker. “For eight years, the Dunleavy Administration has...
