Board Of Fisheries’ Deadline To Submit 2025-26 Proposals Is August 29

The following is courtesy of the Alaska Department of Fish and Game’s Board of Fisheries:

For Immediate Release: August 15, 2025                             CONTACT: Art Nelson, 907-267-2292

Agenda Change Requests for Alaska Board of Fisheries 2025/2026 Meeting Cycle due by August 29, 2025

Agenda Change Requests to be reviewed at October 2025 Work Session

The Alaska Board of Fisheries (board) announces the approaching deadline for submissions of 2025/2026 meeting cycle agenda change requests (ACRs). ACRs are submitted by the public, advisory committees, and agencies for proposals on regulatory areas and species not set for deliberation in the current meeting cycle.

At its October 28-29, 2025 Work Session in Anchorage at the Egan Convention Center, 555 West 5^thAvenue, the board will review ACRs for possible scheduling in the 2025/2026 meeting cycle. In order for the board to approve and schedule an ACR for later in the meeting cycle, the ACR must meet one of the following criteria as established in 5 AAC 39.999.

• For a fishery conservation purpose or reason.
• To correct an error in a regulation.
• To correct an effect on a fishery that was unforeseen when a regulation was adopted.
• In addition to the above criteria, the board will not accept an agenda change request that is predominantly allocative in nature in the absence of new information found by the board to be compelling.

The deadline for ACRs is no later than August 29, 2025. Please note that ACRs received regarding “in- cycle” subjects for will not be accepted as they are effectively proposals that missed the April 2025 deadline. The following topics are “in-cycle:”

Alaska Peninsula, Aleutian Islands, Bering Sea, and Chignik Pacific Cod
Arctic / Yukon / Kuskokwim Finfish
Bristol Bay Finfish
Alaska Peninsula / Aleutian Island / Chignik Finfish
Statewide Finfish and Supplemental Issues

ACRs may be submitted online, by mail, or by fax at:

The ACR form and link to the submission portal can be found here:            www.adfg.alaska.gov/index.cfm?adfg=fisheriesboard.forms

Mail:  ADF&G, Boards Support Section
        P.O. Box 115526
        Juneau, AK 99811-5526

A postmark is NOT sufficient for timely receipt.

Fax:  (907) 465-6094

For more information contact: 

Art Nelson
Executive Director, Board of Fisheries
art.nelson@alaska.gov
907-267-2292