“King salmon runs across the Kenai Peninsula are significantly below preseason expectations,” stated Area Management Biologist Colton Lipka. “Regulatory restrictions and closures have been issued across peninsula king salmon sport fisheries....
This information bulletin only provides notice of a fishery management action. For the purposes of complying with any requirements of this action, you are advised to see the actual text of the action in the Federal Register....
NOAA Fisheries is recommending more than $95 million in funding for 19 new and continuing programs and projects to support West Coast salmon and steelhead populations. We are recommending $61 million in annual appropriation funding and $34 million in Infrastructure Investment...
“This mess is a prime example of how unable the Pebble Partnership is to predict, prevent and respond to climate change-driven events like wildfires and extreme weather — and showcases the risks of locating a giant open pit and waste site...
The increased limit is effective for all marine waters north of line from Entrance Point to Potato Point (Valdez Narrows). Freshwater salmon closures remain in effect for Port Valdez. This regulatory liberalization change does not change the bag and possession limit...
Daily escapement counts of pink salmon at enumeration projects throughout Norton Sound are much higher than average and in drainages where there are escapement goals for pink salmon, all goals have been exceeded....
“This year’s run has fallen behind on the projection curve, with 42,772 fish past the Portage Creek sonar through July 10,” stated Area Management Biologist Lee Borden. “In the interest of putting as many king salmon on the spawning grounds as possible, we...