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Raised In Alaska: Ice, Ice Baby At World Championship Ice Carving Festival
From Raised In Alaska: “The World Championship Ice Craving Festival in Fairbanks Alaska is pretty spectacular and certainly worth a visit.”
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ADFG Announces Prince William Sound Shrimping Restrictions
The 2025 season pot limit per person and per vessel has been reduced to two pots and the season has been reduced to May 1 – July 31 for all of the Prince William Sound Management Area. The noncommercial shrimp pot fishery is allocated 60% of the total allowable harvest (TAH) limit, while the commercial…
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Interior Announces Plans For Alaska Drilling Frenzy
“It’s time for the U.S. to embrace Alaska’s abundant and largely untapped resources as a pathway to prosperity for the nation, including Alaskans,” said Secretary Burgum. “For far too long, the federal government has created too many barriers to capitalizing on the state’s energy potential. Interior is committed to recognizing the central role the State of…
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Report: Tax Revenues From Arctic NWR Drilling Not As Lucrative As Originally Projected
“Taxpayers have been sold a bill of goods when it comes to ANWR leasing,” said Autumn Hanna, Vice President of Taxpayers for Common Sense. “It was never a credible revenue offset, and it certainly isn’t now. Relying on speculative lease sales in a remote area with little competition and high drilling costs as a budget…
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An Angler Finds Joy In Juneau
“The sights and sounds around town are also like no other. From the hungry seals awaiting a free meal from the cleaning tables at the hatchery, to that enormous chunk of ice in the mountains outside of town, Juneau checks a lot of boxes for me.”
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New Regulations Announced For Prince William Sound, Cook Inlet Shellfishing
Several Cook Inlet and Prince William Sound shellfish regulations will take effect this year.
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ADFG Provides Info To Register Bear Baiting Stations For 2025
You may not place bait at your site until the season is open and you have received your permit. For more information on using bait or scent lures to take bears please see pages 26 and 27 of the 2024-2025 Alaska Hunting Regulations, also available at hunt.alaska.gov.
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ADFG Announces Fall Waterfowl Hunting Regulation Changes
The emperor goose season will be closed statewide; and therefore, registration permits will not be available. The aerial survey index used to monitor the population dropped below a prescribed management threshold in 2024 that triggers a season closure. The hunting season will reopen when the population increases to a harvestable level.
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Another King Salmon Closure: Yukon River Shutting Down
King salmon in the Yukon River drainage continue to experience historically low productivity for both Canadian and Alaska stocks. Approximately 40-50% of Yukon River king salmon spawn in Canada and these fish are managed through the Yukon River Salmon Agreement, which requires a minimum number of 42,500 king salmon to cross into Canada to ensure adequate numbers…
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Lower Returns Prompt State To Close Kuskokwim River To King Fishing
The Kuskokwim River Salmon Management Plan (5 AAC 07.365) allows for sport and commercial harvest opportunity on surplus king salmon in excess of escapement and subsistence needs after June 11. Indications are that the 2025 Kuskokwim River king salmon run will be similar to the 2024 run.
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Tanana River Shutting Down King Salmon Fishery
The following is courtesy of the Alaska Department of Fish and Game: Tanana River Drainage King Salmon Sport Fishery Closed (Fairbanks) – Due to a preseason forecast for a below-average Yukon River king salmon run, the Alaska Department of Fish and Game (ADF&G) is closing the Tanana River drainage to sport fishing for king salmon, effective…