Fishery News Releases and Announcements

• Open set and drift gillnetting in the Chinitna Bay Subdistrict (PDF 19 kB) - 8/24/16
• Close set gillnetting in the General Subdistrict of the Northern District east of the Susitna River, including Fire Island (PDF 85 kB) - 8/17/16
• Restrict drift gillnet fishery to Drift Areas 3 and 4 (PDF 86 kB) - 8/9/16
• Return Western Subdistrict south of Redoubt Point to regular fishing periods (PDF 20 kB) - 8/9/16
• Open set gillnetting in the Kenai, Kasilof, and East Foreland sections; open drift gillnetting in the Expanded Kenai, Expanded Kasilof, and Anchor Point sections (PDF 122 kB) - 8/8/16
• Open set gillnetting in the Kenai, Kasilof, and East Foreland sections; open drift gillnetting in the Expanded Kenai, Expanded Kasilof, and Anchor Point sections (PDF 124 kB) - 8/6/16
• Open drift gillnetting in the Expanded Kenai, Expanded Kasilof, and Anchor Point sections (PDF 119 kB) - 8/5/16
• Open set gillnetting in the Kenai, Kasilof, and East Foreland sections (PDF 22 kB) - 8/4/16
• Open set gillnetting in the Kenai, Kasilof, and East Foreland sections; open drift gillnetting in the Expanded Kenai, Expanded Kasilof, and Anchor Point sections (PDF 22 kB) - 8/2/16
• Open set gillnets in the Kenai, Kasilof, and East Foreland sections; open drift gillnetting in the Expanded Kenai, Expanded Kasilof, and Anchor Point sections (PDF 121 kB) - 7/31/16
• Gear Reduction in the Northern District Set Gillnet Fishery (PDF 21 kB) - 7/31/16
• Open set gillnetting in the Kenai, Kasilof, and East Foreland sections; open drift gillnetting in the Expanded Kenai, Expanded Kasilof, and Anchor Point sections (PDF 122 kB) - 7/27/16
• Upper Cook Inlet sockeye salmon run assessment (PDF 19 kB) - 7/27/16
• Open drift gillnetting in all waters normally open to drift gillnetting (Inlet wide period) (PDF 19 kB) - 7/24/16
• Open set gillnetting in the Kenai, Kasilof, and East Foreland; open drift gillnetting in the Expanded Kenai, Expanded Kasilof, and Anchor Point sections (PDF 121 kB) - 7/24/16
• Open set gillnetting in the Kenai, Kasilof, and East Foreland sections; open drift gillnetting in the Expanded Kenai, Expanded Kasilof, and Anchor Point sections (PDF 121 kB) - 7/22/16
• Drift Gillnet Expanded Corridor/Anchor Point section fishing period (PDF 122 kB) - 7/21/16
• Open set gillnetting in the Kenai, Kasilof, and East Foreland sections; open drift gillnetting in the Expanded Kenai, Expanded Kasilof, and Anchor Point sections (PDF 122 kB) - 7/20/16
• Northern District set gillnet gear restrictions (PDF 20 kB) - 7/20/16
• Open set gillnetting in the Kenai, Kasilof and East Foreland sections; open drift gillnetting in the Expanded Kenai, Expanded Kasilof, and Anchor Point sections (PDF 87 kB) - 7/18/16
• Open drift gillnetting in the Expanded Kenai, Expanded Kasilof, and the Anchor Point sections; Open drift gillnetting in all waters normally open to drift gillnetting (district wide opening) (PDF 121 kB) - 7/17/16
• Open set gillnetting in the Kenai, Kasilof, and East Foreland sections; open drift gillnetting in the Expanded Kenai, Expanded Kasilof, and Anchor Point sections (PDF 87 kB) - 7/17/16
• Open set gillnetting in the Kenai, Kasilof, and East Foreland sections; Open drift gillnetting in the Expanded Kenai, Expanded Kasilof, and Anchor Point sections (PDF 87 kB) - 7/15/16
• Extend set gillnetting in the Kenai, Kasilof, and East Foreland sections; Open drift gillnetting in the Expanded Kenai and Expanded Kasilof sections (PDF 87 kB) - 7/14/16
• Open drift gillnetting in Drift Gillnet Area 1 and the Expanded Kenai and Expanded Kasilof Sections (PDF 52 kB) - 7/14/16
• Open set gillnetting in the Kenai, Kasilof, and East Foreland sections; open drift gillnetting in the Expanded Kenai and Expanded Kasilof sections (PDF 125 kB) - 7/12/16
• Extend set gillnetting in the Kenai, Kasilof, and East Foreland sections and open drift gillnetting in the Expanded Kenai and Expanded Kasilof sections (PDF 87 kB) - 7/11/16
• Open set gillnetting in the Kasilof Section and drift gillnetting in the Expanded Kenai and Expanded Kasilof Sections (PDF 124 kB) - 7/8/16
• Extend commercial fishing with set gillnets in the Kasilof Section and open drift gillnetting in the Kasilof Section (PDF 86 kB) - 7/7/16
• Kasilof Section Set and Drift Gillnet Fishing Period (PDF 86 kB) - 7/5/16
• Extend set gillnetting in the Western Subdistrict south of Redoubt Point (PDF 30 kB) - 7/3/16
• Open commercial fishing with set and drift gillnets in the Kasilof Section of the Upper Subdistrict (PDF 86 kB) - 7/1/16
• 2016 Kenai River King Salmon Sport Fishing and Upper Cook Inlet Commercial Fishing Outlook (PDF 362 kB) - 7/1/16
• Open commercial fishing with set and drift gillnets in the Kasilof Section of the Upper Subdistrict (PDF 19 kB) - 6/28/16
• Open set and drift gillnetting in the Kasilof Section of the Upper Subdistrict (PDF 19 kB) - 6/24/16
• Open commercial fishing with set and drift gillnets in the Kasilof Section of the Upper Subdistrict (PDF 23 kB) - 6/22/16
• Area closure and fishing time reduction in N.D. directed king salmon fishery (PDF 147 kB) - 4/22/16
• 2016 Upper Cook Inlet commercial salmon fishing outlook (PDF 454 kB) - 3/30/16
• 2016 Upper Cook Inlet commercial smelt and herring fishing seasons (PDF 174 kB) - 3/30/16

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