Sport Fishing Regulations
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How to use this Site
- Select a region from the map or nearby text listing and look for region-wide regulations.
- Then go to the drainage or area you will be fishing and look for specific regulations.
- NOTICE: Emergency Orders (EOs) always supersede the published regulations.
Check for current EOs & News Releases before finalizing your plans.
Southeast Alaska

Fishing on most federal public lands is now subject to federal as well as state fishing regulations.
If you plan to fish on federal public lands, consult the Subsistence Management Regulations for Federal Public Lands in Alaska. It is available at many federal land managing agencies' field office, at the Office of Subsistence Management (1-800-478-1456), or online at: http://www.doi.gov/subsistence/index.cfm. Inseason closures can occur at any time and may not be reflected in the federal subsistence management booklet, so it is advisable to also contact the federal agency for the area where you intend to fish.
NOTICE: Emergency Orders always supersede the published regulations.
Check for current EOs & News Releases before finalizing your plans.
2023 Regulations
- 2023 Complete Southeast Regulations Booklet (PDF 20,021 kB)
- Cover (PDF 1,744 kB)*
- General Seasons and Bag and Size Limits - Fresh Waters (PDF 502 kB)
- General Seasons and Bag and Size Limits - Salt Waters (PDF 2,700 kB)
- Yakutat Area Special Regulations (PDF 1,133 kB)
- Haines-Skagway Special Regulations (PDF 1,000 kB)
- Juneau-Glacier Bay Special Regulations (PDF 1,548 kB)
- Sitka Special Regulations (PDF 1,236 kB)
- Petersburg-Wrangell Special Regulations (PDF 1,250 kB)
- Prince of Wales Special Regulations (PDF 379 kB)
- Ketchikan Special Regulations (PDF 674 kB)
- Salmon Identification (PDF 1,893 kB)
- Atlantic Salmon alert (PDF 719 kB)
- Trout and Other Species Identification (PDF 699 kB)
- Rockfish Identification and Conservation (PDF 1,188 kB)
- Southeast Alaska Shellfish Regulations (PDF 445 kB)
- Rockfish retention and non-retention for Southeast Alaska (PDF 4,016 kB)