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"Statewide News Releases" listed below are department news releases issued by the
Public Communications Section to the media on issues of interest to the general public.
Listed in the left column below are separate ADF&G division news releases and emergency orders providing
information on field announcements affecting harvest bag limits and area openings and closure.

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(links to all divisional news releases)

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2005 Statewide News Releases

• 11-18-05: ADF&G Seeks Public Comments on Subsistence Halibut Harvest Report

• 11-10-05: State to Hold Magnuson-Stevens Act Meeting at Pacific Marine Expo in Seattle, November 18th

• 11-4-05: Commissioner Announces Opposition to Petition

• 11-4-05: Board of Game to Meet in Kotzebue, November 11-14

• 10-31-05: ADF&G Releases Summary of the 2005 Salmon Season

• 09-23-05: Alaska Board of Game Announces Date Change and Call for Proposals for Spring 2006 Meeting in Fairbanks

• 09-08-05: Ed Dersham Resigns from Board of Fisheries, Accepts Position at ADF&G

• 09-08-05: Commissioner Appoints New Commercial Fisheries Director

• 09-07-05: Commissioner Appoints New Subsistence Director

• 09-06-05: ADF&G Announces First-Ever "Youth Day at the Range"

• 09-02-05: State to Hold Stakeholder Meetings on Magnuson-Stevens Act Reauthorization

• 08-25-05: ADF&G Advises Goose Hunters to Check for Regulation Changes

• 08-24-05: New Electronic Reporting System for Fisheries

• 08-10-05: Proposal Deadline for Board of Game: 8/19/05

• 08-09-05: ADF&G Clarifies its Policy Regarding Anchorage Bear Calls (PDF File*)

• 08-09-05: Pack Animals May Threaten Wildlife (PDF File*)

• 07-25-05: ADF&G Installs Walrus Islands Web Cam and Makes Refuge Trail Improvements

• 07-12-05: Commissioner Appoints New Executive Director of the Board of Game

• 07-11-05: ADF&G Seeking Public Comment on Draft Mariculture Regulations

• 06-28-05: State of Alaska Announces Magnuson-Stevens Act Reauthorization Stakeholder Input Meetings in Ketchikan and Kodiak

• 06-23-05: Additional Fishing Opportunity Authorized for Kasilof River Sockeye

• 06-21-05: Alaska Board of Game Call for Proposals for November Meeting in Kotzebue

• 06-10-05: Governor Murkowski Encourages Families to Go Fishing in June

• 05-27-05: Board of Game to Meet in Anchorage

• 05-24-05: Subsistence Director Resigns to Accept University Position

• 05-10-05: ADF&G Commissioner Announces New Mariculture Coordinator

• 05-05-05: BOF Enacts Changes to the Chignik Cooperative Fishery for the 2005 Season

• 04-18-05: ADF&G Releases Results of the 2005 Salmon Capacity Survey

• 04-13-05: ADF&G Staff Receive Alaska Outdoor Council Awards

• 04-05-05: ADF&G Extends Public Comment Period for Draft Wildlife Conservation Strategy

• 04-05-05: ADF&G Announces 2005 Chinook Salmon Quota for Southeast Alaska

• 04-01-05: ADF&G Seeks Public Input for Izembek State Game Refuge Management Plan

• 03-18-05: Proposals for Alaska Board of Fisheries Due Friday, April 8, 2005 Evansville Wolf

• 03-07-05: ADF&G Declines to Issue Permit for Export of Evansville Wolf

• 03-07-05: Joint Boards of Fisheries and Game Submit Commissioner Candidate Names to Governor

• 03-02-05: Public Comment Period Underway for Alaska’s Sustainable Commercial Salmon Fishery Re-assessment and Certification

• 02-25-05: Board of Game to Meet in Anchorage

• 02-22-05: Fish and Game Invites Public Comment on Draft Wildlife Conservation Strategy

• 02-18-05: Pacific Salmon Commission Strikes Deal to Hold Directed Fisheries on Stikine and Taku Rivers

• 02-15-05: Joint Board Selects Commissioner Candidates for Interviews

• 02-11-05: Alaska's Commercial Salmon Fisheries to be Assessed for Recertification

• 02-10-05: State of Alaska to Hold Townhall Meetings to Discuss the Growth of Finfish Farming

• 02-10-05: Alaska Board of Game to Review Status of Closed Areas at Upcoming Meeting

• 01-31-05: Subsistence Halibut Fishery Mail Survey

• 01-04-05: Alaska Board of Fisheries Announces Public Hearing in Soldotna

• 01-04-05: ADF&G Supports Lawsuit Challenging Federal Reserved Water Rights

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