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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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2007 Statewide News Releases

• 11-7-07: ADF&G Releases Summary of the 2007 Salmon Season
  This year’s harvest was the 4th largest since Statehood

• 11-5-07:Alaska Salmon Fishery Re-Certified as Sustainable by MSC
  Decision means Alaska Wild Salmon will continue to carry “ecolabel”

• 10-31-07: Marshall Wolf Tests Positive for Rabies

• 10-22-07: Alaska Board of Game to Meet in Bethel, November 9-12: This Friday, October 26, is the Deadline for Written Comments

• 10-19-07: State Releases Plan to Keep Rats Out of Alaska "Wildife and People at Risk"

• 10-3-07: Alaska Boards of Fisheries and Game to Meet: Meeting begins Friday in Anchorage

• 9-13-07: Alaska Steps Up Efforts to Eradicate Rats

• 8-28-07: Alaska Fish and Game Commissioner Applauds President Bush's Call for More Hunting and Habitat Protection: Alaska joins in efforts to encourage hunting

• 8-8-07: Proposal Deadline for Board of Game Arctic/Western Region Meeting: Submissions for Nov. Meeting due 5:00 p.m. Friday, Aug. 17

• 8-6-07: Doug Larsen Appointed Director of Wildlife Conservation for ADF&G

• 8-6-07: Charlie Swanton Appointed Director of Sport Fish for ADF&G

• 7-27-07: State Re-scores, Re-issues Subsistence Permits for Nelchina Caribou and Moose

• 5-23-07: ADF&G to Study Economic Impact of Sport Fishing in Alaska

• 5-11-07: Governor Palin Introduces Bill to Streamline Predator Management Laws: HB 256/SB 176 Clarify, Clean UP Statutes, Encourates Abundance-Based Managementy

• 5-9-07: ADF&G Seeks Comment on Draft Management Plan for McNeil Refuge and Sanctuary

• 4-26-07: ADF&G Releases Results of the 2007 Salmon Capacity Survey

• 4-3-07: ADF&G Announces 2007 Chinook Salmon Quota Plan

• 3-21-07: ADF&G Enhances Predator Control Efforts, Commissioner Directs Testing of New Ideas

• 2-18-07: Kenton Taylor Appointed Deputy Commissioner, John Hilsinger Appointed Director of Commercial Fisheries for ADF&G

• 2-15-07: Board of Game to Meet in Anchorage, March 2-12

• 2-7-07: State of Alaska Request for Reconsideration Denied: Federal Subsistence Board Refuses to Limit Sale of Bear Claws

• 2-2-07: Alaska Statewide Salmon Forecast for 2007

• 2-1-07: Joint Board of Fisheries and Game Submit Commissioner Candidate Name to Governor

• 2-1-07: Judge Refuses to Halt State’s Predator Management Programs Denies Defenders of Wildlife’s Request for Injunction

• 1-19-07: State Requests Reconsideration of Recent Federal Subsistence Board Decisions Impacting Fishereis on the Kenai Peninsula and in Southeast Alaska

• 1-9-07: Testing for bird Flu in Alaska: The first Year of Concerted Effort

• 1-4-07: The eLandings Fisheries Reporting System Reaches the Fifteen Thousand Mark: ADF&G to expand the successful program

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