Emergency Orders and Press Releases Southcentral Date Area Summary Action 12/21/18 Expired 12/31/19 Northern Kenai Retention Of All Fish Species Prohibited From East And West Mackey, Sevena, Union, And Derks Lakes Restriction 12/21/18 Expired 12/31/19 Northern Kenai Retention Of Arctic Char/Dolly Varden Prohibited At Stormy Lake In 2019 Restriction 12/21/18 Expired 12/31/19 Northern Kenai Eastside Cook Inlet Beaches Remain Closed To Personal Use Clamming Closure 12/21/18 Expired 12/31/19 Southern Kenai Eastside Cook Inlet Beaches Remain Closed To Personal Use Clamming Closure 12/21/18 Expired 12/31/19 Northern Kenai Eastside Cook Inlet Beaches Remain Closed To Sport Clamming Closure 12/21/18 Expired 12/31/19 Southern Kenai Eastside Cook Inlet Beaches Remain Closed To Sport Clamming Closure 12/07/18 Expired 12/12/18 Anchorage / Mat-Su Intermediate Hardwater Fishing 11/21/18 Mat-Su / Anchorage Ship Creek Fisheries Center Winter Weekend Closure 11/07/18 Anchorage An Introduction To Ice Fishing 10/18/18 Expired 10/25/18 Anchorage ADF&G To Host “Spooky Tails” At The William Jack Hernandez Sport Fish Hatchery In Anchorage 10/11/18 Southcentral 2018 Southcentral Seasonal Summaries Available 10/11/18 Expired 11/30/18 Statewide ADF&G To Mail Annual Sport Fishing Harvest Survey 10/10/18 Expired 12/31/18 Statewide ADF&G Surveys Anglers About Regulation Complexities 10/04/18 Anchorage Identification Confirmed Of Non-Native Bass Caught In Sand Lake 10/03/18 Expired 10/12/18 Northern Kenai Tote Road Area Invasive Pike Eradication Project Begins 09/27/18 Northern Kenai Anglers Report Tagged Rainbow Trout On The Kenai River 09/25/18 Expired 10/04/18 Northern Kenai / Southern Kenai / North Gulf Coast \ Res. Bay Salmon In The Classroom Egg Takes Scheduled 09/21/18 Expired 12/31/18 Kodiak Pasagshak River Coho Salmon Bag Limit Increased Liberalization 09/20/18 Statewide Entries Sought For 2019 Sport Fishing Regulations Summary Photo Contest 09/19/18 Statewide New ADF&G Videos Show How To Fish For Coho Salmon 09/19/18 Expired 02/28/19 Southcentral Permits Now Available For Cook Inlet And North Gulf Coast Tanner Crab Fishery 09/13/18 Expired 10/15/18 Prince William Sound Prince William Sound Sport And Subsistence Shrimp Season Closes September 15 09/06/18 Expired 09/09/18 North Gulf Coast \ Res. Bay Youth-Only Fishing At Seward Lagoon This Weekend, September 7-9 09/05/18 Statewide Non-Native Bass Caught In Anchorage Lake 08/27/18 Expired 09/30/18 Southern Kenai / Northern Kenai Applications Sought For The 2019 Kenai Peninsula Habitat Restoration & Protection Cost Share Program 08/21/18 Expired 12/31/18 Northern Kenai Kenai River Reopened To Sockeye Salmon Fishing Opening 08/16/18 Expired 08/18/18 Mat-Su Youth-Only Coho Salmon Fishing Day At The Eklutna Tailrace, Saturday, August 18 08/14/18 Expired 12/31/18 Mat-Su Susitna River Coho Salmon Limits Increased Liberalization 08/14/18 Expired 12/31/18 Anchorage Ship Creek Coho Salmon Limits Increased Liberalization 08/13/18 Expired 09/30/18 Mat-Su Applications Sought For The 2019 Mat-Su Valley Habitat Restoration & Protection Cost-Share Program 08/08/18 Expired 12/31/18 Mat-Su Cottonwood And Wasilla Creeks Coho Salmon Limits And Days Liberalized Opening 08/08/18 Expired 12/31/18 Mat-Su Fish Creek Coho Salmon Limits Liberalized Liberalization 08/08/18 Expired 12/31/18 Southern Kenai Nick Dudiak Fishing Lagoon Opens To Snagging Opening 08/08/18 Expired 12/31/18 Southcentral ADF&G Reminds Dipnetters & Setnetters To Report Their 2018 Upper Cook Inlet Personal Use Salmon Harvest 08/07/18 Expired 12/31/18 Mat-Su Fish Creek Open 7 Days Per Week For Sport Fishing And Sockeye Salmon Limits Are Liberalized Opening 08/07/18 Expired 12/31/18 Mat-Su Little Susitna River Coho Salmon Limits Increased Liberalization 08/07/18 Statewide Eklutna Tailrace Voted The Nation’S Top Mom-Approved Fishing Location 08/03/18 Expired 12/31/18 Northern Kenai Kasilof Sockeye Salmon Bag And Possession Limits Increased Liberalization 08/03/18 Expired 08/04/18 Southern Kenai Nick Dudiak Fishing Lagoon Youth-Only Fishery On August 4 08/01/18 Expired 12/31/18 Northern Kenai Kenai River Closed To Sockeye Salmon Fishing Restriction 08/01/18 Expired 08/05/18 Mat-Su Fish Creek Youth-Only Fishery On August 4 And 5 07/31/18 Expired 12/31/18 Mat-Su Larson Creek Sockeye Salmon Sport Fishing Limit Increased Liberalization 07/30/18 Expired 12/31/18 Kodiak Saltery Cove Sockeye Salmon Bag Limits Restored Liberalization 07/26/18 Expired 12/31/18 Northern Kenai Kenai River Sockeye Salmon Bag Limit To One Fish Restriction 07/26/18 Expired 07/31/18 Northern Kenai Kenai River Personal Use Dip Net Fishery To Close Monday Closure 07/23/18 Expired 07/31/18 Mat-Su Fish Creek Personal Use Dipnet Fishery To Open 6 A.M. July 24, 2018 Opening 07/18/18 Expired 12/31/18 Bristol Bay Naknek River Sockeye Salmon Limits Increased Liberalization 07/18/18 Expired 12/31/18 Bristol Bay Alagnak River Sockeye Salmon Limits Increased Liberalization 07/16/18 Expired 07/31/18 Northern Kenai Kasilof River King Salmon Limited To Catch-And-Release Restriction 07/16/18 Expired 07/31/18 Northern Kenai Kenai River King Salmon Limited To Catch-And-Release Only Restriction 07/16/18 Expired 12/31/18 Bristol Bay Nushagak-Mulchatna Drainage Sockeye Salmon Limits Increased Liberalization 07/13/18 Expired 12/31/18 Bristol Bay Sockeye Salmon Restrictions Removed In The Kvichak River/Lake Iliamna Drainage Liberalization 07/13/18 Expired 07/31/18 Southern Kenai Lower Cook Inlet Roadside Stream Gear Restrictions Restriction 07/13/18 Expired 07/31/18 Southern Kenai Lower Cook Inlet Marine Conservation Zone Closures Closure 07/10/18 Expired 12/31/18 Kodiak Saltery Cove Sockeye Salmon Bag Limits Reduced Restriction 07/10/18 Expired 12/31/18 Kodiak Pasagshak Drainage Closed To Sport Fishing For Sockeye Salmon Closure 07/10/18 Expired 08/09/18 Kodiak Chignik River King Salmon Sport Fishery Closed Closure 07/10/18 Expired 12/31/18 Bristol Bay Sockeye Salmon Limits Reduced In The Kvichak River/Lake Iliamna Drainage And Closed In Certain Areas Restriction 07/09/18 Expired 07/15/18 Prince William Sound Fleming Spit Lagoon Opens To Snagging Of King Salmon Liberalization 07/06/18 Expired 12/31/18 Prince William Sound Coghill River Sockeye Salmon Bag Limits Increased Liberalization 07/05/18 Expired 07/31/18 Northern Kenai Kenai River Personal Use Dip Net Fishery To Open July 10 With No Retention Of King Salmon Restriction 07/03/18 Expired 12/31/18 Bristol Bay Wood River Drainage Sockeye Salmon Bag Limits Increased Liberalization 07/02/18 Expired 07/14/18 Northern Kenai Russian River & Upper Kenai River Sockeye Salmon Bag Limits Increased Liberalization 06/29/18 Anchorage Ship Creek Closed To All Sport Fishing Through July 13 Closure 06/21/18 Expired 07/31/18 Northern Kenai Kenai River Sport Fishery Starting July Off With No Bait Restriction 06/20/18 Expired 06/30/18 Mat-Su Yentna Subsistence Fishery Closed Closure 06/20/18 Expired 07/13/18 Mat-Su Little Susitna River King Salmon Fishing Closed Closure 06/20/18 Expired 07/13/18 Mat-Su Susitna River Drainages Closed To King Salmon Fishing Closure 06/20/18 Expired 06/24/18 Anchorage Campbell Creek Youth-Only King Salmon Fishery On June 23 And 24 06/19/18 Prince William Sound Rockfish Deepwater Release Mechanisms Available In Valdez On Thursday, June 21, 2018 06/18/18 Expired 07/14/18 Northern Kenai Russian River Sanctuary Opens Early For Sport Fishing Opening 06/18/18 Expired 07/31/18 Northern Kenai Kenai River Closed To Sport Fishing For Early Run King Salmon Closure 06/14/18 Expired 07/31/18 North Gulf Coast \ Res. Bay Resurrection Bay Fresh Water Sockeye Salmon Bag Limits Increased Liberalization 06/14/18 Expired 07/31/18 North Gulf Coast \ Res. Bay Resurrection Bay Salt Water Sockeye Salmon Bag Limits Increased Liberalization 06/14/18 Expired 12/31/18 Kodiak Afognak River Drainage Closed To Sport Fishing For Sockeye Salmon Closure 06/14/18 Expired 12/31/18 Kodiak Buskin River Drainage Closed To Sport Fishing For Sockeye Salmon Closure 06/13/18 Expired 07/13/18 Mat-Su Little Susitna River Closed To Retention Of King Salmon Restriction 06/11/18 Expired 06/30/18 Northern Kenai Early-Run King Salmon Sport Fishery Restrictions On The Kasilof River Restriction 06/11/18 Expired 07/15/18 Northern Kenai Kenai River King Salmon Limited To Catch-And-Release Restriction 06/05/18 Southern Kenai The 2018 Ninilchik River Youth-Only Fishery Closed 05/31/18 Expired 07/15/18 Southern Kenai King Salmon Fishing Restrictions In Effect For The Marine Waters In Lower Cook Inlet Restriction 05/31/18 Expired 07/15/18 Southern Kenai The Anchor And Ninilchik Rivers And Deep Creek Drainages Closed To Sport Fishing Closure 05/29/18 Expired 12/31/18 Southcentral Regulation Summary Booklet Correction For Eagle River 05/03/18 Expired 05/10/18 Southern Kenai / Northern Kenai Kenai Peninsula Borough School District Salmon Celebration Scheduled For May 10 04/16/18 Expired 05/18/18 Northern Kenai Public Comment Period Begins For Tote Road Pike Lake Restoration 04/11/18 Expired 04/27/18 Statewide ADF&G Proposes Amendment To The 2018 Statewide Stocking Plan 04/05/18 Expired 04/11/18 Anchorage Fishing For King Salmon In Ship Creek 03/21/18 Prince William Sound Summary Of Sport Fish Regulation Changes From Board Of Fisheries Miscellaneous Shellfish Meeting 03/13/18 Expired 07/13/18 Mat-Su 2018 King Salmon Sport Fishing Catch-And-Release Only For Deshka And Yentna Rivers And Remaining Susitna River Drainage Closed Restriction 03/13/18 Expired 07/13/18 Mat-Su 2018 King Salmon Sport Fishing Restrictions For Little Susitna River Restriction 03/06/18 Expired 03/14/18 Mat-Su / Prince William Sound / Anchorage Wild Alaska Shrimp: How To Target ‘Em In Prince William Sound 03/05/18 Northern Kenai 2018 Outlook For Kenai River Early And Late Run King Salmon 03/01/18 Expired 08/01/18 Kodiak Monashka Creek And Monashka Bay Closed To Sport Fishing For King Salmon Closure 03/01/18 Expired 07/25/18 Kodiak Karluk River Closed To Sport Fishing For King Salmon Closure 03/01/18 Expired 07/25/18 Kodiak Ayakulik River King Salmon Sport Fishery Catch-And-Release Only Restriction 02/15/18 Expired 09/15/18 Prince William Sound Number Of Pots Reduced In The 2018 Prince William Sound Noncommercial Shrimp Pot Fishery Restriction 02/05/18 Northern Kenai Public Meeting On The Removal Of Invasive Northern Pike And Rehabilitation Of Tote Road Lakes Near Soldotna 01/03/18 Anchorage / Mat-Su Under Ice: An Introduction To Ice Fishing 12/29/17 Expired 12/31/18 Northern Kenai Retention Of Arctic Char/Dolly Varden Prohibited At Stormy Lake In 2018 Closure 12/29/17 Expired 12/31/18 Northern Kenai Retention Of All Species Of Fish Prohibited From East And West Mackey, Sevena, Union, And Derks Lakes Closure 12/28/17 Prince William Sound New Sport Fishing Regulations Adopted For Prince William Sound 12/27/17 Expired 01/30/18 Statewide 2018 Statewide Sport Fish Stocking Plan Public Comment Period 12/22/17 Expired 12/31/18 Northern Kenai / Southern Kenai Eastside Cook Inlet Beaches Remain Closed To Recreational Clamming Closure 12/22/17 Expired 12/31/18 Southern Kenai / Northern Kenai Eastside Cook Inlet Beaches Remain Closed To Personal Use Clamming Closure Facebook Twitter Google+ Reddit