Hot Topics & Issues

• Bycatch

  • Alaska Bycatch Advisory Council Report to Commissioner Doug Vincent-Lang, November 2023 (PDF 209 kB)

• Nelchina Caribou

  • Nelchina Caribou News, 2023 (PDF 453 kB)

• Draft Comments on Unit 4 Deer FSB Proposals (PDF 1,605 kB)

• Federal Fishery Disasters

• Middleton Island Kittiwake Mortality Event

  • First Detection of Avian Botulism Type C in Alaska (PDF 50 kB)

• COVID-19 Information and Resources

  • CDC Recommendations for Hunter Harvest
  • ADF&G COVID-19 Safety Protocols (PDF 134 kB)
  • Covid-19 Traveler Information
  • Health Mandates and Fishing Across Alaska, Early June
  • Doing Business with ADF&G During COVID-19 (PDF 226 kB)
  • Intrastate Travel Guidelines for Users (PDF 374 kB)
  • Sport and Personal Use Fishing Announcement (PDF 437 kB)
  • State of Alaska COVID-19 Information
  • Department of Health and Social Services COVID-19 Information
  • Department of Commerce, Community and Economic Development Economic Recovery Resources
  • Information for Sport Fishermen, Guides and Charter Businesses
  • United Fishermen of Alaska COVID-19 Resource Guide
  • NOAA Fisheries COVID-19 Update

• CARES Act Relief for Fishery Participants

  • Section 12005 CARES Act Relief for Fisheries Participants Final Spend Plan (PDF 373 kB) (Updated 2/25/2021)
  • Section 12005 CARES Act Relief for Fisheries Participants Final Draft Spend Plan (PDF 308 kB) (Updated 12/07/2020)
  • Section 12005 CARES Act Relief for Fisheries Participants Second Draft Spend Plan (PDF 446 kB) (Updated 11/09/2020)
    • Complied Public Comments for Spend Plan Second Draft (PDF 2,639 kB) (Updated 12/10/2020)
  • Section 12005 CARES Act Relief for Fisheries Participants First Draft Spend Plan (PDF 363 kB) (Updated 10/20/2020)
    • Complied Public Comments for Spend Plan First Draft (PDF 7,116 kB) (Updated 12/10/2020)
  • Guidance for Fisheries Participants Regarding CARES Act Relief Funding (PDF 568 kB) (Updated 11/09/2020)
  • NOAA CARES Act Guidance
  • Pacific Fishery Management Council CARES Act Information

• Consolidated Appropriations Act Relief for Fishery Participants

  • Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2021 Relief for Fisheries Participants (PDF 418 kB) (amended May 5, 2022)

• CFEC Online Services

  • CFEC Online Services Reminder (PDF 72 kB)

• Proposed Repeal of Prohibition of Personal Watercraft in Kachemak Bay Critical Habitat Area

  • Public Comments (PDF 18,295 kB)
  • Summary of Public Comments (PDF 2,127 kB)

• Mycoplasma ovipneumoniae (M. ovi)

  • Answers to Frequently Asked Questions

• Alaska Chinook Salmon Research Initiative

• Alaska Governor's Mariculture Task Force

• Alaska Salmon - Food Safety

  • Wild Alaska Salmon is healthy and of the highest quality. Have questions concerning recent articles about salmon quality and safety? Please see the Alaska Seafood Marketing Institute's Press Release and Alaska Salmon Questions and Answers .

• Conservation Stamp

• FAQs: Alaska Sues to Regain Wildlife Management Authority from Federal Agencies

• Fukushima Radiation Information:

  • No Fukushima-Related Radiation Detected in Alaska Seafood (PDF 308 kB)
    (Alaska Department of Environmental Conservation Press Release - 11/30/2015)

  • Information on Japan Tsunami Debris: Experts believe it is highly unlikely any of debris is radioactive. Beachgoers may notice an increase in debris, but are encouraged to continue to visit Alaska's beaches and help keep them clean. Please report marine debris to the NOAA marine debris program (DisasterDebris@noaa.gov).

    • The Alaska Department of Fish and Game stands ready to take appropriate management action if marine debris were to interfere with spawning or harvest of sustainable fisheries; currently provides assistance with documenting entanglements and injury to marine mammals due to any marine debris and assists with education and disentanglement efforts; assists with invasive species monitoring, prevention, and cleanup of non-native organisms that can be transported on marine debris in addition to other pathways; and is able to provide habitat monitoring and take appropriate action should it become necessary to ensure habitat protection or restoration efforts due to marine debris.

  • Wild Food Safety and Radiation Information:

    • FAQ Radiation from Fukushima
      Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution.
    • Alaska Seafood is Safe, Not Affected by Fukushima Incidents
    • Alaska Wild Foods Safety Facts for the Public (PDF 137 kB)
    • Alaska Wild Food Safety Facts for Scientists (PDF 87 kB)
    • Seafood Safe and Unaffected by Radiation (PDF 126 kB)
      NOAA-EPA-FDA Statement on U.S. Seafood: Safe and Unaffected by Japan Radiation Contamination.
    • Lists of Migratory Birds That May or May Not Have Flown through Japan.
    • Radiological information from the Division of Public Health, AK Department of Health & Social Services
    • Table of Radioisotopes that May Impact Food Safety (PDF 53 kB)
    • U.S. Food and Drug Administration Information on Radiation and Food Safety

• House Joint Resolution 69

  Questions and Answers related to H.J. Res 69 and State of Alaska Fish and Wildlife Management.

• Intensive Management

• State of Alaska's Comments on Park Service Proposed Rule (PDF 1,783 kB)