Commercial Salmon Fisheries
Norton Sound & Kotzebue Management Area
Fishery Advisory Announcements
- 2025 Norton Sound Salmon Management Outlook (PDF 628 kB) - 4/3/25
- 2025 Kotzebue Sound Salmon Management Outlook (PDF 411 kB) - 4/1/25
Harvest
Management
Outlook & Management Plans
- 2022 Norton Sound Salmon Management Outlook (PDF 900 kB)
- 2022 Kotzebue Sound Salmon Management Outlook (PDF 200 kB)
Annual Management Reports
- 2021 Annual Management Report Norton Sound, Port Clarence, and Arctic, Kotzebue Areas (PDF 6,179 kB)
- 2020 Annual Management Report for Norton Sound-Port Clarence Area, and Arctic-Kotzebue Area (PDF 5,860 kB)
- 2019 Annual Management Report Norton Sound, Port Clarence, and Arctic, Kotzebue Areas (PDF 6,415 kB)
- 2018 Annual Management Report Norton Sound, Port Clarence, and Arctic, Kotzebue Areas (PDF 6,059 kB)
- 2017 Annual Management Report Norton Sound-Port Clarence Area, and Arctic-Kotzebue Area (PDF 5,330 kB)
- 2016 Annual Management Report Norton Sound-Port Clarence Area, and Arctic-Kotzebue Area (PDF 4,914 kB)
- 2015 Annual Management Report Norton Sound-Port Clarence Area, and Arctic-Kotzebue Area (PDF 4,862 kB)
- 2014 Annual Management Report Norton Sound-Port Clarence Area, and Arctic-Kotzebue Area (PDF 4,849 kB)
- 2013 Annual Management Report Norton Sound-Port Clarence Area, and Arctic-Kotzebue Area (PDF 4,810 kB)
- 2012 Annual Management Report Norton Sound-Port Clarence Area, and Arctic-Kotzebue Area (PDF 6,638 kB)
- 2011 Annual Management Report for Norton Sound, Port Clarence, and Kotzebue (PDF 8,002 kB)
- 2010 Annual Management Report for Norton Sound, Port Clarence, and Kotzebue (PDF 18,621 kB)
- 2009 Annual Management Report for Norton Sound, Port Clarence, and Kotzebue (PDF 4,700 kB)
- 2008 Annual Management Report for Norton Sound, Port Clarence, and Kotzebue (PDF 5,176 kB)
- 2007 Annual Management Report for Norton Sound, Port Clarence, and Kotzebue (PDF 2,091 kB)
- 2006 Annual Management Report for Norton Sound, Port Clarence, and Kotzebue (PDF 2,522 kB)
Regulations
- 2023–2026 Arctic-Yukon-Kuskokwim Commercial-Subsistence-Personal Use Finfish and Shellfish Fishing Regulations (PDF 1,247 kB)
Publications
- Norton Sound Subdistrict 5 (Shaktoolik) and Subdistrict 6 (Unalakleet) Chinook Salmon Stock Status and Action Plan, 2010; a Report to the Alaska Board of Fisheries (PDF 428 kB)
- Norton Sound, Golovin, and Moses Point Subdistricts Chum Salmon Stock Status and Action Plan, 2010; a Report to the Alaska Board of Fisheries (PDF 1,394 kB)
- Norton Sound Subdistrict 1 (Nome) Chum Salmon Stock Status and Action Plan, 2010; a Report to the Alaska Board of Fisheries (PDF 601 kB)
- Kobuk River Test Fishing Project, 2008 (PDF 1,672 kB)
Forecasts
Research
- Stock Composition and Coastal Migration Characteristics of Coho Salmon in Fisheries of Norton Sound, Alaska (PDF 3,526 kB)
- Escapement Goal Review for Select Arctic-Yukon-Kuskokwim Regional Salmon Stocks, 2023 (PDF 2,001 kB)
- Diet and Energy Density Assessment of Juvenile Chinook Salmon from Northeastern Bering Sea Trawl Surveys, 2004–2017 (PDF 1,381 kB)
- Salmon Escapements to the Norton Sound-Port Clarence Area, 2015–2016 (PDF 2,361 kB)
- Unalakleet River Chinook salmon escapement monitoring and assessment, 2017 (PDF 430 kB)
- Use of Acoustic Tags to Examine Movement of Chum Salmon in Nearshore Marine Waters of Northern Norton Sound, 2015-201 (PDF 5,357 kB)
- Unalakleet River Chinook salmon escapement monitoring and assessment, 2015 (PDF 1,131 kB)
- Salmon escapements to the Norton Sound-Port Clarence Area, 2008-2012 (PDF 1,476 kB)
- Norton Sound Salmon Fisheries-history, Stock Abundance, and Management (PDF 45 kB)
- Chinook salmon fecundity in the Unalakleet River, 2008-2010 (PDF 360 kB)
- Abundance and distribution of Fish River coho salmon Oncorhynchus kisutch in 2005 and 2006 (PDF 1,598 kB)
Fish Counts
Maps
Statistical Area Maps
- Kotzebue Salmon Statistical Area Map (PDF 453 kB)
- Norton Sound Salmon Statistical Area Map (PDF 225 kB)