Emergency Orders and Press Releases
Northern Kenai

Date Area Summary Action
12/11/23 Expires 12/31/24 Northern Kenai Lower Cook Inlet & North Gulf Coast Sport Fishing Regulation Changes
10/20/23 Statewide Alaska Department Of Fish And Game Will Begin Mailing Annual Sport Fishing Surveys
10/17/23 Expired 12/08/23 Northern Kenai 2023 Season Sport Fishery Town Hall Style Meeting
10/03/23 Expired 10/12/23 Northern Kenai Kenai Peninsula Elementary School Students Attend “Salmon In The Classroom” Salmon Egg Takes Scheduled For October 10-11
08/31/23 Expired 10/31/23 Statewide Photos Sought For The 2024 Sport Fishing Regulations Summary Books
08/30/23 Expired 02/29/24 Northern Kenai Cook Inlet And North Gulf Coast Sport And Subsistence Tanner Crab Permits Available September 18.
08/15/23 Expired 08/31/23 Northern Kenai Unbaited, Single-Hook, Artificial Lures Only In The Kenai River Restriction
08/09/23 Expired 12/31/23 Northern Kenai ADF&G And USFWS Multi-Year Radiotagging Study Of Kenai River Adult Coho Salmon
08/07/23 Expired 08/20/23 Northern Kenai Russian River & Upper Kenai River Sockeye Salmon Limits Increased Liberalization
08/03/23 Expired 08/15/23 Northern Kenai Online Harvest Reporting Required For Upper Cook Inlet Personal Use Salmon Permit
08/02/23 Expired 08/06/23 Northern Kenai Youth-Only Coho Salmon Fishery At The Nick Dudiak Fishing Lagoon On The Homer Spit
07/27/23 Expired 08/15/23 Northern Kenai Unbaited, Single-Hook, Artificial Lures Only In The Kenai River Restriction
07/19/23 Expired 07/31/23 Northern Kenai Kenai River Personal Use Dip Net Fishery Open 24 Hours Per Day Opening
07/19/23 Expired 12/31/23 Northern Kenai Kenai River Sockeye Salmon Limits Increased Liberalization
07/11/23 Northern Kenai /
Southcentral 		Illegally Dumped Fish Waste Can Draw Bears, Fines For Violators
07/05/23 Expired 07/31/23 Northern Kenai Kenai River Personal Use Dip Net Fishery Opens July 10 With No Retention Of King Salmon Restriction
06/28/23 Expired 07/31/23 Northern Kenai Kasilof River Late-Run King Salmon Fishery Starting July 1 Limited To Hatchery Fish And No Bait Restriction
06/28/23 Expired 12/31/23 Northern Kenai Kasilof River Sockeye Salmon Limits Increased Liberalization
06/28/23 Northern Kenai Proposals Sought For The 2024 Kenai Peninsula Habitat Rehabilitation & Protection Cost-Share Program
06/22/23 Expired 07/14/23 Northern Kenai Russian River & Upper Kenai River Sockeye Salmon Bag Limits Increased To 9 Fish Liberalization
06/22/23 Expired 08/07/23 Northern Kenai Kasilof River Dipnetting Area Expanded Liberalization
06/15/23 Expired 07/14/23 Northern Kenai Russian River & Upper Kenai River Sockeye Salmon Limits Increased Liberalization
06/12/23 Expired 07/14/23 Northern Kenai Russian River Sanctuary Opens Early For Sport Fishing Opening
06/08/23 Expired 06/24/23 Northern Kenai Kasilof River Personal Use Set Gillnet Fishery Closed Closure
04/13/23 Expired 12/31/23 Northern Kenai Rockfish Bag And Possession Limits Reduced In Cook Inlet And North Gulf Coast/Resurrection Bay Salt Waters Restriction
03/02/23 Expired 07/31/23 Northern Kenai Sport Fishing For King Salmon Closed In Cook Inlet Salt Waters Closure
03/02/23 Expired 07/31/23 Northern Kenai Kenai River Late-Run King Salmon Sport Fishery Closed Closure
03/02/23 Expired 07/31/23 Northern Kenai Kenai River Early-Run King Salmon Sport Fishery Is Closed Closure
03/02/23 Expired 06/24/23 Northern Kenai Kasilof River Personal Use Gillnet Fishery Daily Fishing Hours Reduced Restriction
03/02/23 Expired 06/30/23 Northern Kenai Kasilof River Early-Run King Salmon Restricted Beginning May 1 Restriction
01/05/23 Expired 01/31/23 Statewide 2023 Statewide Sport Fish Stocking Plan Open For Public Comment
12/20/22 Expired 12/31/23 Northern Kenai Retention Of All Species Of Fish Prohibited From East And West Mackey, And Derks Lakes In 2023 Restriction
12/20/22 Expired 12/31/23 Northern Kenai Bag And Possession Limit For Arctic Char/Dolly Varden In Stormy Lake Restriction