Contact:
Nicky Szarzi
Area Management Biologist
Phone: (907) 235-8191

The English Bay River drainage and Port Graham Subdistrict will reopen to sport fishing for sockeye salmon at 12:01 a.m., Thursday, July 6, 2006.

A count within the escapement goal of 6,000 – 13,500 can now be projected for the English Bay drainage.  The subsistence set gillnet fishery has been reopened.  The small number of sockeye salmon harvested by sport anglers is unlikely to jeopardize the escapement or achievement of broodstock goals.

The English Bay River drainage is open to fishing for salmon from its mouth, including the lagoon, upstream to the outlet of Lower English Bay Lake.  These waters are fly-fishing-only from June 1 through July 31.  The remainder of the drainage is closed to salmon fishing.

The Port Graham Subdistrict includes all waters east of the longitude of Point Bede at 151º 59.40’ and south of the latitude of Point Pogibshi at 59º 25.47.

Consult the 2006 Alaska Sport Fishing Regulations Summary - Southcentral Alaska edition for other pertinent fishing regulations.