Emergency Orders and Press Releases Southeast Date Area Summary Action 12/27/17 Expired 12/31/18 Juneau Juneau Area Section 11-A Remains Closed To Sport And Personal Use Pot Shrimp Fishing In 2018 Closure 12/27/17 Expired 01/30/18 Statewide 2018 Statewide Sport Fish Stocking Plan Public Comment Period 12/20/17 Expired 06/30/18 Juneau Juneau Area Personal Use Red And Blue King Crab Fishery Winter Season Closure Closure 12/01/17 Expired 03/31/18 Juneau Juneau Area Personal Use Red And Blue King Crab Fishery Winter Season Fishery Update 11/09/17 Expired 03/31/18 Juneau Juneau Area Personal Use Red And Blue King Crab Fishery Winter Season Opening 09/29/17 Expired 12/31/17 Sitka Sport Fishing Reopened In Bear Cove Opening 09/20/17 Expired 03/31/18 Southeast Southeast Alaska King Salmon Sport Fishing Reopened Opening 09/19/17 Expired 12/31/17 Sitka Sport Fishing Closed In Bear Cove Closure 08/22/17 Statewide Photo Entries Sought For 2018 Sport Fishing Regulations Summary Photo Contest 08/07/17 Expired 09/30/17 Southeast Retention Of King Salmon Is Prohibited In All Southeast Alaska Salt Waters Closure 08/03/17 Expired 08/31/17 Sitka Sport Fishing Closed In Bear Cove Closure 08/03/17 Expired 12/31/17 Yakutat Sport Fishing Area Closure Reduced To 300 Feet Downstream Of The Situk River Weir Restriction 07/24/17 Expired 12/31/17 Yakutat SITUK RIVER SOCKEYE SALMON SPORT FISHING HARVEST LIMITS INCREASED Liberalization 07/24/17 Expired 03/31/18 Southeast SOUTHEAST ALASKA NONPELAGIC ROCKFISH CLOSURE FOR OUTSIDE WATERS DURING 2017 Closure 07/21/17 Expired 07/31/17 Juneau JUNEAU AREA PERSONAL USE RED AND BLUE KING CRAB FISHERY Opening 07/19/17 Expired 09/14/17 Haines/Skagway Pullen Creek And Pond Open To King Salmon Fishing Opening 07/11/17 Expired 12/31/17 Sitka REDOUBT BAY AND LAKE SUBSISTENCE AND SPORT SOCKEYE SALMON FISHERY ANNOUNCEMENT Liberalization 07/11/17 Expired 09/01/17 Sitka SPORT FISHING FOR KING SALMON CLOSED IN KASNYKU BAY Closure 07/07/17 Expired 08/15/17 Yakutat SPORT FISHING CLOSED AREA EXPANDED BELOW THE SITUK RIVER WEIR Closure 06/30/17 Statewide Illegally Dumped Fish Waste Can Draw Bears, Fines For Violators 06/21/17 Expired 07/31/17 Sitka SPORT FISHING CLOSED IN BEAR COVE Closure 06/20/17 Expired 07/31/17 Juneau Fish Creek Pond Closed To Sport Fishing Closure 06/20/17 Expired 08/31/17 Juneau Macaulay Hatchery Area Closed To King Salmon Fishing Closure 06/20/17 Expired 12/31/17 Statewide Alaska Invasive Species Awareness Week 06/13/17 Expired 12/31/17 Ketchikan Ketchikan Creek Opens To Sport Fishing Opening 06/09/17 Expired 06/11/17 Sitka SWAN LAKE'S JUNIOR TROUT DERBY REGULATIONS 05/30/17 Expired 07/31/17 Petersburg KING SALMON BAG LIMITS IN WRANGELL NARROWS-BLIND SLOUGH FOR 2017 Liberalization 05/23/17 Expired 07/15/17 Petersburg NEW KING SALMON SPORT FISHING RESTRICTIONS IN MARINE WATERS OFF THE STIKINE RIVER Restriction 04/20/17 Expired 11/30/17 Southeast SOUTHEAST ALASKA 2017 LINGCOD SPORT FISHING REGULATIONS SET FOR THE SOUTHERN SOUTHEAST ALASKA AREA Opening 04/20/17 Expired 11/30/17 Southeast SOUTHEAST ALASKA 2017 LINGCOD SPORT FISHING REGULATIONS SET FOR THE NORTHERN SOUTHEAST ALASKA AREA Opening 04/20/17 Expired 11/30/17 Yakutat SOUTHEAST ALASKA 2017 LINGCOD SPORT FISHING REGULATIONS SET FOR THE YAKUTAT AREA Opening 04/19/17 Expired 09/10/17 Southeast FILLETING AND DE-HEADING OF LINGCOD, KING AND COHO SALMON, AND NONPELAGIC ROCKFISH PROHIBITED IN SOUTHEAST ALASKA SPORT FISHERIES Restriction 04/10/17 Expired 05/01/18 Southeast SOUTHEAST ALASKA REGIONAL KING SALMON SPORT FISHING REGULATIONS FOR 2017 Opening 03/23/17 Expired 12/31/17 Sitka Pelagic Rockfish Limit Reduced In The Sitka Area Restriction 03/20/17 Expired 03/31/18 Southeast SOUTHEAST ALASKA NONPELAGIC ROCKFISH SPORT FISHING REGULATIONS FOR 2017 Restriction 03/06/17 Expired 08/14/17 Ketchikan Hatchery King Salmon Limits Increased In Herring Bay Area Liberalization 03/06/17 Expired 08/14/17 Ketchikan 2017 KING SALMON SPORT FISHING RESTRICTIONS FOR KETCHIKAN AREA MARINE WATERS Restriction 03/06/17 Expired 08/14/17 Ketchikan Hatchery King Salmon Limits Increased In Herring Bay Area Liberalization 03/06/17 Expired 07/15/17 Petersburg KING SALMON SPORT FISHING REGULATIONS FOR MARINE WATERS ADJACENT TO THE STIKINE RIVER FOR 2017 Restriction 03/06/17 Expired 06/14/17 Juneau 2017 KING SALMON SPORT FISHING REGULATIONS FOR JUNEAU AREA MARINE WATERS Closure 03/06/17 Expired 12/31/17 Haines/Skagway 2017 KING SALMON SPORT FISHING REGULATIONS FOR HAINES/SKAGWAY AREA MARINE WATERS Closure 03/06/17 Expired 12/31/17 Yakutat SITUK RIVER CLOSED TO KING SALMON FISHING Closure 02/15/17 Statewide Division Of Sport Fish Launches Email Subscription Service 01/03/17 Statewide SPORT FISH STOCKING PLAN AVAILABLE FOR COMMENT 01/01/17 Expired 12/31/17 Yakutat YAKUTAT SPORT DUNGENESS CRAB FISHING CLOSED Closure 01/01/17 Expired 12/31/17 Juneau TENAKEE INLET REMAINS CLOSED TO SPORT AND PERSONAL USE SHRIMP FISHING IN 2017 Closure 01/01/17 Expired 12/31/17 Juneau JUNEAU AREA SECTION 11-A REMAINS CLOSED TO SPORT AND PERSONAL USE POT SHRIMP FISHING IN 2017 Closure 12/29/16 Expired 12/31/17 Yakutat YAKUTAT SPORT DUNGENESS CRAB FISHING CLOSED Closure 12/29/16 Expired 12/31/17 Juneau TENAKEE INLET REMAINS CLOSED TO SPORT AND PERSONAL USE SHRIMP FISHING IN 2017 Closure 12/29/16 Expired 12/31/17 Juneau JUNEAU AREA SECTION 11-A REMAINS CLOSED TO SPORT AND PERSONAL USE POT SHRIMP FISHING IN 2017 Closure 12/07/16 Expired 12/30/16 Haines/Skagway HAINES FIELD OFFICE WILL BE CLOSED DECEMBER 19 THROUGH DECEMBER 30, 2016 Facebook Twitter Google+ Reddit ×Share