Emergency Orders and Press Releases Southcentral Date Area Summary Action 12/11/23 Expired 12/31/24 Bristol Bay Togiak River Sport Fishing Regulation Changes 12/11/23 Expired 12/31/24 Anchorage / Northern Kenai / Southern Kenai / Mat-Su / North Gulf Coast \ Res. Bay Lower Cook Inlet & North Gulf Coast Sport Fishing Regulation Changes 11/08/23 Expired 12/15/23 Anchorage / Mat-Su / North Gulf Coast \ Res. Bay / Prince William Sound Anchorage 2023 Season Sport Fishery Town Hall Style Meeting –Reschedule 10/20/23 Statewide Alaska Department Of Fish And Game Will Begin Mailing Annual Sport Fishing Surveys 10/17/23 Expired 12/08/23 Anchorage / Northern Kenai / Southern Kenai / Mat-Su / North Gulf Coast \ Res. Bay / Prince William Sound 2023 Season Sport Fishery Town Hall Style Meeting 10/03/23 Expired 10/12/23 Northern Kenai / Southern Kenai Kenai Peninsula Elementary School Students Attend “Salmon In The Classroom” Salmon Egg Takes Scheduled For October 10-11 09/26/23 Expired 12/31/23 Kodiak Pasagshak River Coho Salmon Bag Limit Increased Liberalization 09/07/23 Expired 12/31/23 Prince William Sound Prince William Sound Sport And Subsistence Shrimp Fishery Season Closure And Harvest Reporting Reminder 09/06/23 Expired 10/01/23 North Gulf Coast \ Res. Bay Seward Lagoon Youth-Only Coho Salmon Fishery Extended Through October 1 Opening 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 Anchorage / Northern Kenai / Southern Kenai / Mat-Su / North Gulf Coast \ Res. Bay Cook Inlet And North Gulf Coast Sport And Subsistence Tanner Crab Permits Available September 18. 08/16/23 Expired 12/31/23 Mat-Su Jim Creek Closed To Salmon Fishing Closure 08/16/23 Expired 09/30/23 Mat-Su Little Susitna River Closed To Coho Salmon Fishing Closure 08/15/23 Expired 12/31/23 Anchorage Ship Creek Coho Salmon Limits Increased Liberalization 08/15/23 Expired 09/30/23 Mat-Su Deshka River Closed To Retention Of Coho Salmon; Other Susitna River Streams Remain At One Coho Salmon Bag Limit Closure 08/15/23 Expired 12/31/23 Mat-Su Little Susitna River Coho Salmon Bag And Possession Limit Reduced To One Fish Restriction 08/15/23 Expired 08/31/23 Northern Kenai Unbaited, Single-Hook, Artificial Lures Only In The Kenai River Restriction 08/14/23 Expired 12/31/23 Southern Kenai Nick Dudiak Fishing Lagoon Open To Snagging On August 16 Liberalization 08/10/23 Expired 09/30/23 Mat-Su Susitna River Coho Salmon Bag Limits Reduced To One Fish Restriction 08/10/23 Expired 09/30/23 Mat-Su Bait Prohibited In The Little Susitna River Sport Fishery 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 08/13/23 Southern Kenai China Poot Personal Use Sockeye Salmon Fishery Extended Liberalization 08/03/23 Expired 08/15/23 Mat-Su / Northern Kenai Online Harvest Reporting Required For Upper Cook Inlet Personal Use Salmon Permit 08/03/23 Expired 08/07/23 Mat-Su Fish Creek Youth-Only Fishery Opens Saturday And Sunday, August 5-6 08/02/23 Expired 08/06/23 Anchorage / Northern Kenai / Southern Kenai / Mat-Su Youth-Only Coho Salmon Fishery At The Nick Dudiak Fishing Lagoon On The Homer Spit 07/31/23 Expired 08/11/23 Mat-Su Fish Creek Sport Fishery Open 7 Days Per Week With Increased Sockeye Salmon Limits Liberalization 07/27/23 Expired 08/15/23 Northern Kenai Unbaited, Single-Hook, Artificial Lures Only In The Kenai River Restriction 07/24/23 Expired 12/31/23 Kodiak Pasagshak River Open To Sport Fishing For Sockeye Salmon Opening 07/20/23 Expired 07/31/23 Mat-Su Fish Creek Personal Use Dipnet Fishery Opens 6 A.M. July 22 Opening 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 07/18/23 Expired 12/31/23 Kodiak Saltery Cove Drainage Sockeye Salmon Limits Increased Liberalization 07/12/23 Expired 12/31/23 Kodiak Pasagshak River Closed To Sport Fishing For Sockeye Salmon Closure 07/11/23 Expired 12/31/23 Bristol Bay Alagnak River Drainage Sockeye Salmon Limits Increased Liberalization 07/11/23 Expired 07/31/23 Bristol Bay Nushagak-Mulchatna Drainage King Salmon Catch-And-Release Only Restriction 07/11/23 Anchorage / Northern Kenai / Southern Kenai / Southcentral / Mat-Su Illegally Dumped Fish Waste Can Draw Bears, Fines For Violators 07/10/23 Expired 07/29/23 Mat-Su Anderson Creek (Lower Susitna River) Closed To Dipnetting Closure 07/05/23 Expired 07/31/23 Bristol Bay Nushagak-Mulchatna Drainage King Salmon Limits Reduced Restriction 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 07/05/23 Expired 10/31/23 Mat-Su Proposals Sought For The 2024 Mat-Su Valley Habitat Rehabilitation & Protection Cost-Share Program 07/03/23 Expired 07/31/23 Bristol Bay Alagnak River Counting Tower Sport Fishing Boundary Closure 07/03/23 Expired 07/13/23 Mat-Su Little Susitna River Drainage Closed To Sport Fishing For King Salmon Closure 07/03/23 Expired 08/09/23 Kodiak Chignik River Closed To Sport Fishing For King Salmon Closure 06/28/23 Expired 12/31/23 Bristol Bay Wood River Drainage Sockeye Salmon Limits Increased Liberalization 06/28/23 Expired 12/31/23 Bristol Bay Nushagak-Mulchatna Drainage Sockeye Salmon Limits Increased Liberalization 06/28/23 Expired 07/04/23 Southern Kenai Nick Dudiak Fishing Lagoon Open To Snagging July 1-4 Liberalization 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 / Southern Kenai Proposals Sought For The 2024 Kenai Peninsula Habitat Rehabilitation & Protection Cost-Share Program 06/27/23 Expired 07/16/23 North Gulf Coast \ Res. Bay Seward Lagoon Youth-Only Fishery Extended Through July 16 Liberalization 06/26/23 Expired 07/31/23 North Gulf Coast \ Res. Bay Resurrection Bay Sockeye Salmon Bag Limit Increased Opening 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 06/14/23 Expired 12/31/23 Kodiak Buskin River Closed To Sport Fishing For Sockeye Salmon Closure 06/14/23 Expired 06/18/23 Anchorage / Mat-Su Eklutna And Ship Creek Youth-Only King Salmon Fisheries On Saturday, June 17 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 05/30/23 Southern Kenai Youth-Only King Salmon Fisheries On The Lower Kenai Peninsula 05/23/23 Expired 07/04/23 Southern Kenai East Cook Inlet Sport Razor Clam Fisheries Open In Ninilchik Area Opening 05/23/23 Expired 07/04/23 Southern Kenai East Cook Inlet Personal Use Razor Clam Fisheries Open In Ninilchik Area. Opening 04/13/23 Expired 12/31/23 Prince William Sound Rockfish Limits Reduced And Seasonal Yelloweye Rockfish Closure In Prince William Sound Salt Waters Restriction 04/13/23 Expired 12/31/23 Anchorage / Northern Kenai / Southern Kenai / Mat-Su / North Gulf Coast \ Res. Bay Rockfish Bag And Possession Limits Reduced In Cook Inlet And North Gulf Coast/Resurrection Bay Salt Waters Restriction 03/30/23 Bristol Bay Bristol Bay Sport Fishing Regulation Changes 03/16/23 Expired 12/31/23 Kodiak Ayakulik And Karluk Rivers Closed To King Salmon Fishing Closure 03/16/23 Kodiak New Sportfishing Regulations Affecting The Kodiak And Alaska Peninsula/Aleutian Islands Areas 03/15/23 Expired 08/09/23 Kodiak Chignik River Restricted To Catch-And-Release Fishing For King Salmon Restriction 03/15/23 Expired 12/31/23 Kodiak Eastern Afognak And Kodiak Islands Rockfish Limits Reduced For Nonresidents Restriction 03/07/23 Expired 09/15/23 Prince William Sound Pots Reduced In The Prince William Sound Noncommercial Shrimp Fishery Restriction 03/02/23 Expired 07/31/23 Anchorage / Northern Kenai / Southern Kenai / Mat-Su Sport Fishing For King Salmon Closed In Cook Inlet Salt Waters Closure 03/02/23 Expired 07/31/23 Southern Kenai King Salmon Bag Limit Reduced From 2 To 1 In Lower Cook Inlet Salt Waters Restriction 03/02/23 Expired 07/15/23 Southern Kenai Anchor River And Deep Creek Closed To Sport Fishing Closure 03/02/23 Expired 10/31/23 Southern Kenai Changes To King Salmon Limits And Gear In The Ninilchik River Restriction 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 03/02/23 Expired 07/13/23 Mat-Su Little Susitna River King Salmon Restricted To Catch-And-Release Restriction 03/02/23 Expired 06/30/23 Mat-Su West Cook Inlet Fresh Waters Closed To King Salmon Fishing Closure 03/02/23 Expired 07/13/23 Mat-Su King Salmon Restrictions In The Susitna River Drainages Closure 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 12/20/22 Expired 12/31/23 Mat-Su Five Stocked Lakes To Open To Fishing In The Matanuska-Susitna Valley Opening 12/20/22 Expired 12/31/23 Mat-Su Retention Of Arctic Char/Dolly Varden Prohibited In Fish Creek (Big Lake) Drainage Restriction 12/20/22 Expired 12/31/23 Southern Kenai East Cook Inlet Sport And Personal Use Razor Clam Fisheries Will Remain Closed For 2023 Facebook Twitter Google+ Reddit
