Emergency Orders and Press Releases Southcentral Date Area Summary Action 12/01/20 Statewide 2021 Statewide Sport Fish Stocking Plan Open For Public Comment 12/20/20 Expired 12/31/21 Mat-Su Five New Stocked Lakes To Open To Fishing In The Matanuska-Susitna Valley Opening 12/20/20 Expired 12/31/21 Northern Kenai Retention Of Arctic Char/Dolly Varden Prohibited From Stormy Lake In 2021 Restriction 12/20/20 Expired 12/31/21 Northern Kenai Retention Of All Species Of Fish Prohibited From East And West Mackey, Sevena, Union, And Derks Lakes Restriction 12/24/20 Expired 12/31/21 Northern Kenai East Cook Inlet Beaches Remain Closed To Sport Clamming In 2021 Closure 12/24/20 Expired 12/31/21 Northern Kenai East Cook Inlet Beaches Remain Closed To Personal Use Clamming In 2021 Closure 12/24/20 Expired 12/31/21 Southern Kenai East Cook Inlet Beaches Remain Closed To Sport Clamming In 2021 Closure 12/24/20 Expired 12/31/21 Southern Kenai East Cook Inlet Beaches Remain Closed To Personal Use Clamming In 2021 Closure 01/22/21 Expired 07/13/21 Mat-Su Little Susitna River King Salmon Restricted To Catch-And-Release Restriction 01/22/21 Expired 07/13/21 Mat-Su Susitna River King Salmon Restricted To Catch-And-Release Restriction 01/25/21 Northern Kenai 2021 Kenai River Early-Run King Salmon Season Starts Under General Regulation 02/01/21 Expired 06/14/21 Southern Kenai Anglers May Only Retain Hatchery King Salmon In The Ninilchik River Restriction 02/01/21 Expired 07/15/21 Mat-Su / Southern Kenai King Salmon Restrictions In The Cook Inlet Salt Waters Restriction 02/01/21 Expired 06/23/21 Southern Kenai Gear Restrictions For The Anchor River And Deep Creek Restriction 02/08/21 Expired 12/31/21 Kodiak Eastern Afognak And Kodiak Islands Rockfish Limits Reduced For Nonresidents Restriction 02/08/21 Expired 07/25/21 Kodiak Ayakulik River Closed To King Salmon Fishing Closure 02/08/21 Expired 07/25/21 Kodiak Karluk River Closed To King Salmon Fishing Closure 02/10/21 Expired 03/01/21 Kodiak Sunken Acoustic Receiver Moorings In Kalsin Bay 02/16/21 Expired 02/18/21 Statewide Online Fishing Forum: Kodiak Winter King Salmon Fishing 02/22/21 Expired 02/24/21 Statewide Online Fishing Forum: What’S Going On With East Cook Inlet Razor Clams 02/23/21 Expired 07/13/21 Mat-Su Correction: All Waters Of The Susitna River Drainage Normally Open To King Salmon Fishing Restricted To Catch-And-Release Only Restriction 03/01/21 Expired 03/03/21 Statewide Online Fishing Forum: Kachemak Bay Winter King Salmon Fishing 03/04/21 Statewide Invasive Zebra Mussels Hitchhike To AK On Aquarium Moss Balls 03/08/21 Expired 03/10/21 Statewide Online Fishing Forum: Pike Fishing 101 03/08/21 Expired 09/15/21 Prince William Sound Pots Reduced In The Prince William Sound Sport And Subsistence Shrimp Fishery Restriction 03/11/21 Expired 06/01/21 Kodiak Sunken Acoustic Receiver Moorings In Kalsin Bay 04/06/21 Expired 04/16/21 Statewide Public Notice- Proposed Change To The Statewide Stocking Plan Public Comment Period To Open 04/12/21 Expired 04/14/21 Statewide Online Fishing Forum: Fishing For Sheefish In The Yukon River 04/15/21 Expired 04/28/21 Statewide Online Fishing Forum: Fishing For Hooligan 04/15/21 Expired 05/12/21 Statewide Online Fishing Forum: Get Your Fishing License And Permits 05/28/21 Expired 06/02/21 Statewide Online Fishing Forum: Beach Fishing For Halibut On Alaska’S Kenai Peninsula 06/01/21 Expired 08/15/21 Mat-Su / Northern Kenai Online Participation And Harvest Reporting Required For Upper Cook Inlet Personal Use Salmon 06/03/21 Expired 07/15/21 Southern Kenai Anchor River And Deep Creek Closed To Sport Fishing Closure 06/03/21 Expired 07/15/21 Mat-Su / Southern Kenai King Salmon Restrictions In The Cook Inlet Saltwaters Closure 06/08/21 Expired 10/31/21 Southern Kenai Ninilchik River Bag Limit Increased And Removal Of Annual Limit For Hatchery King Salmon Liberalization 06/11/21 Expired 12/31/21 Kodiak Buskin River Closed To Sockeye Salmon Fishing Closure 06/14/21 Expired 06/30/21 Northern Kenai Kasilof River Early-Run King Salmon Restricted To Hatchery Fish Only Restriction 06/14/21 Expired 07/31/21 Northern Kenai Kenai River Early-Run King Salmon Restricted To Catch-And-Release Restriction 06/15/21 Expired 07/31/21 North Gulf Coast \ Res. Bay Resurrection Bay Sockeye Salmon Bag Limit Increased Liberalization 06/15/21 Expired 06/24/21 Northern Kenai 2021 Kasilof Personal Use Set Net Hours Restricted 06/16/21 Expired 07/13/21 Mat-Su Deshka River Open To King Salmon Harvest Liberalization 06/16/21 Expired 07/31/21 Northern Kenai Kenai River King Salmon Starting July With No Bait Restriction 06/16/21 Expired 07/31/21 Northern Kenai Kasilof River Late-Run King Salmon Starting July With No Bait And Single-Hook Artificial Lure Restriction 06/16/21 Expired 09/30/21 Northern Kenai / Southern Kenai Proposals Sought For The 2022 Kenai Peninsula Habitat Rehabilitation & Protection Cost-Share 06/17/21 Expired 06/19/21 Anchorage / Mat-Su Eklutna And Ship Creek Youth-Only King Salmon Fisheries On Saturday, June 19 06/18/21 Expired 09/30/21 Mat-Su Proposals Sought For The 2022 Mat-Su Valley Habitat Rehabilitation & Protection Cost-Share Program 06/22/21 Expired 12/31/21 Kodiak Ayakulik River Sockeye Salmon Bag Limit Increased Liberalization 06/22/21 Expired 12/31/21 Kodiak Upper Station Sockeye Salmon Bag Limit Increased Liberalization 06/22/21 Expired 07/14/21 Northern Kenai Russian River Sanctuary Opens Early For Sport Fishing Opening 06/23/21 Expired 06/27/21 Mat-Su Nick Dudiak Fishing Lagoon Open To Snagging June 25-27 Liberalization 06/24/21 Expired 07/31/21 Bristol Bay Nushagak-Mulchatna Drainage King Salmon Limits Reduced Restriction 06/29/21 Expired 12/31/21 Bristol Bay Nushagak-Mulchatna Drainage Sockeye Salmon Limits Increased Liberalization 06/29/21 Expired 07/14/21 Northern Kenai Russian River & Upper Kenai River Sockeye Salmon Limits Increased Liberalization 06/29/21 Statewide Ship Creek Fisheries Center To Re-Open On A Limited Schedule; Tanana Valley Fisheries Center To Remain Closed 07/02/21 Expired 07/13/21 Mat-Su Little Susitna River Open To Limited King Salmon Harvest Liberalization 07/02/21 Expired 08/07/21 Northern Kenai Kasilof River Dipnetting Area Expanded Liberalization 07/02/21 Expired 12/31/21 Northern Kenai Kasilof River Sockeye Salmon Limits Increased Liberalization 07/06/21 Expired 12/31/21 Bristol Bay Wood River Drainage Sockeye Salmon Limits Increased Liberalization 07/06/21 Expired 12/31/21 Bristol Bay Alagnak River Drainage Sockeye Salmon Limits Increased Liberalization 07/07/21 Expired 07/31/21 Mat-Su Anderson Creek (Lower Susitna River) Closed To Dipnetting Closure 07/07/21 Expired 07/31/21 Northern Kenai Kenai River Personal Use Dip Net Fishery Opens July 10 With No Retention Of King Salmon Restriction 07/12/21 Expired 07/31/21 Northern Kenai Kenai River King Salmon Fishing Restricted To Catch-And-Release Only Restriction 07/12/21 Expired 08/09/21 Kodiak Chignik River Closed To King Salmon Fishing Closure 07/12/21 Expired 07/31/21 Northern Kenai Kasilof River King Salmon Limited To Catch-And-Release Restriction 07/12/21 Expired 12/31/21 Bristol Bay Naknek River Sockeye Salmon Limits Increased Liberalization 07/12/21 Expired 07/31/21 Anchorage Ship Creek King Salmon Season Extended And Limits Increased Liberalization 07/14/21 Expired 12/31/21 Prince William Sound Coghill River Sockeye Salmon Limits Increased Liberalization 07/14/21 Statewide Rod Loaner Program Will Be Reinstated At Select ADF&G Offices 07/15/21 Expired 12/31/21 Statewide Ruth Burnett Sport Fish Hatchery Tour Video To Premiere Online 07/15/21 Expired 07/26/21 Northern Kenai / Southern Kenai ADF&G Proposes Adding New Lake To Stocking Plan 07/19/21 Expired 07/31/21 Northern Kenai Kenai River Closed To King Salmon Fishing Closure 07/19/21 Expired 07/31/21 Northern Kenai Kasilof River Closed To King Salmon Fishing Closure 07/19/21 Expired 07/31/21 Mat-Su King Salmon Sport Fishing Closure In Cook Inlet Saltwaters Closure 07/21/21 Expired 07/31/21 Mat-Su Fish Creek Personal Use Dipnet Fishery Opens 6 A.M. July 24 Opening 07/21/21 Expired 07/31/21 Northern Kenai REMINDER: No Retention Of King Salmon In The Kenai River Personal Use Dipnet Fishery 07/22/21 Expired 12/31/21 Kodiak Saltery Cove Drainage Sockeye Salmon Limits Increased Liberalization 07/29/21 Expired 08/15/21 Northern Kenai Unbaited, Single-Hook, Artificial Lures Only In The Kenai River Restriction 08/02/21 Expired 12/31/21 Mat-Su Larson Creek Closed To Sport Fishing For All Salmon Species Closure 08/03/21 Expired 08/08/21 Mat-Su Fish Creek Youth-Only Fishery Opens Saturday And Sunday, August 7-8 08/03/21 Expired 12/31/21 Northern Kenai Kenai River Sockeye Salmon Bag Limits Increased Liberalization 08/04/21 Expired 08/15/21 Southern Kenai China Poot Personal Use Sockeye Salmon Fishery Extended Liberalization 08/05/21 Expired 08/15/21 Northern Kenai / Mat-Su Online Harvest Reporting Required For Upper Cook Inlet Personal Use Salmon Permit 08/09/21 Expired 08/20/21 Northern Kenai Russian River & Upper Kenai River Sockeye Salmon Limits Increased Liberalization 08/12/21 Expired 12/31/21 Mat-Su Larson Creek Reopens To Sport Fishing For Salmon Opening 08/16/21 Expired 09/06/21 Northern Kenai Upper Kenai River And Russian River Sanctuary Area Sockeye Salmon Season Extended Through September 6 Liberalization 08/16/21 Expired 08/17/21 Statewide Online Fishing Forum: Find Your Water 08/17/21 Expired 12/31/21 Anchorage Ship Creek Coho Salmon Limits Increased Liberalization 08/19/21 Expired 08/21/21 Mat-Su Eklutna Tailrace Youth-Only Coho Salmon Fishery On August 21 08/26/21 Expired 12/31/21 Northern Kenai / Southern Kenai One New Stocked Lake To Open To Fishing On The Northern Kenai Peninsula 09/02/21 Statewide Photo Entries Sought For 2022 Sport Fishing Regulations Summary Photo Contest 09/07/21 Expired 03/15/22 Mat-Su / North Gulf Coast \ Res. Bay Cook Inlet And North Gulf Coast Sport And Subsistence Tanner Crab Annual Limit And Season 09/13/21 Expired 12/31/21 Kodiak Buskin River Coho Salmon Bag Limit Increased Liberalization 09/23/21 Expired 12/31/21 Kodiak Pasagshak River Coho Salmon Bag Limit Increased Liberalization 09/27/21 Statewide Ship Creek Fisheries Center Will Close To The Public 10/07/21 Expired 12/31/21 Northern Kenai / Southern Kenai New Angler Access To Barbara Lake 10/20/21 Statewide Alaska Department Of Fish And Game Will Begin Mailing Annual Sport Fishing Survey 10/27/21 Expired 10/28/21 Statewide Online Fishing Forum: Fishing Doesn’T Have To Be Scary 11/22/21 Statewide Online Fishing Forum: Ice Fishing Gear, Tips And Tactics 11/23/21 Expired 12/01/21 Statewide Online Fishing Forum: Cooking Your Catch And New “Beyond The Catch” Series Launch 12/01/21 Statewide 2022 Statewide Sport Fish Stocking Plan Open For Public Comment 12/20/21 Expired 12/31/22 Southern Kenai East Cook Inlet Beaches Remain Closed To Sport Clamming In 2022 Closure 12/20/21 Expired 12/31/22 Southern Kenai East Cook Inlet Beaches Remain Closed To Personal Use Clamming In 2022 Closure 12/27/21 Expired 12/31/22 Northern Kenai / Southern Kenai Retention Of All Species Of Fish Prohibited From East And West Mackey, Sevena, Union, And Derks Lakes In 2022 Restriction 12/27/21 Expired 12/31/22 Northern Kenai / Southern Kenai Arctic Char/Dolly Varden Bag And Possession Limit Established In Stormy Lake For 2022 Liberalization Facebook Twitter Google+ Reddit
