Emergency Orders and Press Releases
Southcentral


Date Area Summary Action
12/31/19 Expired 12/31/20 Northern Kenai No Retention Of Arctic Char/Dolly Varden At Stormy Lake In 2020 Restriction
12/31/19 Expired 12/31/20 Northern Kenai No Retention Of All Species Of Fish In East And West Mackey, Sevena, Union, And Derks Lakes Restriction
12/09/19 Expired 03/31/20 Mat-Su Five Lines Allowed On Kings Lake While Ice Fishing For Northern Pike Liberalization
11/05/19 Expired 11/13/19 Mat-Su /
Anchorage
Introduction To Ice Fishing Forum
10/14/19 Expired 10/23/19 Anchorage ADF&G To Host Second Annual “Spooky Tails” In Anchorage
10/09/19 Expired 12/31/19 Southcentral 2019 Southcentral Season Summaries Available
10/02/19 Expired 10/10/19 Southern Kenai /
Northern Kenai
Kenai Peninsula Borough School District Salmon Egg Takes Scheduled For October 9-10
10/02/19 Expired 12/31/19 Kodiak Buskin River Open To Coho Salmon Fishing Opening
09/23/19 Expired 12/31/19 Prince William Sound Coho Salmon Limits Reduced On Copper River Highway Streams Restriction
09/16/19 Expired 12/31/19 Kodiak Buskin River Closed To Coho Salmon Fishing Closure
09/16/19 Expired 12/31/19 Prince William Sound No Bait Allowed On Copper River Highway Streams Restriction
09/13/19 Expired 10/15/19 Prince William Sound Prince William Sound Sport And Subsistence Shrimp Closes September 15
09/12/19 Expired 10/31/19 Statewide Photo Entries Sought For 2020 Sport Fishing Regulations Summary Photo Contest
09/06/19 Expired 09/30/19 Mat-Su Proposals Sought For The 2020 Mat-Su Valley Habitat Restoration & Protection Cost-Share Program
09/06/19 Expired 09/11/19 Anchorage Fall Trout Fishing 101
09/04/19 Expired 09/30/19 Northern Kenai /
Southern Kenai
Proposals Sought For The 2020 Kenai Peninsula Habitat Restoration & Protection Cost-Share Program
08/30/19 Expired 03/15/20 Southern Kenai Cook Inlet And North Gulf Coast Tanner Crab Fisheries Seasons And Permits Available Restriction
08/19/19 Expired 09/30/19 Mat-Su Little Susitna River Closed To Coho Salmon Fishing Closure
08/19/19 Expired 09/30/19 Mat-Su Deshka River Closed To Coho Salmon Fishing Closure
08/13/19 Expired 08/17/19 Mat-Su Eklutna Tailrace Youth-Only Coho Salmon Fishery On August 17
08/12/19 Expired 09/30/19 Mat-Su Little Susitna River Closed To Bait Restriction
08/08/19 Expired 12/31/19 Mat-Su Fish Creek Sport Fishing Open 7 Days Per Week With Increased Sockeye Limits Liberalization
08/08/19 Expired 12/31/19 Mat-Su Larson Creek Closed To Sport Fishing For All Salmon Species Closure
08/07/19 Expired 08/14/19 Anchorage Intro To Coho Salmon Fishing
08/07/19 Expired 12/31/19 Kodiak Saltery Cove Sockeye Salmon Limits Restored Liberalization
08/06/19 Expired 12/31/19 Statewide 2019 Upper Cook Inlet Personal Use Salmon Permits Must Be Returned By August 15
08/05/19 Expired 08/15/19 Northern Kenai Bait And Multiple Hooks Prohibited In The Kenai River August 1-15 Restriction
08/01/19 Southern Kenai Nick Dudiak Fishing Lagoon Youth-Only Fishery On August 3
07/31/19 Expired 12/31/19 Prince William Sound ADF&G Asks Whittier Anglers To Provide Fish Carcasses For Creel Survey Information
07/31/19 Expired 12/31/19 Prince William Sound Port Valdez Pink Salmon Limits Increased Liberalization
07/30/19 Expired 08/04/19 Mat-Su Fish Creek Youth-Only Sport Fishery Opens Saturday And Sunday, August 3 - 4
07/26/19 Expired 07/31/19 Northern Kenai Kenai River Personal Use Dip Net Fishery Open 24 Hours Per Day Liberalization
07/26/19 Expired 12/31/19 Northern Kenai Kenai River Sockeye Salmon Bag Limits Increased Liberalization
07/25/19 Expired 07/31/19 Mat-Su Fish Creek Personal Use Dipnet Fishery Opens 6 A.M. July 26 Opening
07/25/19 Expired 12/31/19 Bristol Bay Togiak River Sockeye Salmon Limits Increased Liberalization
07/23/19 Expired 08/04/19 Anchorage Invasive Goldfish Removal At Cuddy Pond
07/22/19 Expired 08/07/19 Northern Kenai Kasilof River Dipnetting Area Expanded Liberalization
07/22/19 Expired 12/31/19 Northern Kenai Kasilof River Sockeye Salmon Limits Increased Liberalization
07/22/19 Expired 12/31/19 Kodiak Saltery River Sockeye Salmon Limits Decreased Restriction
07/15/19 Expired 12/31/19 Bristol Bay Alagnak River Sockeye Salmon Limits Increased Liberalization
07/12/19 Expired 07/31/19 Northern Kenai Fathead Minnow Removal At Kenai Pond July 15 - 16
07/11/19 Statewide Register Now For The Summer Becoming An Outdoors-Woman Workshop!
07/08/19 Expired 07/31/19 Bristol Bay Nushagak-Mulchatna River Drainage King Salmon Restricted To Catch-And-Release And No Bait Restriction
07/08/19 Expired 12/31/19 Bristol Bay Naknek River Sockeye Salmon Limits Increased Liberalization
07/03/19 Expired 12/31/19 Bristol Bay Nushagak-Mulchatna Drainage Sockeye Salmon Limits Increased Liberalization
07/03/19 Expired 12/31/19 Bristol Bay Wood River Drainage Sockeye Salmon Limits Increased Liberalization
07/02/19 Expired 07/31/19 Northern Kenai Kenai River Above Slikok Creek Reopens To Fishing For Early-Run King Salmon Less Than 36 Inches In Length Opening
07/02/19 Expired 07/31/19 Northern Kenai Kenai River Personal Use Dip Net Fishery To Open July 10 With No Retention Of King Salmon Restriction
07/02/19 Expired 07/07/19 Southern Kenai Nick Dudiak Fishing Lagoon Open To Snagging July 4 - 7 Opening
07/01/19 Expired 07/10/19 Anchorage /
Mat-Su
Introduction To Dipnetting For Salmon
07/01/19 Expired 12/31/19 Bristol Bay Nushagak-Mulchatna Drainage King Salmon Limits Reduced Restriction
06/27/19 Expired 06/30/19 Anchorage Campbell Creek Youth-Only King Salmon Fishery June 29 And 30
06/27/19 Expired 12/31/19 Kodiak Buskin River Sockeye Salmon Bag Limit Increased Liberalization
06/25/19 Expired 07/13/19 Mat-Su Little Susitna River Open To King Salmon Fishing Opening
06/24/19 Expired 07/25/19 Kodiak Ayakulik River Drainage Closed To Sport Fishing For King Salmon Closure
06/18/19 Expired 07/31/19 Northern Kenai Kasilof River King Salmon Sport Fishery Starting July With No Bait And Single-Hooks Restriction
06/18/19 Expired 07/31/19 Northern Kenai Kenai River King Salmon Sport Fishery Starting July With No Bait Restriction
06/17/19 Expired 07/07/19 Northern Kenai Russian River & Upper Kenai River Sockeye Salmon Bag Limits Increased To 9 Fish Liberalization
06/13/19 Expired 09/30/19 Mat-Su Applications Sought For The 2020 Mat-Su Valley Habitat Restoration & Protection Cost-Share Program
06/13/19 Expired 07/31/19 North Gulf Coast \ Res. Bay Resurrection Bay Sockeye Salmon Bag Limit Increased Liberalization
06/12/19 Expired 07/14/19 Northern Kenai Russian River & Upper Kenai River Sockeye Salmon Bag Limits Increased Liberalization
06/11/19 Expired 07/14/19 Northern Kenai Russian River Sanctuary Opens Early For Sport Fishing Liberalization
06/06/19 Expired 09/30/19 Northern Kenai /
Southern Kenai
Applications Sought For The 2020 Kenai Peninsula Habitat Restoration & Protection Cost-Share Program
06/03/19 Expired 06/12/19 Anchorage /
Mat-Su
Intro To Sockeye Salmon Fishing
05/24/19 Expired 05/30/19 Mat-Su /
Anchorage
Ice Is Out- Help Stock Trout
05/24/19 Expired 06/05/19 Southern Kenai Youth-Only Fisheries: Homer Spit, Saturday, June 1 And Ninilchik River, Wednesday, June 5
05/16/19 Statewide Alaska Department Of Fish And Game Partners With The Western Native Trout Challenge
05/01/19 Expired 12/31/19 Statewide Freshwater Sport Fishing Guide Logbooks No Longer Required
05/01/19 Expired 05/08/19 Mat-Su Introduction To Fly Fishing
05/01/19 Expired 05/09/19 Southern Kenai Kenai Peninsula Borough School District Salmon Celebration Scheduled For May 9
05/01/19 Expired 05/08/19 Anchorage Introduction To Fly Fishing
05/01/19 Expired 05/09/19 Northern Kenai Kenai Peninsula Borough School District Salmon Celebration Scheduled For May 9
05/01/19 Expired 06/30/19 Mat-Su Yentna Subsistence Fishery Restricted Restriction
04/29/19 Expired 10/31/19 Mat-Su Alexander And Sucker Lakes Closed To Sport Fishing To Reduce Spreading Of Invasive Elodea Closure
04/04/19 Expired 04/10/19 Mat-Su /
Anchorage
Fishery Forum: Learn How To Fish For Ship Creek Kings
03/27/19 Anchorage /
Northern Kenai /
Southern Kenai /
Mat-Su
ADF&G Releases Cook Inlet Salmon Escapement Goal Recommendations
03/18/19 Expired 09/15/19 Prince William Sound Pots Reduced In The Prince William Sound Sport And Subsistence Shrimp Fishery Restriction
03/04/19 Expired 03/13/19 Mat-Su /
Anchorage
Making Changes To Fishing Regulations: Learn How To Get Involved
02/25/19 Expired 07/15/19 Southern Kenai Start Of Fishing Season Limited On The Anchor River Closure
02/25/19 Expired 07/15/19 Southern Kenai Fishing Gear Restrictions For Lower Cook Inlet Streams Restriction
02/25/19 Expired 07/15/19 Southern Kenai Only Hatchery King Salmon May Be Retained In The Ninilchik River Restriction
02/25/19 Expired 07/15/19 Southern Kenai Annual King Salmon Limits In Effect For Lower Cook Inlet Streams And Marine Waters Restriction
02/20/19 Expired 03/07/19 Southern Kenai /
Northern Kenai
ADF&G Kenai Peninsula Borough School District Ice Fishing Events Scheduled
02/14/19 Expired 07/31/19 Northern Kenai Kenai River Early-Run King Salmon Restricted To Catch-And-Release Restriction
02/14/19 Expired 06/30/19 Northern Kenai Kasilof River Early-Run King Salmon Restricted To Hatchery Kings Restriction
02/07/19 Expired 02/13/19 Anchorage /
Mat-Su
Fishery Forum: Learn How To Smoke, Can, And Pickle Fish
02/04/19 Expired 07/25/19 Kodiak Ayakulik River King Salmon Restricted To Catch-And-Release Only Restriction
02/04/19 Expired 07/25/19 Kodiak Karluk River Closed To King Salmon Fishing Closure
01/30/19 Expired 02/09/19 Anchorage Get Out And Fish! – Wefishak Community Fishing Day At Jewel Lake On February 9
01/07/19 Expired 07/13/19 Mat-Su Susitna River Drainage Closed To King Salmon Fishing Closure
01/07/19 Expired 07/13/19 Mat-Su Little Susitna River Closed To King Salmon Fishing Closure
01/02/19 Expired 01/09/19 Mat-Su ADF&G Offers A Set Line For Burbot Seminar
01/02/19 Statewide 2019 Statewide Sport Fish Stocking Plan Open For Public Comment
01/02/19 Expired 01/09/19 Anchorage ADF&G Offers A Set Line For Burbot Seminar
12/21/18 Expired 12/31/19 Northern Kenai Retention Of Arctic Char/Dolly Varden Prohibited At Stormy Lake In 2019 Restriction
12/21/18 Expired 12/31/19 Northern Kenai Retention Of All Fish Species Prohibited From East And West Mackey, Sevena, Union, And Derks Lakes Restriction
12/21/18 Expired 12/31/19 Northern Kenai Eastside Cook Inlet Beaches Remain Closed To Sport Clamming Closure
12/21/18 Expired 12/31/19 Southern Kenai Eastside Cook Inlet Beaches Remain Closed To Sport Clamming Closure
12/21/18 Expired 12/31/19 Southern Kenai Eastside Cook Inlet Beaches Remain Closed To Personal Use Clamming Closure
12/21/18 Expired 12/31/19 Northern Kenai Eastside Cook Inlet Beaches Remain Closed To Personal Use Clamming Closure
12/07/18 Expired 12/12/18 Anchorage /
Mat-Su
Intermediate Hardwater Fishing