(Prince William Sound) – The Alaska Department of Fish and Game (ADF&G) would like to remind shrimpers that the 2026 Prince William Sound (PWS) noncommercial (sport and subsistence) shrimp season closes by emergency order at 11:59 p.m. Monday, June 8, 2026. All gear must be removed from the water by the end of the day on June 8.

PWS shrimp permit harvest and effort information is important for management of the resource and must be reported online no later than June 22, 2026. Reporting is mandatory whether a permit holder went shrimping or not. Prompt and accurate reporting of the harvest information is necessary for effective management of this fishery. Returning permits by mail or hand-delivery is no longer an acceptable means of reporting. You may report your harvest on the ADF&G Mobile App or you can report on the harvesting reporting page. You may also scan the QR code on your permit which brings you directly to the harvest reporting page. When you submit your online harvest report you will receive email documentation that your harvest report has been received by ADF&G if you provided an email address when acquiring your permit.

By regulation, if a PWS shrimp permit holder fails to submit their PWS sport or subsistence harvest report online by the June 22, 2026 reporting deadline, they will be ineligible to participate in the PWS noncommercial shrimp fishery in 2027. If you have questions about online harvest reporting or need assistance, please contact your local ADF&G office.

For additional information about the PWS sport shrimp pot fishery, please contact Area Management Biologist, Brittany Blain-Roth in Anchorage at (907) 267-2186 or Assistant Area Management Biologist, Donald Arthur at (907) 267-2225. For additional information about the PWS subsistence shrimp pot fishery, please contact Area Management Biologist, Martin Schuster in Homer at (907) 235-8191.

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