(Released: June 27, 2019 - Expired: December 31, 2019)

Division of Sport Fish
Dave Rutz, Director
Anchorage Headquarters Office
333 Raspberry Road
Anchorage, AK 99518


Alaska Department of Fish and Game
Doug Vincent-Lang, Commissioner
P.O. Box 115526
Juneau, AK 99811-5526
www.adfg.alaska.gov


Contact: Matt Catterson, Area Management Biologist
(907) 784-3222

Situk, Lost, And Ahrnklin River Sockeye Salmon Bag Limit Reduced To One Fish

(Yakutat) – The Alaska Department of Fish and Game announced today that beginning July 1, the bag and possession limits for sockeye salmon on the Situk, Lost and Ahrnklin Rivers have been reduced to one fish per day, two in possession.

The Situk River drainage is managed for a biological escapement goal (BEG) of 30,000 to 70,000 sockeye salmon, with a management target of 50,000 sockeye salmon. As of June 26, 2019, 7,964 sockeye salmon have been counted through the Situk River weir. Given the low numbers of sockeye salmon returning to the Situk River, the BEG is not expected to be achieved without reduced harvest of sockeye salmon in the Situk River sport fishery.

Anyone needing further information concerning this announcement please contact Matt Catterson, Yakutat Area Sport Fish Biologist at (907) 784-3222.

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