Tag: Alaska Department of Fish and Game

King salmon fishing on Petersburg’s Blind Slough opens to all recreational anglers, City Creek release site permanently discontinued

It’s the first time in a few years that both residents and nonresidents can fish for hatchery king salmon in the slough’s freshwater. Anglers could be interviewed by Fish and Game staff researching there for a survey program this summer.

The City Creek release site near Petersburg is permanently discontinued as of this year. It’s now just part of the larger fishing district, which is closed to retention until mid-July.

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Harvest estimate increases for commercial Dungeness crab, Southeast Alaska fishery to see full fall season

Commercial fishermen left a number of Dungeness crab in Southeast Alaska waters this summer because they had soft shells and were not marketable yet. Fishery managers determined those crab contributed to subpar harvest projections, and found the estimate was actually higher when accounting for the soft-shell crab. Both of those factors allow the fishery’s fall season to go its full length.

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Sport fishing for wild kings in Southeast Alaska closed to nonresidents

Sport fishing for wild king salmon in Southeast Alaska is now more restricted for some people. All anglers are prohibited from harvesting wild king salmon outside of state waters, and nonresident anglers can no longer fish for wild kings in the region. State managers closed the sector because of harvest projections. The regulations went into effect July 7 and will last through the end of September.

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Board of Fish approves state-backed changes for Southeast Alaska red king crab fishery

Red king crab commercial permit holders in Southeast Alaska will have a better chance of fishing in the coming seasons. That’s after the Alaska Board of Fisheries approved a change in management regulations that was proposed by the state department. It allows for a smaller, conservative commercial fishery when crab stocks aren’t enough to open the typical competitive fishery.

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