Fisheries Special Actions

A Special Action Request is an out-of-cycle change in a season, harvest limit, or method of harvest. Special Actions are taken when unusual situations arise, such as a significant change in resource abundance that could not reasonably have been anticipated. The Federal Subsistence Board may take a Special Action to restrict, close, open, or reopen the taking of fish and wildlife on Federal public lands and waters. Such actions are taken to ensure the continued viability of a particular fish or wildlife population, to ensure continued subsistence use, or for reasons of public safety. These guidelines and requirements can be found in 36 CFR 242.19 and 43 CFR 51.

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The table below contains information on fisheries special actions currently in effect.

Effective Date

Area

Documents

Description

Effective: Sunday, June 7, 2026, 8:00 p.m. for District 3
Tuesday, June 9, 2026, 8:00 p.m. for Innoko River Drainage

 

Expires: Thursday, December 31, 2026, unless superseded by subsequent special action

Yukon AreaYukon Area Salmon Fishery Closure in District 3

Effective: 12:01 a.m. Monday, June 1, 2026

 

Expires: 11:59 p.m. Tuesday, July 30, 2026, unless superseded by subsequent special action

Situk RiverChinook Salmon Fishery closed in the Situk River

Effective: 8:00 p.m. Monday, June 1, 2026 for Coastal District and District 1
8:00 p.m. Wednesday, June 3, 2026 for District 2 

 

Expires: 8:00 a.m. Thursday, December 31, 2026, unless superseded by subsequent special action

Yukon AreaYukon Area Salmon Fishery Closure in Coastal District, District 1, and District 2

Effective: 12:01 a.m. Monday, June 1, 2026

 

Expires: 11:59 p.m. Friday, July 31, 2026

Kuskokwim AreaKuskokwim River Federal Public Waters Closed to Gillnets and the Harvest of Chinook and Chum Salmon

Effective:  12:01 a.m. Saturday, March 01, 2026

 

Expires: 11:59 a.m. Monday, April 15, 2026, unless superseded by subsequent emergency special action

Ketchikan - District 1Federal public waters that flow into District 1 will be closed to the taking of Eulachon except to Federally-qualified subsistence users in the Unuk River drainage.

 

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