Fishing Regulations

Fishing in Alaska falls into four catagories: Sport, Subsistence, Commercial, or Personal Use.

NEW! Notice of Proposed Changes to Update the 2025 Elogbook Backup/Transcription Logbook and Vessel Registration For Saltwater Charter Operators, Adopted by Reference; And To Update the Year of the Freshwater Sport Fish Guide Vessel Registration Forms, Adopted by Reference, from 2024 (PDF 2,037 kB)

2024 Regulation Changes

• NEW! Officially Adopted Regulations of the Department of Fish and Game Correcting Errors, Omissions and Ambiguities and Changes Summary (PDF 2,506 kB)
• Officially Adopted Regulations of the Alaska Board of Fisheries and Proposal Summary for Cook Inlet Commercial, Sport and Personal Use Regulations Effective 6/8/2024 (PDF 1,209 kB)
• Officially Adopted Regulations of the Alaska Board of Fisheries and Proposal Summary for the Cook Inlet, Bristol Bay and Southeast Alaka Areas Effective 4/28/2024 (PDF 8,927 kB)
• Officially Adopted Regulations of the Alaska Board of Fisheries and Proposal Summary for the Kodiak Area Effective 4/21/2024 (PDF 4,230 kB)

2023 Regulation Changes

• Emergency regulations adopted by the Board of Fisheries effective 10/25/2023 granting commercial groundfish closure emergency order authority (PDF 1,717 kB)
• Adopted Regulations Changing the year printed in reporting forms for sport fishing guide operators from 2023 to 2024 (PDF 1,868 kB)
• Errors and Omissions Summary and Filing (PDF 2,823 kB)
• Officially Adopted Regulations of the Alaska Board of Fisheries and Proposal Summary for the Statewide Finfish and Supplemental Issues, including Bristol Bay salmon (PDF 9,073 kB)
• Officially Adopted Regulations of the Alaska Board of Fisheries and Proposal Summary for Kuskokwim Salmon Fisheries (PDF 2,213 kB)
• Officially Adopted Regulations of the Alaska Board of Fisheries and Proposal Summary for the Alaska Peninsula, Aleutian Island and Chignik Finfish Areas (PDF 6,716 kB)
• Officially Adopted Regulations of the Alaska Department of Fish and Game and Delegation of Authority from the Alaska Board of Fisheries Increasing Neva Creek sockeye salmon subsistence limit (PDF 2,551 kB)
• Officially Adopted Regulations of the Alaska Board of Fisheries and Proposal Summary Arctic Yukon Kuskowim excluding ACR regulations (PDF 9,715 kB)
• Officially Adopted Regulations of the Alaska Board of Fisheries and Proposal Summary Bristol Bay (PDF 4,338 kB)
• Officially Adopted Regulations of the Alaska Board of Fisheries and Proposal Summary PWS Groundfish and AK Peninsula Crab (PDF 2,437 kB)
• Officially Adopted Regulations of the Alaska Board of Fisheries and Proposal Summary Alaska Peninsula, Aleutian Islands, Bering Sea, and Chignik Pacific Cod (PDF 4,944 kB)