Emergency Orders and Press Releases
Northern Kenai


Date Area Summary Action
10/22/24 Expires 10/22/25 Statewide Alaska Department Of Fish And Game Will Begin Mailing Annual Sport Fishing Surveys
09/17/24 Expires 12/31/24 Northern Kenai Kenai River Coho Salmon Bag Limit And Gear Restriction Restriction
09/09/24 Expires 02/28/25 Northern Kenai Cook Inlet And North Gulf Coast Sport And Subsistence Tanner Crab Permits Available September 23
08/27/24 Statewide Accepting Photos For The 2025 Sport Fishing Regulations Summary Books
08/21/24 Northern Kenai Cook Inlet And North Gulf Coast Salt Waters Coho Salmon Bag Limit Reduction Restriction
08/21/24 Expires 12/31/24 Northern Kenai Kenai Peninsula Fresh Waters Coho Salmon Restrictions Restriction
08/21/24 Expires 11/30/24 Northern Kenai Kenai River Coho Salmon Bag Limit Reduced Restriction
08/21/24 Expired 09/15/24 Northern Kenai Kasilof River Coho Salmon Bag Limit Reduced; Bait Allowed Restriction
08/13/24 Expires 12/31/24 Northern Kenai ADF&G And USFWS Multi-Year Radiotagging Study Of Kenai River Adult Coho Salmon
08/12/24 Expired 08/31/24 Northern Kenai Single-Hook Only In The Kenai River Restriction
07/31/24 Expired 09/15/24 Northern Kenai No Bait And Single-Hook Artificial Lures Only In The Kasilof River Restriction
07/31/24 Expires 12/31/24 Northern Kenai Youth-Only Coho Salmon Fishery At The Nick Dudiak Fishing Lagoon On The Homer Spit
07/16/24 Expired 07/31/24 Northern Kenai Kenai River Personal Use Dip Net Fishery Open 24 Hours Per Day Opening
07/11/24 Expired 07/31/24 Northern Kenai Kasilof River Closed To King Salmon Fishing Closure
07/01/24 Expired 07/14/24 Northern Kenai Russian River Sanctuary Opens Early For Sport Fishing Opening
06/25/24 Expires 12/31/24 Northern Kenai Kasilof River Sockeye Salmon Limits Increased Liberalization
06/25/24 Expired 08/07/24 Northern Kenai Kasilof River Dipnetting Area Expanded Liberalization
06/20/24 Expires 12/31/24 Southcentral Proposals Sought For The 2025 Kenai Peninsula Habitat Rehabilitation & Protection Cost-Share Program
06/20/24 Expires 12/31/24 Southcentral Proposals Sought For The 2025 Mat-Su Valley Habitat Rehabilitation & Protection Cost-Share Program
06/19/24 Expired 07/31/24 Northern Kenai No Bait In The Kasilof River June 21-July 31 Restriction
06/14/24 Expires 12/31/24 Statewide Invasive European Green Crab Confirmed In Alaska
06/11/24 Expired 06/19/24 Northern Kenai Kasilof River Personal Use Set Gillnet Fishery Closed Until June 20 Closure
04/23/24 Expired 06/30/24 Northern Kenai Kasilof River Early-Run King Salmon Restricted Beginning May 1 Restriction
03/21/24 Expires 12/31/24 Northern Kenai /
Southcentral
Cook Inlet Sport Fishing Regulation Changes
03/14/24 Expired 04/23/24 Northern Kenai Kasilof River Early-Run King Salmon Restricted Beginning May 1-Superseded By EO 2-KS-1-18-24. Restriction
03/14/24 Expired 08/15/24 Northern Kenai Kenai River Late-Run King Salmon Sport Fishery Is Closed Closure
03/14/24 Expired 06/30/24 Northern Kenai Kenai River Early-Run King Salmon Sport Fishery Is Closed Closure
03/14/24 Expired 08/15/24 Northern Kenai Sport Fishing For King Salmon Closed In Cook Inlet Salt Waters Closure
01/30/24 Expired 02/08/24 Northern Kenai ADF&G “Salmon In The Classroom” Ice Fishing Events Scheduled For Kenai Peninsula Borough School District Elementary School Classes, February 6-7
01/03/24 Statewide 2024 Statewide Sport Fish Stocking Plan Open For Public Comment
12/11/23 Expires 12/31/24 Northern Kenai Lower Cook Inlet & North Gulf Coast Sport Fishing Regulation Changes