Emergency Orders and Press Releases
Southeast

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
09/24/24 Expires 04/30/25 Southeast Sport Fishing Opens For Winter King Salmon Opening
09/18/24 Sitka Sport Fishing Closed In Bear Cove Closure
08/27/24 Expires 12/31/24 Juneau Montana Creek, Peterson Creek And Lagoon Closed To Coho Salmon Fishing Closure
08/27/24 Statewide Accepting Photos For The 2025 Sport Fishing Regulations Summary Books
08/22/24 Expired 09/30/24 Southeast Retention Of King Salmon Prohibited In Southeast Alaska Closure
08/07/24 Expired 08/31/24 Juneau Fish Creek Pond Open To Sport Fishing August 10 Opening
08/05/24 Expired 10/15/24 Haines/Skagway CHILKOOT RIVER AND LAKE SOCKEYE SALMON BAG AND POSSESSION LIMITS RESTORED Opening
07/16/24 Expired 10/16/24 Haines/Skagway Chilkoot River And Lake Sockeye Salmon Retention Prohibited Closure
07/10/24 Expired 07/31/24 Sitka Sport Fishing Opens In Bear Cove Opening
07/09/24 Expires 12/31/24 Yakutat Situk River Sockeye Salmon Sport Fishery Limits Increased Liberalization
06/25/24 Expires 12/31/24 Sitka REDOUBT BAY AND LAKE SUBSISTENCE AND SPORT SOCKEYE SALMON LIMITS INCREASED Liberalization
06/20/24 Expired 08/31/24 Juneau Juneau Hatchery Area King Salmon Closures Closure
06/14/24 Expires 12/31/24 Statewide Invasive European Green Crab Confirmed In Alaska
06/13/24 Expired 07/31/24 Petersburg Revised Sport Fishing Regulations For Wrangell Narrows/Blind Slough Terminal Harvest Area In 2024 Restriction
06/05/24 Expired 06/08/24 Sitka Regulations For Swan Lake Junior Trout Derby Opening
05/30/24 Expired 06/14/24 Sitka Sport Fishing For King Salmon Opens Near Hidden Falls Opening
05/21/24 Expired 07/31/24 Ketchikan Correction: Hatchery King Salmon Limits Increased In Herring Bay Area Opening
05/13/24 Expired 07/31/24 Sitka Sport Fishing Closed In Bear Cove Closure
05/01/24 Ketchikan Ketchikan Charter Meeting To Discuss 2024 Fishing Regulations
04/18/24 Expires 12/31/24 Yakutat Yakutat Area Fresh Waters Closed To Sport Fishing For King Salmon Closure
04/10/24 Expired 09/08/24 Southeast Filleting And De-Heading Of Lingcod, King And Coho Salmon, And Nonpelagic Rockfish Prohibited In Southeast Alaska Sport Fisheries Restriction
04/02/24 Expired 07/14/24 Petersburg Sport Fishing For King Salmon Opens In Hatchery Areas Near Petersburg And Wrangell Opening
04/02/24 Expires 12/31/24 Ketchikan Ketchikan Creek Opens To Sport Fishing Opening
04/02/24 Expired 07/31/24 Ketchikan Sport Fishing For King Salmon Opens In Ketchikan Hatchery Areas Opening
04/02/24 Expired 07/31/24 Ketchikan Hatchery King Salmon Limits Increased In Herring Bay Area Opening
03/28/24 Expires 04/30/25 Haines/Skagway Sport Fishing Regulations For King Salmon In Southeast Alaska And The Haines/Skagway Area For 2024 Closure
03/28/24 Expires 04/30/25 Ketchikan Sport Fishing Regulations For King Salmon In Southeast Alaska And The Ketchikan Area For 2024 Closure
03/28/24 Expires 04/30/25 Petersburg Sport Fishing Regulations For King Salmon In Southeast Alaska And The Petersburg/Wrangell Area For 2024 Closure
03/28/24 Expires 04/30/25 Juneau Sport Fishing Regulations For King Salmon In Southeast Alaska And The Juneau Area For 2024 Closure
03/28/24 Expires 04/30/25 Sitka Southeast Alaska Regional King Salmon Sport Fishing Regulations For 2024 Opening
03/28/24 Yakutat Southeast Alaska Regional King Salmon Sport Fishing Regulations For 2024 Opening
03/28/24 Expires 04/30/25 Prince of Wales Island Southeast Alaska Regional King Salmon Sport Fishing Regulations For 2024 Opening
03/14/24 Expired 08/31/24 Juneau Sport Fishing For King Salmon Opens In Hatchery Areas Near Juneau Opening
03/12/24 Expired 06/30/24 Juneau Sport Fishing Closed In Peterson Creek Closure
03/05/24 Expires 11/30/24 Ketchikan Southeast Alaska 2024 Lingcod Sport Fishing Regulations For The Ketchikan Area Opening
03/05/24 Expires 11/30/24 Prince of Wales Island Southeast Alaska 2024 Lingcod Sport Fishing Regulations For The Prince Of Wales Area Opening
03/05/24 Expires 11/30/24 Petersburg Southeast Alaska 2024 Lingcod Sport Fishing Regulations For The Petersburg And Wrangell Areas Opening
03/05/24 Expires 11/30/24 Yakutat Southeast Alaska 2024 Lingcod Sport Fishing Regulations For Yakutat Area Opening
03/05/24 Expires 11/30/24 Haines/Skagway CORRECTED Southeast Alaska 2024 Lingcod Sport Fishing Regulations For The Haines And Skagway Area Opening
03/05/24 Expires 11/30/24 Juneau CORRECTED Southeast Alaska 2024 Lingcod Sport Fishing Regulations For The Juneau Area Opening
03/05/24 Expires 11/30/24 Sitka CORRECTED Southeast Alaska 2024 Lingcod Sport Fishing Regulations For The Sitka Area Opening
02/22/24 Expires 12/31/24 Sitka Sitka Area Pelagic Rockfish Limit Reduced In 2024 Restriction
02/20/24 Expired 07/31/24 Petersburg Sport Fishing Regulations For Wrangell Narrows/Blind Slough Terminal Harvest Area In 2024 Opening
01/03/24 Statewide 2024 Statewide Sport Fish Stocking Plan Open For Public Comment
12/19/23 Expires 12/31/24 Juneau Section 11-A And Tenakee Inlet Personal Use And Sport Shrimp Pot Fisheries Remain Closed Closure
12/13/23 Expires 12/31/24 Sitka Hoonah Sound Subsistence And Sport Shrimp Fisheries Remain Closed Closure