Commercial Fishing Seasons in Alaska

Cook Inlet Yakutat SALMON JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUNE JULY AUG SEPT OCT NOV DEC SALMON JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUNE JULY AUG SEPT OCT NOV DEC Upper Cook Inlet coho Set Gillnet Commercial Fishing Chinook Gillnet sockeye Set Gillnet coho Gillnet SHELLFISH JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUNE JULY AUG SEPT OCT NOV DEC pink Gillnet red/blue king crab Pot Seasons in Alaska Gillnet sockeye shrimp Pot/Trawl Pot/Trawl chum Gillnet scallop Dredge Dredge Lower Cook Inlet JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUNE JULY AUG SEPT OCT NOV DEC pink Gillnet/Seine GROUNDFISH Alaska Department of Fish and Game sockeye Gillnet/Seine Pacific cod Longline/Jig/Pot Division of Commercial Fisheries chum Gillnet/Seine rockfish Jig P.O. Box 115526 HERRING JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUNE JULY AUG SEPT OCT NOV DEC lingcod Jig Juneau, AK 99811-5526 sac roe and food/bait Gillnet (907) 465-4210 SHELLFISH JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUNE JULY AUG SEPT OCT NOV DEC Southeast Alaska https://www.adfg.alaska.gov razor clam Shovel SALMON JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUNE JULY AUG SEPT OCT NOV DEC hardshell clam Rake Chinook Winter Troll Spring Troll Summer Troll Winter Troll scallop Dredge This summary is intended as a general guide only and is non-bind- coho Seine/Gillnet/Troll GROUNDFISH JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUNE JULY AUG SEPT OCT NOV DEC ing. For detailed regulatory information refer to local area offices. pink Seine/Gillnet Pacific cod Parallel State waters (Pot/Jig) Parallel sockeye Seine/Gillnet Season lengths indicated in this summary are subject to closure rockfish Bycatch only (mand. full retention all year) Jig (directed) chum Seine/Gillnet/Troll by emergency order as guideline harvest objectives are met or as Longline/Pot (closes by EO) sablefish HERRING JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUNE JULY AUG SEPT OCT NOV DEC deemed necessary by conservation concerns. lingcod Jig (directed)/Longline (bycatch only) food/bait Seine Seine This chart represents state-managed fisheries. sac roe Seine/Gillnet Prince William Sound/Copper River roe on kelp Pound SHELLFISH JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUNE JULY AUG SEPT OCT NOV DEC SALMON JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUNE JULY AUG SEPT OCT NOV DEC red/blue king crab Pot Pot Chinook Gillnet golden king crab Pot (may be extended) coho Gillnet/Seine Dungeness Pot (D1, D2, 13B) Pot (mostiareas) Pot (all) Pot pink Gillnet/Seine Tanner Pot sockeye Gillnet shrimp BeamiTrawl Beam Trawl chum Gillnet/Seine shrimp Pot Pot Pot SHELLFISH JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUNE JULY AUG SEPT OCT NOV DEC geoducks Dive shrimp Pot red urchins Dive shrimp Trawl Trawl sea cucumber Dive Dive Dredge scallop Dredge GROUNDFISH JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUNE JULY AUG SEPT OCT NOV DEC GROUNDFISH JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUNE JULY AUG SEPT OCT NOV DEC rockfish Jig State waters (Longline/Pot/Jig) Pacific cod rockfish Longline Longline pollock Trawl sablefish (SSEI) Longline Pot sablefish Longline/Pot/Trawl sablefish (NSEI) Longline lingcod Jig (open July 1 to Dec 31)/Longline (bycatch only) lingcod Jig cod Jig/Pot/Longline

ADF&G administers all programs and activities in compliance with state and federal civil rights and equal opportunity laws. Obtain the full ADF&G and Americans with Disabilities Act and Office of Equal Opportunity statement online at www.adfg.alaska.gov/index.cfm?adfg=home.oeostatement or from the ADF&G Public Communications Section at 907-465-6166. October 2016. Arctic-Yukon-Kuskokwim Alaska Peninsula Bristol Bay SALMON JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUNE JULY AUG SEPT OCT NOV DEC SALMON JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUNE JULY AUG SEPT OCT NOV DEC SALMON JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUNE JULY AUG SEPT OCT NOV DEC Kuskokwim River Chinook Gillnet Chinook Gillnet coho Gillnet coho Gillnet/Seine coho Gillnet chum Gillnet pink Gillnet/Seine pink Gillnet Yukon River sockeye Gillnet/Seine sockeye Gillnet Chinook Gillnet/i Fishwheel chum Gillnet/Seine chum Gillnet summer chum Gillnet/ Fishwheel HERRING JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUNE JULY AUG SEPT OCT NOV DEC HERRING JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUNE JULY AUG SEPT OCT NOV DEC fall chum Gillnet/i Fishwheel North/South Peninsula Norton Sound sac roe Gillnet/Seine Bait sac roe Seine Chinook Gillnet roe on kelp Hand SHELLFISH JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUNE JULY AUG SEPT OCT NOV DEC coho Gillnet Dungeness Pot pink Gillnet Tanner Pot chum Gillnet Kodiak Kotzebue Sound shrimp Pot/(Trawl Jan 1 to March 15 and May 15 to Dec 31) SALMON JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUNE JULY AUG SEPT OCT NOV DEC chum Gillnet scallops Dredge Dredge coho Seine/Gillnet HERRING JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUNE JULY AUG SEPT OCT NOV DEC GROUNDFISH JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUNE JULY AUG SEPT OCT NOV DEC pink Seine/Gillnet sac roe Gillnet/ Seine cod Pot/Jig sockeye Seine/Gillnet SHELLFISH JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUNE JULY AUG SEPT OCT NOV DEC rockfish Pot chum Seine/Gillnet Norton Sound HERRING JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUNE JULY AUG SEPT OCT NOV DEC red king crab Pot Pot Pot food/bait Trawl/Seine/ Gillnet Trawl/Seine/Gillnet sac roe Seine/Gillnet Bering Sea/Aleutian Islands SHELLFISH JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUNE JULY AUG SEPT OCT NOV DEC HERRING JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUNE JULY AUG SEPT OCT NOV DEC Dungeness Pot Dutch Harbor Kotzebue Tanner Pot food/bait Gillnet/Seine Sound shrimp Trawl Trawl SHELLFISH JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUNE JULY AUG SEPT OCT NOV DEC shrimp Pot bairdi Tanner Pot Pot scallops Dredge Dredge opilio Tanner Pot Pot Arctic-Yukon-Kuskokwim sea urchins Dive Dive blue king crab Pot Pot sea cucumber Dive Dive golden king crab Pot Pot Norton Yukon R. GROUNDFISH JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUNE JULY AUG SEPT OCT NOV DEC Dungeness crab Pot Sound cod Pot/Jig scallops Dredge Dredge rockfish Jig red king crab Pot Pot GROUNDFISH JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUNE JULY AUG SEPT OCT NOV DEC cod Trawl/Longline/Pot/Jig Bering Sea rockfish Jig Kuskokwim R. sablefish Pot/Longline

Kuskokwim Prince William Yakutat Chignik Sound/Copper River SALMON JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUNE JULY AUG SEPT OCT NOV DEC Bristol Bay coho Purse Seine pink Purse Seine Cook Inlet Southeast Alaska sockeye Purse Seine chum Purse Seine Kodiak GROUNDFISH JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUNE JULY AUG SEPT OCT NOV DEC Chignik cod Pot and Jig rockfish Jig Alaska Peninsula Aleutian Islands