The Alaska Department of Fish and Game released a Yukon River subsistence fishing schedule update Saturday, June 14th.

In District 3, including the Holy Cross and The Innoko River including Shageluke:

Chinook and chum salmon fishing is closed. Gillnets with 4-inch or smaller mesh may be used to target non-salmon but are restricted to 60-feet or less in length and must be operated as a set net near shore.

A change will go into effect for District 3 at 8 pm Saturday, June 21st until 8 pm Tuesday, July 8th and for the Innoko river Monday June 23rd at 8pm until Thursday July 10th at pm.

At those respetive times, the following will apply: all gillnets must be removed from the water.

Fishing for nonsalmon is still allowed during those periods but is limited to non-lethal or selective gear types including hook and line with a rod or pole, dip net, beach seine, hand line, longline, and fyke net. Pink and sockeye salmon may be retained but Chinook and chum salmon must be released alive.


In Subdistrict 4A Lower, from ¾ of a mile downstream from Old Paradise Village upstream to Stink Creek, including the communities of Grayling and Anvik:

Chinook and chum salmon fishing is currently closed. Fish wheels and gillnets with mesh larger than 4-inches are not allowed. Gillnets with 4-inch or smaller mesh may be used to target nonsalmon but are restricted to 60-feet or less in length and must be operated as a set net near shore.



The Emmonak office is open Monday thru Friday from 8 am to 5 pm and closed Saturdays and Sundays. Please call us at 907-949-1320 during regular business hours if you have any questions about this, or any announcement. The subsistence fishing schedule is available 24 hours per day at 1(866) 479-7387.

Please note that the federal special action in place aligns with this announcement. You may contact Holly Carroll at 907-351-3029 for further information.