BoG considers FortyMile caribou Friday
GovernmentHunting January 3, 2018
The Alaska Board of Game (Board) will hold a non-regulatory meeting via teleconference at 10 a.m., Friday, January 5 to consider two proposals to modify hunting regulations for the FortyMile caribou herd. The Board meeting will consider two agenda change requests (ACR) submitted for the February 2018 regulatory meeting... Read more
Board of Fish asking for proposals to change regs
FishingGovernment December 26, 2017
Proposal deadline April 10, 2018. The Alaska Board of Fisheries (board) is issuing its 2018/2019 Call for Proposals for changes in the subsistence, personal use, sport, guided sport, and commercial fishing regulations for the Bristol Bay finfish, Arctic-Yukon-Kuskokwim finfish, Alaska Peninsula-Aleutian Islands-Chignik finfish, and Statewide finfish general provisions. The... Read more
Advisory meetings good start to 2018 fishing plans
FishingGovernmentHunting December 20, 2017
While most anglers are either digging the ice augers or putting off thinking about fishing until April, there are some important discussions this month that could affect Alaska fishing for the coming season. A number of fish and game advisory committees will meet this month to discuss and consider... Read more
Rare joint Board of Fish, Game committee meeting this week
FishingGovernmentHunting December 18, 2017
The Alaska Board of Fisheries (BOF) and Board of Game (BOG) will convene a teleconference meeting of its Joint Board Committee (committee) at 11 a.m., December 21. The purpose of the committee meeting is to review and recommend to both boards the necessity of holding a full Joint Board meeting... Read more
Modern Fish Act advances in House
FishingGovernment December 13, 2017
House Natural Resources Committee Approves Magnuson-Stevens Reauthorization Bill The U.S. House of Representatives Committee on Natural Resources on Dec. 13 approved H.R. 200, a bill sponsored by Congressman Don Young (R-Alaska) that amends the 1976 Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act to provide flexibility for fishery managers and stability... Read more
Board of Game says no to feral cats
GovernmentHunting November 17, 2017
Friday morning as the Alaska Board of Game wrapped up its week of deliberations in Anchorage, it rejected a proposal to authorize the capture, nurturing and release of feral cats. While the proposers advocated that it’s humane to release cats into the wild, the board voted unamimously to reject... Read more
UPDATE: BOG chooses no action on sheep ban
GovernmentHuntingUncategorized November 16, 2017
Updated at 10:10 a.m. Alaska’s Board of Game chose to take no action on a proposal to remove domestic sheep and goats from the clean list, and provide additional safeguards to ensure the M. ovi virus carried by domestic sheep does not infect Alaska wild sheep, goats and muskox.... Read more
Board of Game upholds traditional, rejects new tech hunting including cell phones Hot
GovernmentHunting November 15, 2017
BOG upholds bear denning, same-day flight regs, bans wireless devices The Alaska Board of Game on Tuesday debated the challenging conflux of ancient traditions and new technology in hunting and wildlife management in Alaska. Wednesday morning The Alaska Board of Game passed an amended Proposal 13, which will make it... Read more
BOG begins deliberations, okays antler change; sheep, kinship, plane, cat proposals on tap
GovernmentHunting November 14, 2017
Alaska’s Board of Game started deliberations Monday afternoon on the first of 69 proposals to change statewide hunting and wildlife-related regulations. The board acted on the first five proposals Monday: Rejected Proposal 1 to change the definition of “take” of a game animal, to clarify that “take” means kill... Read more
Board of Game hearing passionate sheep, cat testimony
GovernmentHunting November 13, 2017
The Alaska Board of Game meeting in Anchorage this week is drawing surprising testimony on sheep and cats. That’s domestic sheep, and the risk of disease from a domestic animal reaching and ultimately wiping out Alaska’s Dall sheep and mountain goat populations. And feral cats, which despite long being... Read more
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Hunting May 21, 2017
Background on Taku king decline in Southeast Hot
Fishing Links May 1, 2017
No bait or multiple hooks on Kenai until Aug. 15
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