Coastal District, Districts 1, 2, and 3 (including the Innoko River) including the communities of Chevak, Hooper Bay, Scammon Bay, Nunam Iqua, Alakanuk, Kotlik, Emmonak, Mountain Village, Pitkas Point, St. Mary’s, Pilot Station, Marshall, Russian Mission, Holy Cross and Shageluk.

Effective 12:01 a.m. on Wednesday, July 16, subsistence fishing for fall chum and coho salmon will close to all users. Chinook, chum, and coho salmon must be released alive immediately from nonlethal gear types.

Currently, gillnets of 4-inch or smaller mesh may be used to target nonsalmon and are restricted to 60-feet or less in length and must be operated as a set net near shore. All 4-inch gillnets must be removed from the water by 12:00 p.m. Sunday, July 20. Fishing with 4-inch or smaller mesh gillnets and manned fish wheels will reopen Thursday, July 24 at 12:00 p.m. and continue on the Thursday to Sunday schedule until further notice.

ADFG Announcement: https://www.adfg.alaska.gov/static/applications/dcfnewsrelease/1706080601.pdf

USFWS Announcement: https://www.doi.gov/subsistence/fisheries-special-actions