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YUKON AREA GILLNET CLOSURE: District 2

Including: Mountain Village, Pitkas Point, St. Mary’s, Pilot Station, and Marshall

Effective 8:00 PM, Wednesday June 18th until Saturday, July 5th

Management Actions: ALL gillnets must be removed from the water.

Fishing for nonsalmon is still allowed during this period, but it 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. Chinook and chum salmon must be released alive.

More info here: https://www.adfg.alaska.gov/static/applications/dcfnewsrelease/1676448660.pdf

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