Fred Bue, Area Management Biologist
Bill Busher, Asst. Area Management Biologist
Upper Yukon Area Office
1300 College Road
Fairbanks, AK 99701
Phone:
(907) 459-7274
Fax: (907) 459-7271
Date Issued: September 5, 2009
Time: 11:00 am
The 2009 Yukon River fall chum run has been assessed to be poor. However, the coho run is tracking above average. Since the majority of the fall chum run in District 4 has now passed upriver for escapement and subsistence use, the reduced subsistence salmon fishing schedule is being lifted to provide opportunity to harvest the later running coho and non-salmon species. Similar actions can be anticipated as fall chum salmon continue their migration upstream.
In District 4,
subsistence salmon fishing will be open 7 days a week 24 hours a day beginning 10:00 a.m. Wednesday, September 9 for the remainder of the season.
In the
Koyukuk River, subsistence salmon fishing is open 7 days a week 24 hours a day.
For a recording of the current fishing schedule for your area call
1-866-479-7387
. If you have any questions regarding this report, please call the Alaska Department of Fish and Game in Fairbanks at 459-7274 or the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service office in Fairbanks at 455-1849.
This has been an announcement by the Alaska Department of Fish and Game in cooperation with the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service.
