SUPPLEMENTAL NOTICE OF PROPOSED CHANGES IN THE
REGULATIONS OF THE ALASKA BOARD OF FISHERIES
This is a SUPPLEMENTAL NOTICE modifying the NOTICE OF PROPOSED CHANGES that was published on September 24, 2025, hereby incorporated by reference, concerning proposed regulation changes in Title 5 of the Alaska Administrative Code. This SUPPLEMENTAL NOTICE is being issued to notify the public of a location change for the following meetings:
Work Session
October 28-29, 2025
New location: Dena’ina Civic and Convention Center
600 West 7th Avenue, Anchorage
and
Alaska Peninsula, Aleutian Islands, Bering Sea, and Chignik Pacific Cod
October 30-31, 2025
New location: Dena’ina Civic and Convention Center
600 West 7th Avenue, Anchorage
This location change is being made because the previously planned meeting venue is being used as an emergency shelter for people affected by Typhoon Halong in western Alaska. All other provisions in the September 24, 2025 NOTICE OF PROPOSED CHANGES remain the same.
If you are a person with a disability who needs special accommodation in order to participate in the proposed regulation process, please contact Art Nelson at (907) 267-2292 or art.nelson@alaska.gov no later than two weeks prior to the meeting to ensure necessary accommodations can be provided.
For a copy of the proposed regulation changes, or for a copy of the September 24, 2025 NOTICE OF PROPOSED CHANGES, contact the ADF&G, Boards Support Section, P.O. Box 115526, Juneau, AK 99811-5526, phone 907-465-4110, or find this online at: https://boardoffisheries.adfg.alaska.gov/
Anyone interested in or affected by subsistence, personal use, commercial fishing, sport, guided sport, or aquatic plant regulations are hereby informed that the Board of Fisheries may consider any or all of the subject areas covered by this notice. Under AS 44.62.200(b), the board may review the full range of activities appropriate to any of the subjects listed in this notice. The board may make changes to the subsistence, personal use, sport, guided sport or commercial fishing regulations as may be required to ensure the subsistence priority in AS 16.05.258. On its own motion, after the public hearing, the board may adopt, amend, reject, supplement, or take no action on these subjects without further notice. In addition, the board may adopt other regulations necessary to implement, administer, or enforce the regulations adopted. THE BOARD IS NOT LIMITED BY THE SPECIFIC LANGUAGE OR CONFINES OF THE ACTUAL PROPOSALS THAT HAVE BEEN SUBMITTED BY THE PUBLIC OR ADF&G. The language of the final regulations may be different from that of the proposed regulations. YOU SHOULD COMMENT DURING THE TIME ALLOWED IF YOUR INTERESTS COULD BE AFFECTED.
Statutory Authority: AS 16.05 – AS 16.20; AS 16.40
Statutes being implemented, interpreted, or made specific: AS 16.05
Fiscal Information: The proposed regulatory actions are not expected to require an increased appropriation.
/S/
Art Nelson, Executive Director
Alaska Board of Fisheries
October 22, 2025