The hours of the personal use set gillnet fishery at the mouth of the Kasilof River will be reduced from 17 to 12 hours per day.
That fishery is set to open on Monday, June 15 and will go through Wednesday, June 24 and the daily hours have been set to open at 11:00 am and close at 11:00 pm.
Due to low escapement numbers since 2009, the Alaska Department of Fish and Game issued an emergency order to reduce the harvest of Kasilof River king salmon in the personal use gillnet fishery.
The Kasilof River’s early-run naturally-produced king salmon sport fishery sustainable escapement goal is 650–1,700.
In February the Division of Sport Fisheries issued an emergency order which prohibited retention of naturally-produced king salmon in the Kasilof River from Sundays through Fridays, reduced the bag and possession limit of hatchery-produced king salmon 20 inches or greater in length to one fish, and prohibited the use of bait and multiple hooks beginning 12:01 a.m., Friday, May 1, 2015, through 11:59 p.m., Tuesday, June 30, 2015.
The Kasilof River personal use dip net fishery will open by regulation at 12:01 a.m. on Thursday, June 25, 2015, and is open 24 hours per day.
