Alaska lawmakers again weigh stricter residency rules for hunting and fishing licenses

A bill returning to the Legislature this session seeks to tighten residency requirements for hunting, sportfishing and trapping licenses. The measure stems from concerns that current ...
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Alaska House approves tougher standards for resident hunting, fishing licenses

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Rep. Rebecca Himschoot, I-Sitka, speaks in the Alaska House of Representatives on Tuesday, April 22, 2025. (Photo by James ...
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Alaska Board of Fisheries votes to reduce Area M salmon fishing times

In an effort to protect chum bound for Western Alaska rivers, the board has approved some of the most severe restrictions in ...
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Alaska bills would tighten residency rules for fishing and hunting licenses

The Newhalen River flows into Lake Iliamna in Newhalen, Alaska, a native fishing village, on July 23, 2019. (Luis Sinco/Los Angeles Times) JUNEAU, Alaska — A bill before the Alaska House Resources ...
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Troopers remind hunters of harvesting obligations after reports of animals wasted near Nome

Alaska Wildlife Troopers are urging hunters across the state not to illegally waste meat from their kills this season, after online reports of unharvested animals in the Nome area. Hunting is one of ...
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Bill backed by Southeast communities would tighten hunting and fishing license residency requirements

Rep. Rebecca Himschoot, I-Sitka, right, testifies to the House Resources Committee alongside Alaska Department of Fish and Game Commissioner Doug Vincent-Lang, second from right, on Jan. 24, 2024.
Juneau Empire

Hunting for fish in Alaska’s steelhead-bearing rivers and streams

For most people, steelhead — sea-run rainbow trout — are “the fish of 10,000 casts.” To catch them, you stand waist-deep in a spring-melt river, growing numb ...
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US protects Alaska lands important to tribes' hunting, fishing

June 28 (Reuters) - Large areas of federal land in Alaska will be protected from development to conserve fish and wildlife habitats that are important to native communities' way of life, under two ...