Regional Planning Teams

Comprehensive regional planning is critical to ensure that salmon stocking activity provides benefit to target fisheries while minimizing negative impacts on user groups, wild stocks, and wild stock habitats.

• Regional Planning Team Overview (PDF 227 kB)

Regional planning team meeting notices, agendas, and additional materials will be posted below as they become available.

Southeast RPTs

• The next Southern, Northern, and Joint Southeast Regional Planning Team meeting is set for April 8th in Sitka, following the net gear task force meetings on December 2nd & 3rd. For additional information please contact Chairman Flip Pryor (garold.pryor@alaska.gov).
  • Port Armstrong Hatchery Permit Alteration Request Form (PDF 499 kB)
  • Sawmill Creek Hatchery Permit Alteration Request — Keta Stock Chinook Addition (PDF 228 kB)
  • Sawmill Creek Hatchery Permit Alteration Request — Bear Cove Coho (PDF 232 kB)

Yakutat RPT

• The next Yakutat Regional Planning Team meeting has not yet been scheduled. For additional information please contact Flip Pryor (garold.pryor@alaska.gov).

Prince William Sound RPT

• The Prince William Sound Regional Planning Team meeting is tentatively scheduled for May 6th in Cordova. For additional information, please contact Chairman Heather Scannell (heather.scannell@alaska.gov).
  • Wally Noerenberg Hatchery Permit Alteration Request — Tatitlek Chinook Release (PDF 1,741 kB)
  • Wally Noerenberg Hatchery Permit Alteration Request — shift coho to Main Bay Hatchery (PDF 273 kB)

Cook Inlet RPT

• The Cook Inlet Regional Planning Team meeting is tentatively scheduled for April 22 in Kenai. For additional information please contact Chairman Ethan Ford (ethan.ford@alaska.gov).
  • Trail Lakes Hatchery Permit Alteration Request (PDF 1,735 kB)

Kodiak RPT

• The next Kodiak Regional Planning Team meeting is tentatively scheduled for April 13 in Kodiak For additional information, including meeting link, contact Chairman Genevieve Rich (genevieve.rich@kraa.org)
  • Pillar Creek Hatchery Permit Alteration Request Form (PDF 268 kB)

Chignik RPT

• The next Chignik Regional Planning Team meeting has not been scheduled yet. For additional information, including the web link, please contact Chairman Chuck McCallum (chuckmccallum@gmail.com).

Kuskokwim RPT

• The next Kuskokwim Regional Planning Team meeting has not yet been scheduled.

Yukon River RPT

• The next Yukon River Regional Planning Team meeting has not yet been scheduled.

Norton Sound/Bering Strait RPT

• The next Norton Sound/Bering Strait Regional Planning Team meeting will be held Fall 2026. For additional information, including meeting link, please contact Chairman Charlie Lean (charlie@nsedc.com).