(Juneau) - The Alaska Department of Fish and Game is announcing the 2025 sport fishing regulations for king salmon in marine waters of Southeast Alaska and Yakutat. These regulations will be effective 12:01 a.m. Thursday, April 3, 2025 through 11:59 p.m. Thursday, April 30, 2026. The regulations are:

Alaska Resident

• The resident bag and possession limit is one king salmon, 28 inches or greater in length;
• From October 1 through March 31, a resident sport fish angler may use two rods when fishing for king salmon, a person using two rods under this regulation may only retain salmon;

Nonresident

• The nonresident bag and possession limit is one king salmon, 28 inches or greater in length;
• The nonresident annual limit is one king salmon, 28 inches or greater in length;
• Immediately upon landing and retaining a king salmon a nonresident must enter the species, date and location on the back of their sport fishing license or on a nontransferable harvest record.

The Southeast regionwide bag and possession limits above will apply in all areas except as modified below in the vicinity of Juneau:

Marine waters near Juneau except Seymour Canal and upper Taku Inlet:

The waters of District 9 north of a line from Patterson Pt. to Pt. Ellis, District 10, Sections 11-A, 11-B, 11-C, District 12, Portion of Section 13-C southeast of a line between Nismeni Pt. and a point on the Chichagof Island shoreline at 57° 35.59' N. lat., 135° 22.33' W. long., District 14, and District 15 south of the latitude of Sherman Rock; see attached map)

• April 1 through June 14: No retention of king salmon. All king salmon caught must be released immediately.

In the waters adjacent to the Taku River:

(Taku Inlet north of a line from Point Bishop to Point Greely, see attached map)

• April 1 through June 30: No retention of king salmon. All king salmon caught must be released immediately.

In the waters adjacent to the King Salmon River:

(Section 11-D, Seymour Canal north of 57° 37' N. latitude, see attached map)

• April 1 through July 31: closed to king salmon fishing, all anglers may not target or retain king salmon.

A separate advisory announcement will be issued announcing king salmon regulations for locations where Alaska hatchery-produced king salmon are expected to return in the Juneau area.

Anglers fishing north of the Juneau area should review the advisory announcement for the Haines/Skagway area. Anglers fishing south of the Juneau area should review the advisory announcement for the Petersburg/Wrangell and Ketchikan areas.

When fishing in the exclusive economic zone (between 3-200 nautical miles from shore), see map below, all anglers must comply with the regulations established for nonresident anglers including the one fish annual limit for king salmon.

For further information concerning this announcement please contact Juneau Area Management Biologist, Daniel Teske at (907) 465-8152 or visit our website.

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