(Petersburg) - 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 Alaska regionwide bag and possession limits above will apply in all areas except as modified below in the vicinity of Petersburg/Wrangell:

In the majority of marine waters within the management area:

(District 6, District 10 and portions of District 5, District 7, and District 9; see attached map)

• April 1 to June 14, 2025: The retention of king salmon is prohibited, any king salmon caught must be released immediately.

In the waters adjacent to the Stikine River:

(District 8 and a portion of Eastern Passage near Wrangell; see attached map)

• April 1 to July 14, 2025: The retention of king salmon is prohibited, any king salmon caught must be released immediately.

This announcement does not affect the regulations for the Wrangell Narrows/Blind Slough terminal harvest area. Fishing opportunity for Alaska hatchery-produced king salmon in the Anita Bay and Gunnuk Creek terminal harvest areas will open on June 1, 2025, and the City Creek release site will open June 15, 2025.

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

When fishing in the exclusive economic zone (between 3-200 nautical miles from shore), 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 Petersburg/Wrangell Area Management Biologist, Jeffrey Rice at (907) 772-5227 or visit our website.

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