Division of Sport Fish
Israel Payton, Director

Anchorage Headquarters Office
333 Raspberry Road
Anchorage, AK 99518

Alaska Department of Fish and Game
Doug Vincent-Lang, Commissioner

P.O. Box 115526
Juneau, AK 99811-5526
www.adfg.alaska.gov

Advisory Announcement
(Released: July 10, 2024 - Expires: July 31, 2024)

CONTACT: Jake Wieliczkiewicz
Sitka Assistant Area Management Biologist
(907) 747-5355

Sport Fishing Opens in Bear Cove

(Sitka) - The Alaska Department of Fish and Game, Division of Sport Fish announced that sport fishing will reopen in Bear Cove effective 12:01 a.m. Friday, July 12, 2024.

King salmon returning to Medvejie Hatchery in 2024 were not expected to meet broodstock goals. As a result, a prior announcement was issued to close sport fishing within Bear Cove on May 13, 2024. Sufficient king salmon have now arrived at Medvejie Hatchery to meet broodstock goals and a closure of this area is no longer warranted. King salmon regulations for Bear Cove are those in place for 2024 in the Southeast Alaska region under Emergency Order 1-KS-R-08-24.

Anyone needing further information concerning this announcement please contact the Division of Sport Fish in Sitka at (907) 747-5355.

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