YRDFA Pre-Season Meeting

Yukon River Preseason Meeting

May 2-3, 2024

Anchorage, Alaska

Hotel Captain Cook

Endeavor Room

ZOOM registration: Click on the link below to register for the meeting. Once you are registered you will receive an email link to the meeting. The same link will be used for both days of the meeting.  https://us06web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZMlf-utrzMiH9TMluSglIQiP5hBJeES6i3G

May 2, 2024

8:00 a.m. – 8:30 a.m.              Morning Coffee Social

8:30 a.m. – 8:45 a.m.              Welcome Address

Serena Fitka, YRDFA

Opening Prayer

Victor Lord, YRDFA Co-Chair

8:45 a.m. – 10:30 a.m.            2024 Yukon River Pre-season Outlook

Deena Jallen, ADF&G, Yukon Area Summer Season Manager

Christy Gleason, ADF&G, Yukon Area Fall Season Manager

                                                Holly Carroll, USFWS, Yukon River Manager

                                                Keith Herron, USFWS, Yukon River Assistant Manager

BREAK 10:30 – 10:45

10:45 a.m. – 11:15 a.m.          Yukon River Inter-Tribal Fish Commission Update

Karma Ulvi, YRITFC Chairwoman

11:15 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.          Panel Discussion – Adapting to the Changing Environment

Panelist TBD

LUNCH PROVIDED                  12:00 p.m. – 1:00 p.m.

1:00 p.m. – 3:00 p.m.              Break-out Groups by Fishing District

3:00 p.m. – 3:30 p.m.              AYK Chinook and Chum Salmon Marine Research Update

Sabrina Garcia, ADF&G, Fisheries Biologist

BREAK 3:30 p.m. – 3:45 p.m

3:45 p.m. – 4:15 p.m.              Yukon River Mid-River Sonar Update

Tanana Chiefs Conference

                                                Brian Lepping, Fisheries Biologist

4:15 p.m.-5:00 p.m.                Public Comments

Closing Prayer

Friday, May 3, 2024

8:30 a.m. 8:45 a.m.                 Opening Prayer

8:45 a.m. – 9:15 a.m.              North Pacific Fisheries Management Council Update

Terese Vicente, Kuskokwim River Inter-Tribal Fish Commission

9:15 a.m. – 9:45 a.m.               Comprehensive survey results from Chevak, Hooper Bay, Koyukuk, and Huslia

Jesse Coleman, ADF&G, Subsistence Resource Specialist

9:45 a.m.- 10:15 a.m.             Customary Trade and barter results from Nunam Iqua,

Mountain Village, Kaltag, and Galena

Jesse Coleman, ADF&G, Subsistence Resource Specialist

BREAK 10:15 a.m. – 10:30 a.m.

10:30 a.m. – 11:00 a.m.          Young Fisher Presentation

Millena Jordan

11:00- 12:00 p.m.                   Indigenous Sentinels Network

Digitizing Surveys

Hannah Marie Garcia, ISN Coordinator

LUNCH PROVIDED                  12:00 p.m. – 1:00 p.m.

1:00 p.m. – 2:00 p.m.              Break-out Groups by District

2:00 p.m. – 3:00 p.m.              Agreement between US & Canada

Commissioner Doug Vincent-Lang, ADF&G

BREAK 3:00 p.m. – 3:15 p.m.

3:15 p.m.-4:30 p.m.                Public Comments

4:30 p.m. – 5:00 p.m.              Closing