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YRDFA Pre-Season Meeting
May 2 @ 8:00 am - May 3 @ 5:00 pm AKDT
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
