The Yukon River salmon run has begun! Please see these timely notices from ADFG on the YRDFA website and do not hesitate to use the ADFG 24 hour, toll free fishing schedule and information line at 866/479-7387 beginning on June 1, 2016. In Fairbanks call 907/459-7387. 661921598 662131480

“At the April YRDFA Yukon River fishery PreSeason meeting the Yukon River Summer Season Area Management Biologist/ADFG gave a presentation on management considerations for 2016 for sharing information and stimulating a discussion with fishers from almost all of the Yukon River communities in preparation for the 2016 fishing season. See the presentation here.” 2016 YRDFA

Dr. Katie Howard/ADFG Fisheries Scientist presented a fascinating powerpoint presentation on Yukon River juvenile chinook salmon and their life cycle period in the Bering Sea at YRDFA’s 2016 PreSeason meeting in Anchorage at the end of April. Click the link to check it out.Yukon preseason meeting 2016_K.Howard

Teleconferences start June 7th! Please mark your calendar and call in every Tuesday! YRDFA Teleconf Flyer2016_2 (3)

Check out our new Articles & Publications page on the website. We are adding lot’s of really important and cool things that we’ve done here! http://yukonsalmon.org/what-we-do/articles-publications/

YRDFA and partners take action on Amendment 110 (National Marine Fisheries Service) to reduce Bering Sea pollock fishery bycatch of Chinook salmon and meet NMFS’s legal obligations. Click here to see full article. AVCP, BSFA, Kawerak, TCC, YRDFA Comments on A. 110 Salmon Bycatch 3.7.2016.final

YRDFA staff attends Sharing Knowledge workshop in Boulder Colorado By Catherine Moncrieff, YRDFA Anthropologist Boulder, Colorado is beautiful in September. I have just returned from attending the Sharing Knowledge: Traditions, Technologies and Taking Control of our Future workshop hosted by the Exchange for Local Observations and Knowledge of the Arctic or ELOKA. This workshop brought

The Yukon River Drainage Fisheries Association (YRDFA) among others was recognized as an outstanding partner by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (the service). The service recognizes the hardships that the low returns of salmon have placed on fishing families living along the Yukon River and thanks them for their significant contributions towards conservation. Read