Sport Fishing in Alaska

Sport halibut caught in Southeast Alaska. Photo: Fabienne Peter-Contesse.

Sport Fishing Regulations

• Halibut 
• Salmon, rockfish, lingcod, shellfish, freshwater fish

Resources

• Alaska Department of Fish and Game - Sport Fish Division 
  • Alaska Sport Fishing Licenses
  • Alaska Sport Fishing Harvest Record Card
  • ​Participation in recreational fishing (by community) in Alaska
  • Information by Area
  • Sport Fish Reports
  • Harvest and Catch Data
  • Sport Fish Hotlines
  • Emergency Orders
• ​​Rockfish Conservation
  • Recompression Devices: Helping Anglers Fish Smarter
  • Is Barotrauma Keeping You Up? Try Getting Down with Recompression!
• ​NOAA Fisheries National Saltwater Recreational Fisheries Policy
  • Alaska Regional Implementation Plan 2016-2017 (PDF, 20 pages)
• ​Marine Fisheries Advisory Committee (MAFAC)
• Marine Recreational Information Program: National recreational fishing data
• Economic and Social Science Research

Related Information

• Marine Mammal Viewing Guidelines
• Fishing with Bears
• How to report a marine mammal stranding or entanglement

Contacts

Alaska Recreational Fishing Coordinators

• Kurt Iverson
• Scott Vulstek