Alaska Restricted Access Management Division

The Restricted Access Management (RAM) Division supports Alaska Region efforts to ensure sustainable fisheries and promote fishing communities by:

• issuing Federal fishing permits and other fishery authorizations to fishery participants
• implementing fishery management programs, including requirements related to the determination of program eligibility and transfer of catch histories
• implementing transferable allocation programs
• issuing subsistence and charter permits
• providing advice and notifications to fishermen and the public on the interpretation of Federal fishing regulations