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The Alaska Department of Fish and Game (ADF&G) is a department within the government of Alaska.ADF&G's mission is to protect, maintain, and improve the fish, game, and aquatic plant resources of the state, and manage their use and development in the best interest of the economy and the well-being of the people of the state, consistent with the sustained yield principle. [1]
Alaska Wildlife Troopers. The Alaska State Troopers, officially the Division of Alaska State Troopers (AST), is the state police agency of the U.S. state of Alaska. It is a division of the Alaska Department of Public Safety (DPS). The AST is a full-service law enforcement agency that handles both traffic and criminal law enforcement.
Fishing lure: From license to rod, the beginners guide to fishing; what you need to know. Fox local. Belinda Brusch. August 10, 2024 at 11:43 AM. PHILADELPHIA - Fishing is an all-encompassing term ...
The Interstate Wildlife Violator Compact (IWVC) is a United States interstate compact (an agreement among participating states) to provide reciprocal sharing of information regarding sportsman fishing, hunting, and trapping violations and allows for recognition of suspension or revocation of hunting, fishing, and trapping licenses and permits in other member states resulting from violations ...
The U.S. state of Oregon instituted a requirement for commercial fishing licenses in 1899, the same year that the state's sturgeon fishery had collapsed due to over-harvesting. Oregon began requiring recreational fishing licenses in 1901. [5] Indiana began issuing hunting licenses in 1901 and added fishing privileges to its hunting license in ...
Alaskan halibut often weigh over 100 pounds (45 kg). Specimens under 20 pounds (9.1 kg) are often thrown back when caught. With a land area of 586,412 square miles (1,518,800 km 2), not counting the Aleutian islands, Alaska is one-fifth the size of lower 48 states, and as Ken Schultz notes in his chapter on Alaska "Alaska is a bounty of more than 3,000 rivers, more than 3 million lakes, and ...
The Alaska salmon fishery is a managed fishery that supports the annual harvest of five species of wild Pacific Salmon for commercial fishing, sport fishing, subsistence by Alaska Native communities, and personal use by local residents. The salmon harvest in Alaska is the largest in North America and represents about 80% of the total wild ...