Subsistence Management Regulations for Public Lands in Alaska, Subpart D; Emergency Closures-Yukon River Closures and Adjustments

This provides notice of the Federal Subsistence Board's emergency closures to protect fall chum salmon escapement in the Yukon River drainage and adjustments to allow the taking of coho salmon. These closures and adjustments provide an exception to the Subsistence Management Regulations for Public Lands in Alaska, published in the Federal Register on January 8, 1999. Those regulations redefined the area subject to the subsistence priority for rural residents of Alaska under Title VIII of the Alaska National Interest Lands Conservation Act of 1980, and also established regulations for seasons, harvest limits, methods, and means relating to the taking of fish and shellfish for subsistence uses during the 2000 regulatory year.