Commercial Herring Fisheries
Norton Sound & Kotzebue Management Area

Fishery Advisory Announcements

• 2023 Norton Sound Commercial Herring Fishery To Open (PDF 172 kB) - 5/31/23

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Harvest

• Alaska Herring Harvest

Historical Harvest Data

• Historical Herring Harvests and Harvest Dates (1980-1998)

Management

• Norton Sound Herring Pound Permit (PDF 143 kB)

Management Plans

• 2018 Arctic-Yukon-Kuskokwim Herring Outlook (PDF 114 kB)

Annual Management Reports

• 2015 Annual Management Report Norton Sound-Port Clarence Area, and Arctic-Kotzebue Area (PDF 4,862 kB)
• 2014 Annual Management Report Norton Sound-Port Clarence Area, and Arctic-Kotzebue Area (PDF 4,849 kB)
• 2013 Annual Management Report Norton Sound-Port Clarence Area, and Arctic-Kotzebue Area (PDF 4,810 kB)
• 2012 Annual Management Report Norton Sound-Port Clarence Area, and Arctic-Kotzebue Area (PDF 6,638 kB)
• 2011 Annual Management Report for Norton Sound, Port Clarence, and Kotzebue (PDF 8,002 kB)
• 2010 Annual Management Report for Norton Sound, Port Clarence, and Kotzebue (PDF 18,621 kB)
• 2009 Annual Management Report for Norton Sound, Port Clarence, and Kotzebue (PDF 4,700 kB)
• 2008 Annual Management Report for Norton Sound, Port Clarence, and Kotzebue (PDF 5,176 kB)
• 2007 Annual Management Report for Norton Sound, Port Clarence, and Kotzebue (PDF 2,091 kB)
• 2006 Annual Management Report for Norton Sound, Port Clarence, and Kotzebue (PDF 2,522 kB)

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Forecasts

• 2017 Arctic-Yukon-Kuskokwim Herring Outlook (PDF 114 kB)
• 2015 Arctic-Yukon-Kuskokwim Herring Outlook (PDF 121 kB)
• 2013 Arctic-Yukon-Kuskokwim Herring Outlook (PDF 83 kB)
• 2011 AYK Area Herring Outlook (PDF 48 kB)
• Arctic-Yukon-Kuskokwim Herring Outlook and Management Strategy for 2010 (PDF 45 kB)

Maps

• Active Statewide Herring Fisheries (PDF 892 kB)
• Regulatory Statewide Herring Fisheries (PDF 909 kB)