The Alaska Department of Fish and Game (ADF&G) is reminding personal-use dipnetters who participated in the Chitina fishery that the deadline to submit harvest reports or appeals is 11:59 p.m. on Monday, December 15.
Individuals who did not file a harvest report for the season have been placed on the Failure to Report (FTR) list, which makes them ineligible to receive a personal-use permit for the upcoming year unless the issue is resolved.
ADF&G advises that anyone who received a Chitina personal-use dipnetting permit must submit a harvest report, even if they did not fish or did not catch any salmon. Failure to submit the required report results in automatic placement on the FTR list.
Dipnetters can address their status by:
- Filing a late harvest report at http://harvest.adfg.alaska.gov, even if no fishing occurred.
- Submitting a written appeal explaining the reason for not reporting and emailing it to dfg.dsf.chitinapermits@alaska.gov before the deadline.
- Dropping off an appeal at a local ADF&G office, which will forward it to the Glennallen office.
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ADF&G states that completing one of these steps is necessary for permit eligibility next season.
