Burbot For Subsistence

[mainer_in_ak]

For many generations...... burbot was a fish that our interior residents used to feed their families. Every year........the bag limits become rediculously smaller. Who thinks the state should start a state-wide subsistance season like they do for dipnetting salmon? I think the bag limits are getting out of hand. What is it going to be next year? Is it going to be one burbot per person?

[ak_powder_monkey]

I thought there was a subsistence season for them for areas off the road system.

[big_dog60]

The problem is burbot are slow growing and can be sensitive to over fishing. So as more people target them the bag limit must go down to protect the populations.