The Yukon River Inter-Tribal Fish Commission (YRITFC) with Tanana Chiefs Conference (TCC) was founded in 2014 when Yukon River Tribes came together in St. Mary’s and formed the Fish Commission in response to low king salmon returns. YRITFC works with a variety of partners to oversee 28 federally recognized villages.
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Revitalizing the Yukon River Inter-Tribal Fish Commission
The Yukon River Inter-Tribal Fish Commission (YRITFC) held a quorum for the first time since before the COVID-19 pandemic. The YRITFC is comprised of 28 villages along the
Salmon in The Trees
Fish and rivers play a vital role in nutrient distribution. Tree growth can be almost completely dependent on fish, especially in areas where soil nutrition is low. Young
Michelle Quillin – New TRSP Outreach Coordinator
As the rising concern over the decline of salmon populations in Alaska’s river systems becomes a priority for Tanana Chiefs Conference (TCC), the Tribal Resource Stewardship Program (TRSP)
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Current Season Regulations
Coming Soon! Stay tuned for updates
Coming Soon! Stay tuned for updates.
Constitutional Preamble
We, the Tribes of the Yukon River and its tributaries, proclaim that our fisheries are essential to our cultural, nutritional, economic and spiritual well-being and way of life. We recognize our responsibility and authority to exercise our tribal rights as stewards to our traditional territories and resources. Since time immemorial, we have properly cared for the fisheries of the Yukon River and its tributaries, but for the past 100 years US, Canadian, and State of Alaska have usurped management with no deference to tribal governments. We commit to conserve, restore and provide for tribal use of fisheries based on indigenous knowledge systems, and scientific principles.
How Members Are Selected
Each member Tribe appoints a Fish Commissioner through a Tribal resolution and the Fish Commissioner is then authorized to represent the Tribe at relevant fisheries meetings and make decisions on behalf of the Tribe. The Fish Commission meets annually each spring to develop fishery management recommendations for the upcoming season and in the fall post-season to develop positions on other relevant fisheries issues (e.g. BOF or FSB regulatory proposals and board appointments). In order to achieve unified objectives that protect, conserve, use, enhance, and restore subsistence fisheries resources, the 28 member Tribes make consensus-based decisions. In recent years, the Fish Commission collaborated with the University of Alaska – Fairbanks’ Tribal Management Program to begin developing community and Tribal-based stewardship plans to guide fishery management recommendations moving forward.
Alakanuk | Benjamin Phillip |
Alatna | Harding Sam |
Allakaket | vacant |
Anvik | Carl Jerue |
Beaver | Kody Vanderpool |
Beaver (alternate) | Rhonda Pitka |
Beaver (alternate) | Aaron Petruska |
Circle | vacant |
Eagle | Ben Juneby |
Fort Yukon | Gerald Alexander |
Fort Yukon (alternate | Michael Peter |
Galena | Charlie Green |
Grayling | Ivan Dementieff |
Grayling (alternate) | Gabe Nicholi Jr |
Holy Cross | Eugene Paul |
Holy Cross (alternate) | David Turner |
Hughes | Wilmer J. Beetus |
Huslia | Speedy Sam |
Huslia (alternate) | Darrell Vent |
Kaltag | vacant |
Kotlik | Benjamin Kamkoff |
Kotlik (alternate) | Mary Ann Mike |
Koyukuk | Percy Lolnitz |
Manley HS | Raymond P. Woods |
Manley HS (alternate) | William L. Bredeman-Woods |
Minto | Philip J Titus |
Nenana | Tim McManus |
Nenana (alternate) | Michael Carson |
Northway | Chaaiy Albert |
Nulato | Arnold Demoski |
Rampart | Brooke Woods |
Ruby | Donald Honea, Jr. |
Ruby (alternate) | Katie Kangas |
Russian Mission | Basil Larson |
Shageluk | Keith Workman |
Shageluk (alternate) | Roger Hamilton Jr. |
Stevens Village | Randy Mayo |
Stevens Village | Don Stevens |
Tanana | Robert Charles Wright, Sr. |
Tanana | Julie Roberts-Hyslop |
