2021 Norton Sound and Kuskokwim River Salmon

 

Updated
9:45 AM PST on 11/6/2025

 

S04Z and S04W Permit Holders
S04Z and S04W Permit Holder application notices (containing unique IDs required to apply for relief) related to the 2021 Norton Sound and Kuskokwim River salmon disaster were mailed on Thursday, November 6, 2025.

 

Eligibility criteria for permit holders:

  1. The applicant must hold an S04Z or S04W permit and have made at least one salmon landing in 2021.
  2. For S04W permits, eligible landings must have occurred in the Kuskokwim River (ADF&G statistical areas 033511, 033512, 033513, 033514, or 033520).

Funds will be issued to the individual listed as the 2021 permit holder or to a temporary emergency transfer permit holder (transferee) as recorded in the CFEC database.

Permit holders who made no landings in 2021 and certified that they were unable to participate to qualify for an emergency transfer, as well as permit holders who permanently transferred a permit and made no landings in 2021, will not receive payments.

 

If you have not received your notice, please wait until Monday, December 1, 2025 before contacting the Commission; doing so will allow sufficient time for the USPS to either deliver your notice or for it to be returned to sender. Notices were mailed to the last address on file with CFEC. To update your address, please contact CFEC directly, as the Commission cannot make address changes on your behalf.

 

Application period:

  • Opens: 9:00 a.m. AKST, November 17, 2025
  • Closes: 5:00 p.m. AKST, February 16, 2026
  • Late applications will not be accepted.

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