Alaska Department of Fish and Game

rdf:langString Alaska Department of Fish and Game

rdf:langString Alaska Department of Fish and Game

rdf:langString Alaska Territorial Department of Fish and Game

rdf:langString Fish and Game Commission

rdf:langString Fisheries Experimental Commission

rdf:langString Alaska Department of Fish and Game

rdf:langString The Alaska Department of Fish and Game (ADF&G) is a department within the government of Alaska. ADF&G's mission is to protect, maintain, and improve the fish, game, and aquatic plant resources of the state, and manage their use and development in the best interest of the economy and the well-being of the people of the state, consistent with the sustained yield principle. ADF&G manages approximately 750 active fisheries, 26 game management units, and 32 special areas. From resource policy to public education, the department considers public involvement essential to its mission and goals. The department is committed to working with tribes in Alaska and with a diverse group of State and Federal agencies. The department works cooperatively with various universities and nongovernmental organizations in formal and informal partnership arrangements, and assists local research or baseline environmental monitoring through citizen science programs.

rdf:langString Douglas Vincent-Lang

rdf:langString Commissioner