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The Northwestern Management Area includes all waters that drain west in
Alaska that are north of the Yukon River and south of Point Hope. This includes
all the drainages of Norton Sound, the Seward Peninsula, Kotzebue Sound
and the Chukchi Sea to Point Hope. The total land area is about 68,000 square
miles. Sport fisheries in the area target all species of pacific salmon,
Dolly Varden, Sheefish, Arctic grayling, northern pike, lake trout, Arctic
char, and to a small degree, burbot. The Seward Peninsula Norton Sound
sub area extends from the Seward Peninsula southward to the Yukon River.
Streams in eastern Norton Sound include the Golsovia, Unalakleet, Egavik,
Shaktoolik, Inglutalik, Ungalik and Koyuk rivers. All but the Koyuk drain
the Nulato Hills which separate Norton Sound from the Yukon and Koyukuk
River valleys. The Unalakleet River is the largest and most heavily utilized
of these. The village of Unalakleet is located at the mouth of this river.
The upper reaches of the Unalakleet River have been designated a National
Wild and Scenic River and are under the management of the Bureau of Land
Management. The river supports anadromous populations of Dolly Varden,
chinook, coho, chum and pink salmon and resident populations of Dolly
Varden, Arctic grayling and whitefish. Other area streams provide the
opportunity for high quality fisheries for the same species, but are not
as intensively fished because of the difficult access.
Western Arctic National Parklands is a management unit which includes
Noatak National Perserve, Cape Krusenstern National Monument and Kobuk
Valley National Park all near Kotzebue, Alaska, and Bering Land Bridge
National Preserve located on the Seward Peninsula near Nome, Alaska.
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