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Alaska
Department of Fish and Game
Manages Alaska's fish and wildlife
resources and their habitats on the basis of the sustained yield
principle and in the interests of Alaska's economy.
- Alaska Boards of Fish & Game
- Division of Commercial Fisheries
- Sport Fish Division
- Division of Habitat and Restoration
- Division of Subsistence
- Division of Wildlife Conservation
Alaska Department of Environmental
Conservation
Among DEC's responsibilities
is the protection of public health and the environment by preventing
or responding to air, land, or water pollution.
- Division of Air and Water Quality
- Division of Environmental Health
- Division of Facility Construction and Operation
- Division of Spill Prevention and Response
- Division of Statewide Public Service
Alaska
Department of Natural Resources
DNR manages all of Alaska's
land, water, surface, and subsurface resources except fish and
game.
- Alaska Mental Health Trust Land Office
- Division of Geological & Geophysical Surveys
- Division of Agriculture
- Division of Forestry
- Division of Mining, Land and Water Management
- Division of Oil and Gas
- Division of Parks and Outdoor Recreation (Alaska State Parks)
- Division of Support Services
- Public Information Center
Alaska boards & commissions
- Alaska Commercial Fisheries Entry Commission. An independent, quasi-judicial regulatory agency responsible for promoting the sustained yield management of Alaska's fishery resources and the economic health and stability of commercial fishing through regulation of entry into Alaska fisheries. (See also the fact sheet from the Alaska Office of Boards and Commissions.)
- Alaska Oil and Gas Conservation Commission (AOGCC). Regulatory agency overseeing the underground operation of the Alaska oil industry on private and public lands and waters. (See also the fact sheet from the Alaska Office of Boards and Commissions.)
State/federal boards & commissions
- Exxon Valdez Oil Spill Trustee Council. Provides information about the impacts of the March 24, 1989 Exxon Valdez oil spill in Prince William Sound, Alaska, the injury and recovery of fish, wildlife, and people of the spill region, and information about ongoing restoration and research activitites. The Trustee Council was formed to oversee the use of the $900 million civil settlement for restoration of the ecosystems injured by the oil spill. The Council consists of three state and three federal trustees (or their designees). (See also the fact sheet from the Alaska Office of Boards and Commissions.)