As it does every year, Yukon Government and Champagne and Aishihik First Nations have put regulations in place to close Tower Bay (Gokhtaheen), located on Dezadeash Lake, to angling and subsistence fishing from July 1 to August 15.
A news release says the regulation is the first of its kind in Yukon. aligning a subsistence regulation under CAFN’s fish and wildlife legislation with the territory’s fishery regulations. The regulation will apply to licenced anglers, CAFN Citizens and Yukon First Nations with consent from CAFN to fish for subsistence on Dezadeash Lake.
The closure protects lake trout gathering in Tower Bay to seek refuge from warm lake temperatures.

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