Alaska Department of Fish and Game

Alaska Department of Fish and Game

Agency overview
Formed	1959
Preceding agencies	Alaska Territorial Department of Fish and Game Fish and Game Commission Fisheries Experimental Commission
Headquarters	1255 W 8th St, Juneau, Alaska
Employees	1,700
Annual budget	$200 million
Agency executive	Douglas Vincent-Lang, Commissioner
Website	http://adfg.alaska.gov

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.^[1] 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.^[2] The department is committed to working with tribes in Alaska and with a diverse group of State and Federal agencies.^[3] 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.