Emperor and Black Brant geese harvests restricted due to low population

The Alaska Migratory Bird Co-Management Council and the Pacific Flyway Council have closed harvesting and egging of Emperor geese and restricted egging of Black Brant geese for the 2025 hunting season due to declining populations.

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Previous LEO Network posts provide important context for the current harvest restrictions on Emperor and Black Brant geese in the Yukon Delta. Posts from 2017 discussed studies showing a multi-decade decline in the Yukon-Kuskokwim Delta's Black Brant population, contrasting it with Arctic-breeding populations that were benefiting from climate-related vegetation changes but still facing survival challenges (A tale of two goose populations: Y-K Delta’s shrink, Arctic coast’s expands; Goose populations are shifting in Alaska).> Significantly, another post from 2017 highlighted the specific breeding range of the Emperor Goose along the Yukon Kuskokwim Delta coast and noted that federal managers had just reopened a subsistence hunt for Emperor Geese that year for the first time in 30 years (Emperor Goose (Chen canagica) Spotted in Anchorage). The current closure of the Emperor Goose harvest underscores a concerning reversal following that brief reopening period, while the restrictions on Black Brant align with the previously observed long-term declines in the Y-K Delta population.