Each year the Alaska Department of Fish and Game (ADF&G) rewards all persons who return an ADF&G sablefish tag with a tag reward (e.g., hat or t-shirt). Additionally, each tag returned to the department with complete recovery information (fisherman’s name, date of recovery, and latitude and longitude) are entered into a random drawing for a cash prize. A total of 1,183 tags qualified for this year’s drawing.

The following people were randomly selected from the list of qualified tags as the winners of the 2021 annual sablefish tag recovery incentive drawing: 1. William Hammer Jr. F/V Silver Lad...