Subsistence harvest of emperor geese on hold until 2017

Emperor geese at Adak Island. (US Fish & Wildlife photo)
A subsistence harvest of the Emperor goose, which had been proposed for the spring of 2016, is being put off another year.
The emperor goose is a medium-sized bird with a white head and neck, black throat, and bluish-gray body. Also called “beach geese,” emperors nest along the Yukon-Kuskokwim Delta coast, and winter in the Aleutian Islands, Alaska Peninsula and Kodiak Island.
After hitting a low of about 42,000 in 1986, em