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Alaska Administrative Code › Title 5 - Fish and Game › Part 1 - Commercial and Subsistence Fishing and Private Nonprofit Salmon Hatcheries › Chapter 01 - Subsistence Finfish Fishery › Article 1 - Statewide Provisions › 5 AAC 01.021 - Retention of fish taken in commercial fisheries (Repealed)

Current through May 31, 2024
As of Register 169, April 2004, the substance of former
						5 AAC 01.021 appears in
						5 AAC 39.010.
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 5 - Fish and Game › Part 1 - Commercial and Subsistence Fishing and Private Nonprofit Salmon Hatcheries › Chapter 01 - Subsistence Finfish Fishery › Article 1 - Statewide Provisions › 5 AAC 01.030 - Unlawful possession of subsistence finfish

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) No person may
				  possess, transport or place into the possession of another person's
				  subsistence-taken fish or their parts which the person has taken contrary to
				  state law or regulation.
(b) No
				  person may possess or transport raw or unprocessed subsistence-taken fish or
				  their parts if the items have been received from a person who took, possessed
				  or transported the items contrary to state law or regulation and if the person
				  receiving the items knows, has reason to know or should have reason to know
				  that the items were taken, possessed or transported contrary to state law or
				  regulation.
(c) No person may
				  possess or transport raw or unprocessed subsistence-taken fish or their parts
				  that the person knows were taken, possessed or transported contrary to state
				  law or regulation.
At its February 23 - 27, 1993 meeting, the Board of
						Fisheries readopted
						5 AAC 01.030(b) and (c) in their
						entirety without change, under ch. 1, SSSLA 1992 (the 1992 subsistence law),
						which repealed and reenacted
						AS
						16.05.258.
Authority:
AS
						16.05.251
AS
						16.05.258
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 5 - Fish and Game › Part 1 - Commercial and Subsistence Fishing and Private Nonprofit Salmon Hatcheries › Chapter 01 - Subsistence Finfish Fishery › Article 1 - Statewide Provisions › 5 AAC 01.040 - Policy on closures due to illegal fishing

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) Some fisheries
				  have had a documented history of illegal commercial fishing dating back to
				  1968. Enforcement efforts by the Department of Public Safety have been largely
				  ineffective in controlling this recurring problem on a long-term basis. The
				  board recognizes the difficulty of enforcement in some areas of the state and
				  although the current regulations are sufficient to protect fish stocks, they
				  may be ineffective due to special enforcement problems.
(b) In the interest of the conservation of
				  valuable renewable fish resources, the Board of Fisheries directs the
				  commissioner, or his authorized designee, to take the following actions given
				  the specified circumstances. If illegal fishing activities develop to the point
				  that regulations pertaining to protection of fish stocks become ineffective,
				  the commissioner shall consider closing the affected fishery by emergency order
				  for a period of up to one week. When the fishery reopens and illegal fishing
				  continues to be a problem, the appropriate fishery may be closed for an
				  additional period of time. Continued violations may result in additional
				  closures of the fishery.
At its February 23 - 27, 1993 meeting, the Board of
						Fisheries readopted
						5 AAC 01.040 in its entirety without change, under ch.
						1, SSSLA 1992 (the 1992 subsistence law), which repealed and reenacted
						AS
						16.05.258.
Authority:
AS
						16.05.060
AS 16.05.251
AS
						16.05.258
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 5 - Fish and Game › Part 1 - Commercial and Subsistence Fishing and Private Nonprofit Salmon Hatcheries › Chapter 01 - Subsistence Finfish Fishery › Article 2 - Arctic-Kotzebue Area › 5 AAC 01.100 - Description of the Arctic-Kotzebue Area

Current through May 31, 2024
The Arctic-Kotzebue Area includes all waters of Alaska
					 north of the latitude of the westernmost tip of Cape Prince of Wales and west
					 of 141º W. long., including those waters draining into the Chukchi Sea and
					 the Arctic Ocean.
At its February 23 - 27, 1993 meeting, the Board of
						Fisheries readopted
						5 AAC 01.100 in its entirety without change, under ch.
						1, SSSLA 1992 (the 1992 subsistence law), which repealed and reenacted
						AS
						16.05.258.
Authority:
AS
						16.05.251
AS
						16.05.258
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 5 - Fish and Game › Part 1 - Commercial and Subsistence Fishing and Private Nonprofit Salmon Hatcheries › Chapter 01 - Subsistence Finfish Fishery › Article 2 - Arctic-Kotzebue Area › 5 AAC 01.105 - Description of districts and subdistricts

Current through May 31, 2024
Districts and subdistricts are as described in
					 5 AAC 03.200.
At its February 23 - 27, 1993 meeting, the Board of
						Fisheries readopted
						5 AAC 01.105 in its entirety without change, under ch.
						1, SSSLA 1992 (the 1992 subsistence law), which repealed and reenacted
						AS
						16.05.258.
Authority:
AS
						16.05.251
AS
						16.05.258
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 5 - Fish and Game › Part 1 - Commercial and Subsistence Fishing and Private Nonprofit Salmon Hatcheries › Chapter 01 - Subsistence Finfish Fishery › Article 2 - Arctic-Kotzebue Area › 5 AAC 01.110 - Fishing seasons and weekly fishing periods

Current through May 31, 2024
In the Arctic-Kotzebue Area, fish may be taken at any time
					 except that, during the weekly fishing closures of the commercial salmon
					 fishing season in the Kotzebue District, commercial fishermen may not fish for
					 subsistence purposes.
At its February 23 - 27, 1993 meeting, the Board of
						Fisheries readopted
						5 AAC 01.110 in its entirety without change, under ch.
						1, SSSLA 1992 (the 1992 subsistence law), which repealed and reenacted
						AS
						16.05.258.
Authority:
AS
						16.05.251
AS
						16.05.258
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 5 - Fish and Game › Part 1 - Commercial and Subsistence Fishing and Private Nonprofit Salmon Hatcheries › Chapter 01 - Subsistence Finfish Fishery › Article 2 - Arctic-Kotzebue Area › 5 AAC 01.120 - Lawful gear and gear specifications

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) Salmon may be
				  taken only by gillnets, beach seines, or, as specified in (f) of this section,
				  by a hook and line attached to a rod or pole.
(b) Fish other than salmon may be taken by
				  set gillnet, drift gillnet, beach seine, fish wheel, pot, longline, fyke net,
				  dip net, jigging gear, spear, and lead, or, as specified in (f) of this
				  section, by a hook and line attached to a rod or a pole.
(c) A gillnet may not obstruct more than
				  one-half the width of any fish stream and any channel or side channel of a fish
				  stream. A stationary fishing device may not obstruct more than one-half the
				  width of any salmon stream and any channel or side channel of a salmon
				  stream.
(d) In the Kotzebue
				  District, kegs or buoys attached to subsistence gillnets may be any color
				  except red.
(e) In the Kotzebue
				  District, gillnets used to take sheefish may not be more than 50 fathoms in
				  aggregate length nor 12 meshes in depth, nor have a mesh size larger than seven
				  inches.
(f) A person may use a hook
				  and line attached to a rod or a pole when subsistence fishing only
(1) in the state waters of, and all flowing
				  waters that drain into, the Chukchi Sea or Kotzebue Sound from Point Hope to
				  Cape Prince of Wales; or
(2)
				  through the ice.
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 5 - Fish and Game › Part 1 - Commercial and Subsistence Fishing and Private Nonprofit Salmon Hatcheries › Chapter 01 - Subsistence Finfish Fishery › Article 2 - Arctic-Kotzebue Area › 5 AAC 01.121 - Identification of gear

Current through May 31, 2024
In addition to the requirements of
					 5 AAC 01.010(h),
(1) each fish wheel must have the first
				  initial, last name and address of the operator plainly and legibly inscribed on
				  the side of the fish wheel facing midstream of the river;
(2) for all gillnets and unattended gear that
				  are fished under the ice, the first initial, last name and address of the
				  operator must be plainly and legibly inscribed on a stake inserted in the ice
				  and attached to the gear.
At its February 23 - 27, 1993 meeting, the Board of
						Fisheries readopted
						5 AAC 01.121 in its entirety without change, under ch.
						1, SSSLA 1992 (the 1992 subsistence law), which repealed and reenacted
						AS
						16.05.258.
Authority:
AS
						16.05.251
AS
						16.05.258
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 5 - Fish and Game › Part 1 - Commercial and Subsistence Fishing and Private Nonprofit Salmon Hatcheries › Chapter 01 - Subsistence Finfish Fishery › Article 2 - Arctic-Kotzebue Area › 5 AAC 01.122 - Limitations on subsistence fishing gear

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) Except when
				  fishing through the ice or when a subsistence fishing permit is required, for
				  subsistence fishing in the state waters of, and all flowing waters that drain
				  into, the Chukchi Sea or Kotzebue Sound from Point Hope to Cape Prince of Wales
				  with a hook and line attached to a rod or a pole, the following provisions
				  apply:
(1) the methods and means specified in
				  5 AAC 70.011 and
				  5 AAC 70.030;
(2) the bag and possession limits, by
				  species, specified in
				  5 AAC 70.011.
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 5 - Fish and Game › Part 1 - Commercial and Subsistence Fishing and Private Nonprofit Salmon Hatcheries › Chapter 01 - Subsistence Finfish Fishery › Article 2 - Arctic-Kotzebue Area › 5 AAC 01.125 - Waters closed to subsistence fishing

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) Repealed
				  4/2/88.
(b) Repealed
				  7/5/2000.
At its February 23 - 27, 1993 meeting, the Board of
						Fisheries readopted
						5 AAC 01.125 in its entirety without change, under ch.
						1, SSSLA 1992 (the 1992 subsistence law), which repealed and reenacted
						AS
						16.05.258.
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 5 - Fish and Game › Part 1 - Commercial and Subsistence Fishing and Private Nonprofit Salmon Hatcheries › Chapter 01 - Subsistence Finfish Fishery › Article 2 - Arctic-Kotzebue Area › 5 AAC 01.130 - Subsistence fishing permits

Current through May 31, 2024
Fish may be taken for subsistence purposes without a
					 subsistence fishing permit.
At its February 23 - 27, 1993 meeting, the Board of
						Fisheries readopted
						5 AAC 01.130 in its entirety without change, under ch.
						1, SSSLA 1992 (the 1992 subsistence law), which repealed and reenacted
						AS
						16.05.258.
Authority:
AS
						16.05.251
AS
						16.05.258
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 5 - Fish and Game › Part 1 - Commercial and Subsistence Fishing and Private Nonprofit Salmon Hatcheries › Chapter 01 - Subsistence Finfish Fishery › Article 2 - Arctic-Kotzebue Area › 5 AAC 01.135 - Limitations on participation in subsistence finfish fisheries (Repealed)

Current through May 31, 2024
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 5 - Fish and Game › Part 1 - Commercial and Subsistence Fishing and Private Nonprofit Salmon Hatcheries › Chapter 01 - Subsistence Finfish Fishery › Article 2 - Arctic-Kotzebue Area › 5 AAC 01.136 - Customary and traditional subsistence uses of fish stocks

Current through May 31, 2024
The Alaska Board of Fisheries (board) finds that the
					 following fish stocks are customarily and traditionally taken or used for
					 subsistence:
(1) herring and herring
				  roe along the coast between Cape Prince of Wales and Point Hope; and
(2) salmon, sheefish, char, and all other
				  finfish in the salt waters and fresh waters of the Arctic-Kotzebue Area, except
				  as specified in (1) of this section in the Kotzebue District.
Authority:
AS
						16.05.251
AS
						16.05.258
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 5 - Fish and Game › Part 1 - Commercial and Subsistence Fishing and Private Nonprofit Salmon Hatcheries › Chapter 01 - Subsistence Finfish Fishery › Article 3 - Norton Sound-Port Clarence Area › 5 AAC 01.150 - Description of Norton Sound-Port Clarence Area

Current through May 31, 2024
The Norton Sound-Port Clarence Area includes all waters of
					 Alaska between the latitude of the westernmost tip of Cape Prince of Wales and
					 a line extending 315° northwest from Point Romanof at 63° 12.16' N.
					 lat., 162° 49.72' W. long. to anoint three nautical miles offshore at
					 63° 14.27' N. lat., 162° 54.40' W. long., including the waters of
					 Alaska surrounding St. Lawrence Island and those waters draining into the
					 Bering Sea.
At its February 23 - 27, 1993 meeting, the Board of
						Fisheries readopted
						5 AAC 01.150 in its entirety without change, under ch.
						1, SSSLA 1992 (the 1992 subsistence law), which repealed and reenacted
						AS
						16.05.258.
Authority:
AS
						16.05.251
AS
						16.05.258
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 5 - Fish and Game › Part 1 - Commercial and Subsistence Fishing and Private Nonprofit Salmon Hatcheries › Chapter 01 - Subsistence Finfish Fishery › Article 3 - Norton Sound-Port Clarence Area › 5 AAC 01.155 - Description of districts and subdistricts

Current through May 31, 2024
Districts and subdistricts are as described in
					 5 AAC 04.200.
At its February 23 - 27, 1993 meeting, the Board of
						Fisheries readopted
						5 AAC 01.155 in its entirety without change, under ch.
						1, SSSLA 1992 (the 1992 subsistence law), which repealed and reenacted
						AS
						16.05.258.
Authority:
AS
						16.05.251
AS
						16.05.258
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 5 - Fish and Game › Part 1 - Commercial and Subsistence Fishing and Private Nonprofit Salmon Hatcheries › Chapter 01 - Subsistence Finfish Fishery › Article 3 - Norton Sound-Port Clarence Area › 5 AAC 01.160 - Fishing seasons and periods

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) In the Port
				  Clarence District, fish may be taken at any time, except as specified by
				  emergency order.
(b) In the Norton
				  Sound District, fish may be taken at any time except as follows:
(1) in Subdistrict 1,
(A) in fresh water, from June 15 through
				  August 31, set gillnets may be used to take salmon only from 6:00 p.m.
				  Wednesday until 6:00 p.m. Monday;
(B) in marine waters, west of Cape Nome,
				  unless modified by emergency order to ensure reasonable opportunity for
				  subsistence uses of available surpluses of salmon, from June 15 through August
				  15, set gillnets may be used to take salmon from 6:00 p.m. Wednesday until 6:00
				  p.m. Monday;
(C) in this paragraph
				  "fresh water" includes
(i) all rivers and
				  streams separated from marine waters at the mouth of rivers and streams by a
				  line drawn between the seaward extremities of the exposed tideland banks at the
				  present stage of the tide;
(ii) the
				  waters of Safety Sound; and
(iii)
				  the waters of Bonanza Channel;
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 5 - Fish and Game › Part 1 - Commercial and Subsistence Fishing and Private Nonprofit Salmon Hatcheries › Chapter 01 - Subsistence Finfish Fishery › Article 3 - Norton Sound-Port Clarence Area › 5 AAC 01.170 - Lawful gear and gear specifications

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) Salmon may be
				  taken only by
(1) gillnet;
(2) beach seine;
(3) fish wheel;
(4) a hook and line attached to a rod or
				  pole, as specified in (h) of this section;
(5) dip net and cast net; during times when
				  the commissioner determines that it is necessary for the conservation of
				  specific salmon species, the commissioner may, by emergency order, close the
				  season and immediately reopen the season during which specific salmon species
				  caught with a dip net and cast net must be returned immediately to the water
				  alive.
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 5 - Fish and Game › Part 1 - Commercial and Subsistence Fishing and Private Nonprofit Salmon Hatcheries › Chapter 01 - Subsistence Finfish Fishery › Article 3 - Norton Sound-Port Clarence Area › 5 AAC 01.171 - Identification of gear

Current through May 31, 2024
In addition to the requirements of
					 5 AAC 01.010(h),
(1) each fish wheel must have the first
				  initial, last name and address of the operator plainly and legibly inscribed on
				  the side of the fish wheel facing midstream of the river;
(2) for all gillnets and unattended gear that
				  are fished under the ice, the first initial, last name and address of the
				  operator must be plainly and legibly inscribed on a stake inserted in the ice
				  and attached to the gear.
At its February 23 - 27, 1993 meeting, the Board of
						Fisheries readopted
						5 AAC 01.171 in its entirety without change, under ch.
						1, SSSLA 1992 (the 1992 subsistence law), which repealed and reenacted
						AS
						16.05.258.
Authority:
AS
						16.05.251
AS
						16.05.258
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 5 - Fish and Game › Part 1 - Commercial and Subsistence Fishing and Private Nonprofit Salmon Hatcheries › Chapter 01 - Subsistence Finfish Fishery › Article 3 - Norton Sound-Port Clarence Area › 5 AAC 01.172 - Limitations on subsistence fishing gear

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) Except when
				  fishing through the ice, for subsistence fishing in state waters of, and all
				  flowing waters that drain into, northern Norton Sound from Cape Prince of Wales
				  to Bald Point (between Elim and Koyuk) with a hook and line attached to a rod
				  or a pole, the following provisions apply:
(1) the methods and means specified in
				  5 AAC 70.011,
				  5 AAC 70.030, and
				  5 AAC 75.022; and
(2) the bag and possession limits, by
				  species, specified in
				  5 AAC 70.011.
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 5 - Fish and Game › Part 1 - Commercial and Subsistence Fishing and Private Nonprofit Salmon Hatcheries › Chapter 01 - Subsistence Finfish Fishery › Article 3 - Norton Sound-Port Clarence Area › 5 AAC 01.175 - Waters closed to subsistence fishing

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) In the Norton
				  Sound District, fish may not be taken for subsistence purposes seaward of the
				  mouth of the Unalakleet River in an area between ADF&G regulatory markers
				  located on each side of the river to an outer line established by ADF&G
				  regulatory markers and buoys.
(b)
				  In the Port Clarence District, Salmon Lake and its tributaries and waters
				  within 300 feet of ADF&G regulatory markers located at the outlet of Salmon
				  Lake, are closed to subsistence fishing for salmon unless otherwise opened by
				  emergency order. Salmon Lake is closed to salmon fishing southwest of the
				  ADF&G regulatory markers at Fox Creek Point to Jasper Creek
				  Point.
(c) The following waters are
				  closed to subsistence fishing for salmon, except when fishing with a hook and
				  line attached to a rod or pole:
(1) the Nome
				  River from its terminus upstream for a distance of 200 yards and upstream from
				  an ADF&G regulatory marker located near the VOR site approximately two
				  miles upstream from the mouth of the Nome River;
(2) the Sinuk River upstream from an
				  ADF&G regulatory marker located at the confluence of Boulder
				  Creek;
(3) the Solomon River
				  upstream from an ADF&G regulatory marker placed near the village of
				  Solomon;
(4) the Snake River
				  upstream from an ADF&G regulatory marker located at the confluence of
				  Sunset Creek;
(5) the Flambeau
				  River upstream from an ADF&G regulatory marker located at the confluence of
				  Discovery Creek;
(6) the Eldorado
				  River upstream from an ADF&G regulatory marker located approximately six
				  miles upstream of the confluence of the Flambeau River;
(7) the Bonanza River upstream of an
				  ADF&G regulatory marker located at the confluence of Ohio Creek;
(8) the Penny River is closed to subsistence
				  fishing for
(A) pink, coho, sockeye, and king
				  salmon upstream of an ADF&G regulatory marker located approximately 100
				  yards upstream from its mouth;
(B)
				  chum salmon;
(9) the
				  Cripple River is closed to subsistence fishing for
(A) pink, coho, sockeye, and king salmon
				  upstream of an ADF&G regulatory marker located approximately 200 yards
				  upstream from its mouth;
(B) chum
				  salmon.
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 5 - Fish and Game › Part 1 - Commercial and Subsistence Fishing and Private Nonprofit Salmon Hatcheries › Chapter 01 - Subsistence Finfish Fishery › Article 3 - Norton Sound-Port Clarence Area › 5 AAC 01.180 - Subsistence fishing permits; annual limits for salmon

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) Except as
				  provided in this section, fish may be taken for subsistence purposes without a
				  subsistence fishing permit.
(b) A
				  subsistence salmon fishing permit is required as follows:
(1) in all waters of the Port Clarence
				  District;
(2) in the Norton Sound
				  District, in all waters from Cape Douglas to Bald Point;
(3) in all waters of the Norton Sound-Port
				  Clarence Area when subsistence fishing with a hook and line attached to a rod
				  or pole.
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 5 - Fish and Game › Part 1 - Commercial and Subsistence Fishing and Private Nonprofit Salmon Hatcheries › Chapter 01 - Subsistence Finfish Fishery › Article 3 - Norton Sound-Port Clarence Area › 5 AAC 01.182 - Tier II subsistence chum salmon fishery

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) If the
				  harvestable surplus of chum salmon is insufficient to provide a reasonable
				  opportunity for subsistence uses for chum salmon in Subdistrict 1 of the Norton
				  Sound District, the Board of Fisheries (board) has eliminated nonsubsistence
				  consumptive uses, and further restrictions are necessary to assure that the
				  chum salmon stock is maintained and managed on a sustained yield basis, or to
				  assure the continuation of subsistence uses, a subsistence chum salmon fishery
				  by Tier II permit only will occur with Tier II permits allocated as described
				  in this section and
				  5 AAC 01.184, based on the following criteria:
(1) the customary and direct dependence on
				  chum salmon in Subdistrict 1 by the subsistence user for human consumption as a
				  mainstay of livelihood;
(2) the
				  ability of the subsistence user to obtain food if subsistence use is restricted
				  or eliminated.
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 5 - Fish and Game › Part 1 - Commercial and Subsistence Fishing and Private Nonprofit Salmon Hatcheries › Chapter 01 - Subsistence Finfish Fishery › Article 3 - Norton Sound-Port Clarence Area › 5 AAC 01.184 - Tier II subsistence chum salmon fishing permits for Subdistrict 1 of the Norton Sound District

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) Qualifications for a Tier II subsistence
				  chum salmon fishing permit for Subdistrict 1 of the Norton Sound District shall
				  be based on a point system with a maximum score totaling 85 points, using the
				  following criteria:
(1) an applicant's
				  customary and direct dependence on the chum salmon stock for human consumption
				  as a mainstay of livelihood may provide up to 75 points; one point will be
				  given for each year above the age of five years, in which any one member of the
				  applicant's household has fished for chum salmon in Subdistrict 1, or processed
				  chum salmon taken in Subdistrict 1, plus the number of years in which that
				  member of the household would have fished for chum salmon or processed chum
				  salmon, but did not because fishing for chum salmon was closed due to a low
				  number of returning stock, or the department did not issue a permit to fish to
				  that member of the household for which the member applied;
(2) an applicant's direct dependence on
				  subsistence chum salmon fishing and ability to obtain food if subsistence uses
				  of Subdistrict 1 chum salmon are restricted or eliminated, based on the
				  relative availability of alternative sources of the chum salmon to the
				  applicant's household may provide up to 10 points; the point system is measured
				  by the formula of 10(W), in which W is the percent of chum salmon that the
				  applicant's household has taken in Subdistrict 1 over the four years
				  immediately preceding the date of application.
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 5 - Fish and Game › Part 1 - Commercial and Subsistence Fishing and Private Nonprofit Salmon Hatcheries › Chapter 01 - Subsistence Finfish Fishery › Article 3 - Norton Sound-Port Clarence Area › 5 AAC 01.185 - Limits on participation in subsistence finfish fisheries (Repealed)

Current through May 31, 2024
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 5 - Fish and Game › Part 1 - Commercial and Subsistence Fishing and Private Nonprofit Salmon Hatcheries › Chapter 01 - Subsistence Finfish Fishery › Article 3 - Norton Sound-Port Clarence Area › 5 AAC 01.186 - Customary and traditional subsistence uses of fish stocks and amounts necessary for subsistence uses

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) The Alaska Board of Fisheries (board)
				  finds that the following fish stocks are customarily and traditionally taken or
				  used for subsistence:
(1) herring and herring
				  roe along the coast between Point Romanof and Cape Prince of Wales and along
				  the coast of Saint Lawrence Island;
(2) salmon, and all finfish other than
				  salmon, except as specified in (1) and (3) of this subsection, in the Norton
				  Sound-Port Clarence Area; and
(3)
				  chum salmon in Subdistrict 1 of the Norton Sound District.
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 5 - Fish and Game › Part 1 - Commercial and Subsistence Fishing and Private Nonprofit Salmon Hatcheries › Chapter 01 - Subsistence Finfish Fishery › Article 3 - Norton Sound-Port Clarence Area › 5 AAC 01.188 - Customary trade of subsistence-taken finfish

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) In the Norton
				  Sound-Port Clarence Area, the customary trade of subsistence-taken finfish is
				  permitted as specified in this section. A person who conducts a customary trade
				  in subsistence-taken finfish under this section must
(1) obtain a customary trade record keeping
				  form from the department before the person conducts the customary trade, and
				  accurately record the cash sale on the form within the 24 hours after the sale
				  occurs; the form requires the reporting of
(A) the date of each sale;
(B) the buyer's name and address;
(C) the species and amount of finfish
				  sold;
(D) the location where the
				  finfish were harvested;
(E) the
				  dollar amount of each sale;
(F) the
				  form of processing used; and
(G)
				  any other information the department requires for management or enforcement
				  purposes;
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 5 - Fish and Game › Part 1 - Commercial and Subsistence Fishing and Private Nonprofit Salmon Hatcheries › Chapter 01 - Subsistence Finfish Fishery › Article 3 - Norton Sound-Port Clarence Area › 5 AAC 01.190

Current through May 31, 2024
Authority:
AS 16.05.060
AS 16.05.251
AS 16.05.258
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 5 - Fish and Game › Part 1 - Commercial and Subsistence Fishing and Private Nonprofit Salmon Hatcheries › Chapter 01 - Subsistence Finfish Fishery › Article 4 - Yukon Area › 5 AAC 01.200 - Description of Yukon Area

Current through May 31, 2024
The Yukon Area includes all waters of Alaska between a line
					 extending 315° northwest from Point Romanof at 63° 12.16' N. lat.,
					 162° 49. 72' W. long. to a point three nautical miles offshore at 63°
					 14.27' N. lat., 162° 54.40' W. long. and the latitude of the westernmost
					 point of the Naskonat Peninsula, including those waters draining into the
					 Bering Sea.
At its February 23 - 27, 1993 meeting, the Board of
						Fisheries readopted
						5 AAC 01.200 in its entirety without change, under ch.
						1, SSSLA 1992 (the 1992 subsistence law), which repealed and reenacted
						AS
						16.05.258.
Authority:
AS
						16.05.251
AS
						16.05.258
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 5 - Fish and Game › Part 1 - Commercial and Subsistence Fishing and Private Nonprofit Salmon Hatcheries › Chapter 01 - Subsistence Finfish Fishery › Article 4 - Yukon Area › 5 AAC 01.205 - Description of districts and subdistricts

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) Districts and
				  subdistricts are as described in
				  5 AAC 05.200.
(b) Old Minto Area consists of that portion
				  of Subdistrict 6-B from the downstream end of upper Tolovana Island, located
				  approximately two miles upstream of the Tolovana River, to three miles upstream
				  of the mouth of the Totchaket Slough.
At its February 23 - 27, 1993 meeting, the Board of
						Fisheries readopted
						5 AAC 01.205 in its entirety without change, under ch.
						1, SSSLA 1992 (the 1992 subsistence law), which repealed and reenacted
						AS
						16.05.258.
Authority:
AS
						16.05.251
AS
						16.05.258
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 5 - Fish and Game › Part 1 - Commercial and Subsistence Fishing and Private Nonprofit Salmon Hatcheries › Chapter 01 - Subsistence Finfish Fishery › Article 4 - Yukon Area › 5 AAC 01.210 - Fishing seasons and periods

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) Unless
				  restricted in this section, or in
				  5 AAC 01.220 -
				  5 AAC 01.249, salmon may be taken in the Yukon Area at
				  any time.
(b) When there are no
				  commercial salmon fishing periods, the subsistence fishery in the Yukon River
				  drainage will be based on a schedule implemented chronologically, consistent
				  with migratory timing as the salmon run progresses upstream. The commissioner
				  may alter fishing periods by emergency order, if the commissioner determines
				  that preseason or in season run indicators indicate it is necessary for
				  conservation purposes. The fishing periods for subsistence salmon fishing in
				  the Yukon River drainage will be established by emergency order as follows:
(1) Coastal District, Koyukuk River,
				  Kantishna River, and Subdistrict 5-D: seven days per week;
(2) Districts 1 - 3: two 36-hour fishing
				  periods per week;
(3) District 4,
				  and Subdistricts 5-A, 5-B, and 5-C: two 48-hour fishing periods per week,
				  except that in Subdistricts 5-A, 5-B, and 5-C when the department's in season
				  projection of the fall chum salmon run is greater than or equal to 700,000 fish
				  based on the summer to fall chum salmon historic relationship, the fishing
				  schedule will be seven days per week coinciding with the migratory timing of
				  the fall chum salmon run;
(4)
				  District 6: two 42-hour fishing periods per week; and
(5) Old Minto Area: five days per
				  week.
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 5 - Fish and Game › Part 1 - Commercial and Subsistence Fishing and Private Nonprofit Salmon Hatcheries › Chapter 01 - Subsistence Finfish Fishery › Article 4 - Yukon Area › 5 AAC 01.221 - Identification of gear

Current through May 31, 2024
In addition to the requirements of
					 5 AAC 01.010(h),
(1) each fish wheel must have the first
				  initial, last name and address of the operator plainly and legibly inscribed on
				  the side of the fish wheel facing midstream of the river;
(2) for all gillnets and unattended gear that
				  are fished under the ice, the first initial, last name and address of the
				  operator must be plainly and legibly inscribed on a stake inserted in the ice
				  and attached to the gear.
At its February 23 - 27, 1993 meeting, the Board of
						Fisheries readopted
						5 AAC 01.221 in its entirety without change, under ch.
						1, SSSLA 1992 (the 1992 subsistence law), which repealed and reenacted
						AS
						16.05.258.
Authority:
AS
						16.05.251
AS
						16.05.258
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 5 - Fish and Game › Part 1 - Commercial and Subsistence Fishing and Private Nonprofit Salmon Hatcheries › Chapter 01 - Subsistence Finfish Fishery › Article 4 - Yukon Area › 5 AAC 01.225 - Waters closed to subsistence fishing

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) Repealed
				  6/17/2001.
(b) The following
				  drainages located north of the mainstem Yukon River are closed to subsistence
				  fishing:
(1) Kanuti River drainage upstream
				  from a point five miles downstream of the state highway crossing;
(2) Fish Creek drainage upstream from the
				  mouth of Bonanza Creek;
(3) Bonanza
				  Creek drainage;
(4) Jim River
				  drainage, including Prospect Creek and Douglas Creek drainages;
(5) repealed 5/19/2004;
(6) repealed 5/19/2004;
(7) North Fork of the Chandalar River system
				  upstream from the mouth of Quartz Creek.
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 5 - Fish and Game › Part 1 - Commercial and Subsistence Fishing and Private Nonprofit Salmon Hatcheries › Chapter 01 - Subsistence Finfish Fishery › Article 4 - Yukon Area › 5 AAC 01.230 - Subsistence fishing permits

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) Except as
				  provided in this section and
				  5 AAC 01.249, fish may be taken for subsistence purposes
				  without a subsistence fishing permit.
(b) A subsistence fishing permit is required
				  as follows:
(1) for the Yukon River drainage
				  upstream from the westernmost tip of Garnet Island to the mouth of the Dall
				  River;
(2) repealed
				  4/13/80;
(3) for the Yukon River
				  drainage from the upstream mouth of Twenty-two Mile Slough to the United
				  States-Canada border;
(4) repealed
				  4/13/80;
(5) for the Tanana River
				  drainage above the mouth of the Wood River;
(6) repealed 5/19/2010;
(7) for the taking of pike in waters of the
				  Tolovana River drainage upstream of its confluence with the Tanana
				  River;
(8) for the taking of salmon
				  in Subdistricts 6-A and 6-B;
(9)
				  for the South Fork of the Koyukuk River drainage upstream from the mouth of the
				  Jim River and the Middle Fork of the Koyukuk River drainage upstream from the
				  mouth of the North Fork.
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 5 - Fish and Game › Part 1 - Commercial and Subsistence Fishing and Private Nonprofit Salmon Hatcheries › Chapter 01 - Subsistence Finfish Fishery › Article 4 - Yukon Area › 5 AAC 01.234 - Limitations on subsistence fishing with a hook and line gear

Current through May 31, 2024
During times when the commissioner determines it to be
					 necessary for the conservation of salmon, the commissioner may, by emergency
					 order, close the fishing season for salmon, and immediately reopen the season
					 during which restrictions apply to the waters, seasons, bag, possession, and
					 size limits, and method and means for subsistence fishing for salmon with a
					 hook and line attached to a rod or pole. The provisions of this section do not
					 apply to fishing through the ice.
Authority:
AS
						16.05.060
AS 16.05.251
AS
						16.05.258
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 5 - Fish and Game › Part 1 - Commercial and Subsistence Fishing and Private Nonprofit Salmon Hatcheries › Chapter 01 - Subsistence Finfish Fishery › Article 4 - Yukon Area › 5 AAC 01.236 - Customary and traditional subsistence uses of fish stocks and amounts necessary for subsistence uses

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) The Alaska Board of Fisheries (board)
				  finds that the following fish stocks are customarily and traditionally taken or
				  used for subsistence:
(1) king, summer chum,
				  fall chum, coho, and pink salmon in the Yukon Area;
(2) freshwater fish species, including
				  sheefish, whitefish, lamprey, burbot, sucker, grayling, pike, and
				  char;
(3) herring and herring roe,
				  within 20 miles of the coast between the terminus of the Black River and the
				  westernmost point of the Naskonat Peninsula; and
(4) all finfish other than salmon and
				  herring, in the salt waters of the Yukon Area.
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 5 - Fish and Game › Part 1 - Commercial and Subsistence Fishing and Private Nonprofit Salmon Hatcheries › Chapter 01 - Subsistence Finfish Fishery › Article 4 - Yukon Area › 5 AAC 01.240 - Marking and use of subsistence-taken salmon

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) Repealed
				  8/14/87.
(b) Repealed
				  6/10/98.
(c)In Districts 1 - 3,
				  during seasons when the department may allow the sale of king salmon, the
				  department shall, by emergency order, close the season and immediately reopen a
				  season during which a person may not possess king salmon taken for subsistence
				  uses unless both tips (lobes) of the tail fin have been removed before the
				  person conceals the salmon from plain view or transfers the salmon from the
				  fishing site. A person may not sell or purchase salmon from which both tips
				  (lobes) of the tail fin have been removed.
(d) In the Yukon River drainage, king salmon
				  must be used primarily for human consumption and may not be targeted for dog
				  food. Dried king salmon may not be used for dog food throughout the Yukon River
				  drainage, except that whole fish that are unfit for human consumption, scraps,
				  and fish under 16 inches in length may be fed to dogs. Whole king salmon caught
				  incidentally during a subsistence chum salmon fishery in the following time
				  periods and locations may also be fed to dogs:
(1) after July 10, in the Koyukuk River
				  drainage;
(2) after July 20, in
				  District 6 and the Tanana River drainage;
(3) after August 10, in Subdistrict 5-D,
				  upstream of Circle City.
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 5 - Fish and Game › Part 1 - Commercial and Subsistence Fishing and Private Nonprofit Salmon Hatcheries › Chapter 01 - Subsistence Finfish Fishery › Article 4 - Yukon Area › 5 AAC 01.244 - Minto Flats Northern Pike Management Plan

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) Northern pike
				  stocks in the lakes and flowing waters of the Minto Flats support both
				  subsistence and sport fisheries. The purpose of this management plan is to
				  provide the department with guidance to achieve the goals of managing these
				  stocks consistent with sustained yield principles, providing a reasonable
				  opportunity for the priority subsistence fishery, and providing a sport fishing
				  opportunity. The Minto Flats northern pike management plan for the sport
				  fishery is set out in
				  5 AAC 74.044.
(b) The department shall manage the Minto
				  Flats northern pike subsistence fishery as follows:
(1) the maximum exploitation rate of northern
				  pike in the lakes and flowing waters of the Minto Flats by all users may not
				  exceed 20 percent annually;
(2) the
				  following provisions apply to the harvest of northern pike in the Minto Flats
				  area subsistence fishery:
(A) the open
				  fishing season is from January 1 through December 31;
(B) there is no daily or annual bag limit,
				  except that in the area described in (G) of this paragraph, the daily harvest
				  limit per permit is 10 fish only two of which may be 30 inches or greater in
				  length, and the possession limit per permit is 20 fish only four of which may
				  be 30 inches or greater in length;
(C) a household subsistence harvest permit
				  must be obtained before participating in the subsistence fishery and the permit
				  must be in possession when participating in the fishery;
(D) gillnets may be used only from April 15
				  through October 14;
(E) a hook and
				  line attached to a rod or pole may be used only when fishing through the
				  ice;
(F) in the Chatanika River
				  drainage, from the confluence of the Chatanika River and Goldstream Creek to an
				  ADF& G regulatory marker approximately one river mile upstream of the
				  confluence, subsistence fishing through the ice is closed;
(G) in the Chatanika River drainage, from an
				  ADF& G regulatory marker approximately one river mile upstream of the
				  confluence of the Chatanika River and Goldstream Creek to an ADF& G
				  regulatory marker at the boundary of the Fairbanks Nonsubsistence Area
				  (approximately one mile downstream from Murphy Dome Road):
(i) only single hooks may be used;
				  and
(ii) if the subsistence harvest
				  reports indicate that 1,500 or more northern pike have been harvested during
				  the period from January 1 until these waters are free of ice, the commissioner
				  shall close, by emergency order, these waters to fishing for northern pike
				  through the ice.
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 5 - Fish and Game › Part 1 - Commercial and Subsistence Fishing and Private Nonprofit Salmon Hatcheries › Chapter 01 - Subsistence Finfish Fishery › Article 4 - Yukon Area › 5 AAC 01.245 - Restrictions on commercial fishermen

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) Repealed
				  6/10/98.
(b) Repealed
				  6/17/2001.
At its February 23 - 27, 1993 meeting, the Board of
						Fisheries readopted
						5 AAC 01.245 in its entirety without change, under ch.
						1, SSSLA 1992 (the 1992 subsistence law), which repealed and reenacted
						AS
						16.05.258.
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 5 - Fish and Game › Part 1 - Commercial and Subsistence Fishing and Private Nonprofit Salmon Hatcheries › Chapter 01 - Subsistence Finfish Fishery › Article 4 - Yukon Area › 5 AAC 01.246 - Tanana River Subdistrict 6-C Subsistence Salmon Management Plan (Repealed)

Current through May 31, 2024
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 5 - Fish and Game › Part 1 - Commercial and Subsistence Fishing and Private Nonprofit Salmon Hatcheries › Chapter 01 - Subsistence Finfish Fishery › Article 4 - Yukon Area › 5 AAC 01.247 - Tanana River Subdistrict 6-C Subsistence Salmon Management Plan (Repealed)

Current through May 31, 2024
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 5 - Fish and Game › Part 1 - Commercial and Subsistence Fishing and Private Nonprofit Salmon Hatcheries › Chapter 01 - Subsistence Finfish Fishery › Article 4 - Yukon Area › 5 AAC 01.248 - The Toklat River Fall Chum Salmon Rebuilding Management Plan (Repealed)

Current through May 31, 2024
As of Register 170, July 2004, portions of the substance
						of former 5 AAC 01.248 appear in
						5 AAC 01.249.
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 5 - Fish and Game › Part 1 - Commercial and Subsistence Fishing and Private Nonprofit Salmon Hatcheries › Chapter 01 - Subsistence Finfish Fishery › Article 4 - Yukon Area › 5 AAC 01.249 - Yukon River Drainage Fall Chum Salmon Management Plan

Current through May 31, 2024
The objective of this management plan is to ensure adequate
					 escapement of fall chum salmon into the Yukon River drainage and to provide
					 management guidelines to the department. The department shall implement this
					 plan from July 16 through December 31 each year, as follows:
(1) the department shall use the best
				  available data, including preseason projections, mainstem river sonar passage
				  estimates, test fisheries indices, subsistence and commercial fishing reports,
				  and fish passage estimates from escapement monitoring projects to assess the
				  run size of chum salmon;
(2) when
				  the projected run size is 300,000 chum salmon or less, the commissioner shall
				  close, by emergency order, the
(A)
				  commercial, sport, and personal use directed chum salmon fisheries;
				  and
(B) subsistence directed chum
				  salmon fisheries, except that if indicators suggest that an individual
				  escapement goal in a subdistrict, district, or a portion of a subdistrict or
				  district will be achieved, the commissioner may, by emergency order, open a
				  subsistence directed chum salmon fishery in that subdistrict, district or
				  portion of that subdistrict or district;
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 5 - Fish and Game › Part 1 - Commercial and Subsistence Fishing and Private Nonprofit Salmon Hatcheries › Chapter 01 - Subsistence Finfish Fishery › Article 5 - Kuskokwim Area › 5 AAC 01.250 - Description of the Kuskokwim Area

Current through May 31, 2024
The Kuskokwim Area consists of all waters of Alaska between
					 the latitude of the westernmost point of the Naskonat Peninsula and the
					 latitude of the southernmost tip of Cape Newenham, including the waters of
					 Alaska surrounding Nunivak and St. Matthew Islands and those waters draining
					 into the Bering Sea.
At its February 23 - 27, 1993 meeting, the Board of
						Fisheries readopted
						5 AAC 01.250 in its entirety without change, under ch.
						1, SSSLA 1992 (the 1992 subsistence law), which repealed and reenacted
						AS
						16.05.258.
Authority:
AS
						16.05.251
AS
						16.05.258
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 5 - Fish and Game › Part 1 - Commercial and Subsistence Fishing and Private Nonprofit Salmon Hatcheries › Chapter 01 - Subsistence Finfish Fishery › Article 5 - Kuskokwim Area › 5 AAC 01.255 - Description of districts, subdistricts, and sections

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) Districts and
				  subdistricts are as described in
				  5 AAC 07.200.
(b) During times of king salmon conservation,
				  the Kuskokwim River may be divided into the following sections by emergency
				  order:
(1) Section 1: from a line at the
				  Yukon Delta National Wildlife Refuge boundary at the mouth of the Kuskokwim
				  River at 59° 59.96' N. lat., 162° 30.46' W. long. to 59° 59.95' N.
				  lat., 162° 11.15' W. long. to the confluence of the Johnson River and
				  Kuskokwim River;
(2) Section 2:
				  from the confluence of the Johnson River and Kuskokwim River to a line between
				  ADF&G regulatory markers located approximately one-half mile upstream of
				  the Tuluksak River mouth;
(3)
				  Section 3: from a line between ADF&G regulatory markers located
				  approximately one-half mile upstream of the Tuluksak River mouth to a line
				  between ADF&G regulatory markers at the Yukon Delta National Wildlife
				  Refuge boundary near Aniak;
(4)
				  Section 4: from a line between ADF&G regulatory markers at the Yukon Delta
				  National Wildlife Refuge boundary near Aniak to a line between ADF&G
				  regulatory markers located downstream of the Holitna River mouth;
(5) Section 5: from a line between ADF&G
				  regulatory markers located downstream of the Holitna River mouth to the
				  headwaters of the Kuskokwim River.
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 5 - Fish and Game › Part 1 - Commercial and Subsistence Fishing and Private Nonprofit Salmon Hatcheries › Chapter 01 - Subsistence Finfish Fishery › Article 5 - Kuskokwim Area › 5 AAC 01.260 - Fishing seasons and periods

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) Unless
				  otherwise specified in this section,
				  5 AAC 01.275, or
				  5 AAC 07.365, finfish, except rainbow trout, may be
				  taken in the Kuskokwim Area at any time. Rainbow trout taken incidentally in
				  other subsistence finfish net fisheries and through the ice are legally taken
				  and may be retained for subsistence purposes.
(b) In the waters of Districts 1 and 2 and
				  those waters of the Kuskokwim River between Districts 1 and 2, salmon may be
				  taken at any time, except that the commissioner may, by emergency order, close
				  the subsistence fishing periods in the waters of Districts 1 and 2 and those
				  waters of the Kuskokwim River between District 1 and 2 and reopen those waters
				  to commercial fishing. In Subdistricts 1-A and 1-B, the commissioner may, by
				  emergency order, reopen fishing periods where subsistence fishing will be
				  allowed in portions of waters adjacent to the waters of Subdistricts 1-A or 1-B
				  open to commercial fishing under this subsection.
(c) In Districts 4 and 5, salmon may be taken
				  at any time, except that in District 4, subsistence fishing for salmon shall
				  close on Sundays between June 1 and July 15 and the commissioner may, by
				  emergency order, close the subsistence fishing periods in the waters of
				  Districts 4 or 5 and reopen those waters to commercial fishing.
Authority:
AS
						16.05.251
AS
						16.05.258