Alaska Administrative Code › Title 5 - Fish and Game › Part 5 - Protection of Fish and Game Habitat › Chapter 95 - Fish and Game Habitat › Article 1 - Fish Habitat › 5 AAC 95.011 - Waters important to anadromous fish

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) The
Atlas to the Catalog of Waters Important for Spawning, Rearing, or
				  Migration of Anadromous Fishes
, and the
Catalog of Waters
				  Important for Spawning, Rearing, or Migration of Anadromous Fishes
, as
				  revised as of March 2023, are adopted by reference. The six volume atlas is a
				  compilation of topographic maps upon which are specified, as provided in
				  AS
				  16.05.871(a), the various
				  rivers, lakes, or streams, or parts of them, that are important for the
				  spawning, rearing, or migration of anadromous fish. The catalog is a listing of
				  those water bodies. It sets out legal descriptions for the mouth and the known
				  upper range of the fish of each stream, river, or lake designated on the maps
				  in the atlas. The atlas and the catalog identify the water bodies for which a
				  person or agency must first notify the department, as required by
				  AS
				  16.05.871(b), before
				  undertaking to construct a hydraulic project, or to use, divert, obstruct,
				  pollute, or change the natural flow or bed of a specified river, lake, or
				  stream, or to use wheeled, tracked, or excavating equipment or log-dragging
				  equipment in the bed of a specified river, lake, or stream.
(b) Permit application procedures, catalog
				  and atlas updating procedures, definitions of terms, and other information or
				  requirements to implement, interpret, or make specific the provisions of
				  AS
				  16.05.871, included in the introduction
				  attached to the catalog and the atlas described in (a) of this section, are
				  also adopted by reference. The introduction also includes a user's guide to the
				  atlas and catalog, and limitations of the information in the atlas or the
				  catalog.
Copies of the Catalog of Waters Important for Spawning,
						Rearing, or Migration of Anadromous Fishes for a specified region may be
						obtained by writing to the Department of Fish and Game (ADF&G), Division of
						Sport Fish, 333 Raspberry Road, Anchorage, AK 99518-1599. Electronic copies may
						also be viewed through the ADF&G website at
http://www.adfg.alaska.gov/sf/SARR/AWC/index.cfm?/ADFG=data.AWCdata
Copies of the entire An Atlas to the Catalog of Waters
						Important for Spawning, Rearing or Migration of Anadromous Fishes are available
						for examination at the ADF&G offices in Anchorage and Fairbanks. Copies are
						also available for viewing at the Alaska State Library in Juneau and the ARLIS
						Library in Anchorage.
Copies of regional volumes of the atlas for the region of
						the state where they are located are available for examination at the ADF&G
						offices in Craig, Delta Junction, Homer, Juneau, Ketchikan, Nome, Soldotna, and
						Tok. An electronic equivalent may also be viewed through the ADF&G website
						at
http://www.adfg.alaska.gov/sf/SARR/AWC/index.cfm?ADFG=maps.maps
As of Register 166 (July 2003), and acting under
						AS
						44.62.125(b)(6), until
						Register 186 (July 2008), the regulations attorney relocated former
						5 AAC 95.010 to
						11 AAC 195.010, and made
						conforming technical changes, to reflect Executive Order 107 (2003). Executive
						Order 107 transferred functions related to protection of fish habitat in
						rivers, lakes, and streams from the Department of Fish and Game to the
						Department of Natural Resources.
As of Register 186 (July 2008), and acting under
						AS
						44.62.125(b)(6), the
						regulations attorney relocated former
						11 AAC 195.010 to
						5 AAC 95.011, and made conforming technical changes, to
						reflect Executive Order 114 (2008). Executive Order 114 transferred functions
						related to protection of fish habitat in rivers, lakes, and streams from the
						Department of Natural Resources to the Department of Fish and Game. The history
						note for 5 AAC 95.011 carries forward the
						history from former
						5 AAC 95.010 and former
						11 AAC 195.010.
Authority:
AS
						16.05.020
AS
						16.05.871